“I'm not a hunter, but I've been around guns all my life. I'm a great s...” — Sam Elliott Quote

I'm not a hunter, but I've been around guns all my life. I'm a great shot.

The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.

I did beef ads for about eight years because I love the people in that industry, and there are a lot of people who make their living in the beef world. Ranchers, primarily.

I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.'

Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.

It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.

I've seen my own blood and broken a few bones. I've been hit, which isn't an entirely bad thing, as at least you have a glimpse of the suffering endured by the people you are photographing. And in a sense, crumbling empires and war have been with me all my life.

I always wanted to be a world champion, all my life. At 13, I told my mom I would be a world champion.

I've been a Democrat all my life.

I've had it all my life - people thinking I was too small or not fast enough, not strong enough.