Robert Duvall

“It's the actors who are successful that are jealous, not the ones who are not.”

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”

“Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be grateful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.”

“What's the point of doing a movie if you're not going to be daring, if you're not going to risk something?”

“I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't betrayed me.”

“I take a lot from my own observation of people. I'm a people watcher.”

“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”

“You can't go through life thinking you're the best. You have to keep learning.”

“A good script is a good script. It's that simple.”

“You've got to show your soul in your work. All the rest is pleasantries.”

“I like to work. That's what I like to do. I've been a working actor.”

“If you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.”

“I've been in more bad movies than any other actor in history.”

“I don't mind getting old. I'm there. I've been there for a long time.”

“There's a lot of things that I've done that I'm not proud of.”