It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.
Source: Attributed, in Macmillan Dictionary of Quoatations, ed. John Daintith, 1989.
-- John Sean O'Feeny Ford, (Feb 1 1895-1973), US director; He is best known for western films including Stagecoach, 1939; his films won six Oscars.