The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.
Robert Duvall

The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should do a tango movie. If it hadn't been for him, I don't know where we would have gotten the money.
Robert Duvall

There was nothing wrong with shouting at God.
Robert Duvall

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.
Robert Duvall

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.
Robert Duvall

Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university level. But it can't wait that long.
Robert Duvall

Very often some of the religious miracle plays you see on television can be very corny, I find. And so simplistic.
Robert Duvall

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.
Robert Duvall

We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible.
Robert Duvall

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich.
Robert Duvall

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.
Robert Duvall

You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie.
Robert Duvall

You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible.
Robert Duvall