Franco Nero Quotes

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

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

'Unforgiven,' I think, is the best Western ever.

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

My parents used to talk about Sergio Leone films a lot. And I got really into them. I love Clint Eastwood. I love the camera angles. I love the music.

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.

Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is one I watched again and again and again in the early days of VHS.

In general, we like to shoot Breaking Bad like a modern day Western, and Sergio Leone is one of my all-time favorite directors.

Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't be afraid to do something different.

I was never a western guy, but I happened upon 'Tombstone' one day on TV and was really sort of taken with it. It's one of those movies that, if it's on TV, I can't turn it off. I just have to watch the whole thing.

To do this movie in a watered-down fashion or have these characters be watered down wouldn't have been near as effective. It wouldn't have been staying true to what this 'Watchmen' phenomenon is.

Sergio Leone has this weird western opera thing.

And I don't want people to think that I make movies based on other films.

No artist wants to be perceived as a regurgitator.

To me, 'Unforgiven' is one of the best films ever made. Aside from the fact it takes the genre and kicks it between its legs, it's this fascinating deconstruction of the myth of the West.

You don't want it to be a replica or an imitation. You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.

I never wanted to get caught in doing something that was really one note.

The unique must be fulfilled.

You cannot be all things to all people. Be unique. Be different. Give to others what you want yourself. And do what you were made to do.

I know I'm flawed - but perfect is boring anyway! Flawed is good!