Clint Eastwood Quotes And Sayings

In The Bay Area, There Was A Resurgence Of Dixieland Jazz In The '40s - There Was The Frisco Jazz Band, And Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band.

The Only Black Battalion On Iwo Jima Was A Small Munitions Supply Unit That Came To The Beach.

I Read Every Book There Was On Jazz, About The Original Players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden And All Those Groups. At One Time I Was Fairly Well Schooled In That... I Could Tell You Who Played Where And When, Historically, Way Before My Time.

I Will Never Win An Oscar, And Do You Know Why? First Of All, Because I'm Not Jewish. Secondly, I Make Too Much Money For All Those Old Farts In The Academy.

I'd Always Tried To Resist Playing The Supervirility Thing. I Liked Showing The Vulnerability Of Age.

Movies Are Fun, But They Are No Cure For Cancer.

You Have To Feel Confident. If You Don't, Then You're Going To Be Hesitant And Defensive, And There'll Be A Lot Of Things Working Against You.

I Like A Drama.

I Knew Billy Wilder Socially And Would Have Loved To Work With Him.

Naturally, Everybody Has Certain Things They Wish They Hadn't Done In Life. They Wish They Hadn't Kicked Their Dog When They Were Ten Or Something.

I Do Believe In The Energy And The Productivity Of The American Business World.

As Long As Somebody Finances You, Can Make A Film And Get It Seen Any Place And In Any Language; Then, Hopefully, It's A Success.

In Past Generations, People Would Try To Play Younger Than They Really Are. My Trick Is, I Don't Try To Play Younger Than I Really Am.

I Think Our Politicians Could Learn A Lot From Mandela.

I Like Italian Movies. I Was Frequently There In The '60s, In Rome And The Vicinity. It Was A Great Period In Life. I Was Very Influenced By Their Stuff.

'Unforgiven' Is Probably An Example Of A Script That I Liked Right Away But Thought, 'This Is Great, But I'd Like To Do This When I'm Older.' So I Stuck It In The Drawer For Ten Years And Then Took It Out.

I Think Kids Are Natural Actors. You Watch Most Kids; If They Don't Have A Toy, They'll Pick Up A Stick And Make A Toy Out Of It. Kids Will Daydream All The Time.

Stage Actors Are Usually Much More Conscious Of Speaking Up And Making Sure That Everyone Can Hear In The Back Of The Theatre; A Film Actor Probably Thinks Of That A Little Less.

You Are Always Hoping That Movie Audiences Are Interested In Characters And Interested In Story Values Rather Than Just Mindless Special Effects. But You Never Know.

I Just Don't Like Killing Creatures.

When You Listen To Ray Charles, There's Never Any Doubt Whose Voice That Is.

There's No Real Excuse For Being Successful Enough As An Actor To Do What You Want And Then Selling Out. You Do It Pure. You Don't Try To Adapt It, Make It Commercial.

I'm Not A Chick-flick Enthusiast.

I Still Work Out On A Daily Basis.

My Mother Knew How To Read Music And Everything. But I Just Kinda Learned Off Of Records. And So, I Was Listening To Records And I'd Play 'Em Over And Over.

I Became A Republican In 1951, The First Year I Could Vote.

I've Taken Advantage Of A Few Breaks That Came Along And Moved Along With Them.

I Don't Really Get Into A Big Intellectual Analysis Of Why I Am Going To Do A Certain Script Or Not.

Overnight Stardom Can Be Harmful To Your Mental Health. Yeah. It Has Ruined A Lot Of People.

Our Modern Society - Especially In The West, And Especially Now - Reveres Youth.

I Haven't Been Very Active In Politics.

Romney And Ryan Would Do A Much Better Job Running The Country, And That's What Everybody Needs To Know.

When I Do A Picture And It's 90% Black, Like 'Bird,' I Use 90% Black People.

My Wife Used To Be An Anchorwoman In Arizona, So She Knew John Mccain, And She Liked Him, And I Kinda Liked Him.

A War Is A Horrible Thing, But It's Also A Unifier Of Countries.

I Am A Good Listener. I Think That Came From My Schooling.

Every Picture Has Its Own Demands, And Every Picture Stimulates Something Within You To Tell It A Certain Way. I Don't Know What That Is; I Don't Think Too Much About That.

I Think 'Dirty Harry' Was Probably Sensitive Toward The Victims Of Violent Crime.

There Has To Be Something In Every Role That Interests You.

Nowadays, Politically, Everybody Is Promising Everything. That's The Only Way You Can Get Elected.

I Probably Would Have Retired Years Ago If I Hadn't Found Interesting Things To Do.

As I Get Older, I Tend To Put More Into Family Than I Used To.

It's Always Appealing To Play A Character That Has To Overcome Himself As Well As An Obstacle. It Makes The Drama So Much Deeper.

Why Am I A Star? It Can't Be Because Of Looks.

When I Was A Kid, I Thought Movies Just Came From Air. I Thought They Just Appeared.

When I'm A Director, I Look At Myself The Actor As A Completely Different Person. It's Somebody Else Up There, An Actor Playing A Role. I Keep Myself Out Of It.

Other Than Obvious Errors Like Forgetting A Line, Often I Can't See Any Difference Between Take One And Take 20.

When You Work With Kids, Especially, You Want To Be Ready To Turn The Camera On At A Moment's Notice.

I Have Been Trying To Retire To The Back Of The Camera For Quite A Few Years, And In 1970, When I First Started Directing, I Said, 'If I Could Pull This Off, I Can Some Day Move To The Back Of The Camera And Stay There.'

Prime Time For Men Is, Say, 35 To 45. Then They Level Off And Fall Off.