The kind of pace that you want to use in a Western – just to acknowledge the land in the distance that everyone has to travel, and the way things develop sort of slowly – its almost the antithetical of whats currently going on in the movies, you know. – Lawrence Kasdan

I didnt really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I just sort of enjoy them like a viewer. – Lawrence Kasdan

I mean, the trouble with some of the kind of relationship movies Ive done, is theres only so many ways you can shoot a conversation. I was really tired of talking heads. – Lawrence Kasdan