Nick Kroll Quotes

I watched westerns when I was a kid, like everybody else, but I wasn't a total nerd or geek about it. I kind of fell in love with westerns heavily when I started watching Sergio Leone's westerns.

'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one of my top three movies.

I love westerns. John Ford is one of the 10 best directors.

My family and I are hooked on 'The Searchers.' I can't get enough of it.

There were many, many other 'Django' films following mine, with other actors and directors, but there is only one 'Django.'

I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.

I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that.

John Wayne never ever disappointed his fans, because he was a cowboy.

High Noon is a pretty corny movie.

The word 'western' usually refers to movies, of course, but there is a literary tradition of the same name that pre-dates the moving picture and retains its vitality yet.

Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it made 5 million bucks - I don't even think it made that.

There's so many great Western films. Let's see, 'Red River,' any of those Henry Fonda movies are fantastic. Any of those John Ford movies are fantastic. I love all the Eastwood 'Man With No Name' movies, John Wayne, 'True Grit.'

When I was 12, I decided I was only going to watch Westerns for a few months.

I like to make movies on the west side of the Mississippi River, and a lot of times, the movies I direct have horses and big hats in them and get called westerns, but that's okay. I used to resent that, but I don't anymore.

The Westerns have probably affected me more than any one thing, Western-related material. I love Westerns.

I do love Westerns. But, in a way, traditional Westerns, for me, have been hard to love viscerally and personally.

The spaghetti Western genre is definitely one of favorites.

'Wayne's World' is one of the best movies of all time.

It's not that I don't enjoy TV. If I had infinite time, I would watch it.

'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.

After two terms as California's Governator, Schwarzenegger slipped comfortably back into pictures with 'The Last Stand,' a modern Western, then crammed into the wide screen, as if it were a service elevator, with fellow '80s muscle car Sylvester Stallone in 'Escape Plan.'

I love character-driven, well-written, great storytelling types of films, and I think that 'My Cousin Vinny' just hit the nail on the head with everything. It's one of those movies that, if I'm flipping through the channels, no matter what part it's on, I can watch it. It's just one of my favorites.

When 'The Godfather' comes on, any time of the day or night, I'm lost because I'm incapable of turning it off.

Picking up 'A Gentleman' was pretty easy. It had everything that I like watching in a film. And it has everything that audiences like to see me doing.

I was open to anything, but comedy was what I really loved.