Robert Duvall is one of my favorite Western actors. (Others
on my list include John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck, Gene Hackman, Sam
Elliott, Steve McQueen, … oh never mind, there are too many.)
Duvall starred or had a major role in Lonesome Dove, Open
Range, Broken Trail, True Grit, Joe Kidd, Lawman, and The Great Northfield,
Minnesota Raid.
Recently in an interview, he was asked, “There have been
some takes on the western genre recently, with Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and The Lone Ranger. How do you think
Westerns have evolved in film?”
He answered: “Well, if that's what it's evolved into, I
don't know what to say (laughs). That's all I'll comment on at this point.”