Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
BEAU BRIDGESOn the other side, if Im playing a good guy, then he has some problems too. Thats what makes people interesting, in life and in fiction.
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And I like music, too, I like playing music.
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My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it’s a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
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I have a movie coming out that I did with Misha Barton, called Don’t Fade Away.
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Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that’s not the only place my friends come from.
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My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together.
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And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.
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Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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On the other side, if Im playing a good guy, then he has some problems too. Thats what makes people interesting, in life and in fiction.
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Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother’s instigation. So I owe him for that.
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Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
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Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie.
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As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I’ve been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby.
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I wish I didn’t have any flaws! I think everybody is flawed.
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None of the people are what you think when you first meet them, who you think they are, and they turn out to be maybe something a little different.
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But when I’m done with the job I can take it off pretty easy, it’s like a suit of clothes, put on something else.
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I know Amanda Tapping is a regular now on the show. But I have no plans to do that as we speak. But I don’t know.
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I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
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And when I’ve been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.
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My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
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I think that by now, in the very beginning when I first joined the show, General Landry was like a new kid in school.
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You miss that guy but then suddenly you’re working with him again maybe somewhere.
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We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
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Sometimes it’s hard to know why networks will stick with something. Sometimes the ratings won’t happen, but there’s excitement at the network, so they’ll stay with the show.
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I was coming into a situation I didn’t really know much about, and now, after a couple of years, the character’s kind of mellowed and gotten comfortable working at the command center and very comfortable with his troops.
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If your focus is there, then the actual doing of the job will be fun and enjoyable. But if you’re so involved in trying to be interesting and a character and everything when you’re not working, it can get in the way and people get goofed up.
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The SG-1 franchise has been so successful for the network, that they always want to keep it open, an option to do it again in some way, whether that’s a movie or a series, or whatever.
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