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I always thought it was a goat that kicked me over the fence. My mama told me the other day it was a cow. Now I'm sort of scared of both.

You cannot make horses 'safe.'

I can't say that I've ever actually got on a horse and roped a cow, no.

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

If a horse doesn't want to do something, you're not going to make him do it. They're incredibly powerful animals.

I'm afraid of animals.

Making a movie where the central character is a horse was a challenge. Because I'm scared of riding. I was thrown as a kid. One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

Harness mules and oxen, but give a horse a chance to run.

I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. After 40 years old, if you don't do some things that really terrify you, I don't think they're worth doing.