You have to go with your instincts. I remember when I was about to make "Fistful of Dollars" a big article came… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and second because most of… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Westerns. A period gone by, the pioneer, the loner operating by himself, without benefit of society. It usually has something to do… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I'd eventually run out of steam on… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
I don't know how everybody else feels, but I just long for reality rather than these made-up things. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing. All you… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
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… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
My father died very suddenly at sixty-three. Just dropped dead. For a long time afterward, I'd ask myself, Why didn't I ask him to… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
You thought the war in Afghanistan was OK. You know, I mean, you thought that was something worth doing. We didn't check with the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share
![“The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you just go out and try to make one by putting on boots and jumping on a horse and riding off... If you don't have the material, the characters and the things to overcome and…” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a6b/clint-eastwood-513_book_the-story-for-the-western-genre-is-every_2561060.jpg)
