Actor Quotes by Clint Eastwood

That's one of the actor's secrets: With everything you do, learn something new about yourself.

— Clint Eastwood

Acting is an animal thing, not an intellectual thing.

— Clint Eastwood

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

— Clint Eastwood

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

— Clint Eastwood

Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure.

— Clint Eastwood

You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.

— Clint Eastwood

When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's somebody else up there, an actor…

— Clint Eastwood

There's no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do…

— Clint Eastwood

I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and…

— Clint Eastwood

Everything that you do is a challenge. And acting is just building up your concentration and being able to listen and to…

— Clint Eastwood

I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people…

— Clint Eastwood

Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything…

— Clint Eastwood

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…

— Clint Eastwood

I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the…

— Clint Eastwood

I always revered people that I thought had an idea and proceeded through with it. I guess I've been that way since…

— Clint Eastwood

When you're an actor, you're so busy: people are always coming up to you and pulling your collar, making sure that things…

— Clint Eastwood

As a movie actor, once you've become known, you're observed all the time so you don't get the chance to observe anymore.…

— Clint Eastwood

The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves.…

— Clint Eastwood

There's something about the first time an actor runs the material over his or her face you know when they kind of…

— Clint Eastwood

There are two kinds of actors -- one sits in a dressing room waiting for his call and the other gets out…

— Clint Eastwood

Historically, actors have been made very famous for roles that were something that was far - - Richard Widmark comes to mind…

— Clint Eastwood

The interesting thing with child actors is that kids are natural actors. They're wonderful actors, and most kids are acting all the…

— Clint Eastwood

There's a saying that we use in golf: "I'd rather be lucky than good." Of course, to be lucky and good is…

— Clint Eastwood

Everybody always feels that they're right even if they're wrong and that's what a whole actor's career is built around rationalizing your…

— Clint Eastwood

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

— Clint Eastwood

Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the…

— Clint Eastwood

Actors know, with me they aren't going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get…

— Clint Eastwood

You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people's characteristics so that you can design characters around what you've seen.

— Clint Eastwood

You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who's directed,…

— Clint Eastwood

If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing.…

— Clint Eastwood