Actor

My daughter doesn't love me because I'm on TV, she loves me because I'm her dad.

If you loved music, Lemmy was your friend, regardless of who you were or where you came from.

When 'Deadwood' ended, I thought, 'I'll never have this again, ever.'

I like playing the bad guys. It's a way of exercising and exorcising my own personal demons.

Sometimes, I have played something that psychologically sticks with me, that's opposite of where I am. I guess I have a lot of anger in me.

My dad traveled a lot, so I only usually saw him on weekends, growing up. His favorite actors in the world were Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds. If Clint or Burt had a movie out, we would go to the movies. He didn't like movies, generally, unless Clint or Burt were in them.

I once did a film in which I was being chased by wolves. I had a scene where the Alpha of the pack leapt on the hood of my car and stared me down through the windshield. I will never forget staring into those eyes; this wasn't a dog - not even a tough, bad-ass dog - no, this was a wolf.

Stories have a way of telling themselves.

I told my wife once, 'I feel like I'm getting paid to sit at the feet of Aristotle.' Some people are like, 'You're comparing David Milch to Aristotle,' and yeah, I am, but I'm not Plato.

All stories boil down to good vs. evil, and that's what the archetypal American Western was.

If the writing is good, I'm there. If it's something I've never done before, I'm up for that, too.

I consider William Gay one of the great writers that no one has ever heard of.

My wife married me when the odds were that I'd be a house-painting bouncer for the rest of my days. She has stuck by me through that with nothing but love and support.

I wanted to make a comfortable living and raise a family, and that's what I did.

While I do not want to live my life like Lemmy chose to live his, I can't help but admire the strength and determination it took for Lem to do it all on his own terms and remain true to himself.

My best friend growing up was a truck driver, and it was big in truck stops. He'd have his 'Deadwood' DVDs, and they'd watch them in the lounge.

David Milch is one of the smartest human beings I've ever met. I'm relatively bright and relatively well-read. I'm not in a league with that guy.

While my megalomania knows no bounds, directing is one thing I have never really done. I directed a couple of plays. That was the extent of it.

I am a music freak. My tastes run the gamut from Willie Nelson to Metallica to Miles Davis.

I remember vividly, as a kid, my mother had 'Jesus Was a Capricorn' and used to listen to it over and over and over.