"I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western"
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The intent is straightforward: he is signaling desire to be cast, yes, but also staking an identity claim. Loving westerns is a way of aligning himself with a certain old-school American mythos without having to argue for it. The subtext reads as, "I want to step into a story where physical presence matters". Warburton's voice and screen persona are built around firmness: clipped timing, authoritative deadpan, a body that reads as capable even when the joke is on him. A western would let that presence stop being punchline-adjacent and become the center of gravity.
Context matters because westerns are no longer default Hollywood product; they're prestige detours. Saying this now is less about nostalgia than about opportunity: limited series revivals, neo-westerns, and genre-bending projects that let actors reinvent themselves. It's a small sentence with a career calculus inside it - a bid to move from being the reliable comic instrument to being the guy who gets the wide shot.
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Warburton, Patrick. (n.d.). I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-westerns-ive-always-wanted-to-do-a-western-96254/
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Warburton, Patrick. "I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western." FixQuotes. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-westerns-ive-always-wanted-to-do-a-western-96254/.
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"I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-westerns-ive-always-wanted-to-do-a-western-96254/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
