Quote by Robert Duvall
Ive always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher

Ive always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, its like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. Thats the actors craft – using yourself to create a character. – Robert Duvall

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I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes. – Robert Duvall

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Spending two years on my uncles ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. – Robert Duvall

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