Alamo Quotes

(on his character Col. William Travis in The Alamo (2004)) "He`s painted as this big, swashbuckling kind of hero, but Travis didn`t consider himself a hero. For Travis, he always thought a leader was someone who puts on fancy clothes. He finally figures out who he is in his last days."

Just think of it. At the Alamo there was a band of only 185 men of many nationalities and religions, all joined in a common cause for freedom. Those 185 men killed 1000 of Santa Anna`s men before they died. But they knew they spent their lives for the precious time Sam Houston needed.

My problem is that I`m not a handsome man like Cary Grant, who will be handsome at 65. I may be able to do a few more man-woman things before it`s too late, but then what? I never want to play silly old men chasing young girls, as some of the stars are doing. I have to be a director - I`ve waited all these years to be one. The Alamo (1960) will tell what my future is.

(on The Alamo (1960)) This picture is America. I hope that seeing the battle of the Alamo will remind Americans that liberty and freedom don`t come cheap. This picture, well, I guess making it has made me feel useful to my country.

(speaking of his life with a wife and three daughters) Living in a house where you are the only man is a little like being the only guy left at The Alamo. They just rule. Even our dogs are female. So there is no chance.

We played some really good football in the first half. For the last 20 minutes, it was like the siege of the Alamo, but we defended really well.

The closest thing to Kfar Darom in the United States is the Alamo. Imagine pulling people out of this place. They are heroes of Israel and we owe them a great deal after they are pulled out of their homes.

All of us are familiar with Col. Davy Crockett and his band of Tennesseans at the (Battle of the) Alamo,