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title: "8 Careers Quotes By Clint Eastwood"
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> [I'm suffering from oxygen deprivation. It's overwhelming watching your career go by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-m-suffering-from-oxygen-deprivation-it-s-overwhelming-watching-your/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/everybody-always-feels-that-they-re-right-even-if-they-re-wrong-and/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [That's the secret to a movie career - just keeping an open mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/that-s-the-secret-to-a-movie-career-just-keeping-an-open-mind/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [I never look back and think too much about my films. I've done some work I've been proud of over the years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-never-look-back-and-think-too-much-about-my-films-i-ve-done-some/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [If anybody asks me what I attribute the longevity of my career to, then I say it's because I was never satisfied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/if-anybody-asks-me-what-i-attribute-the-longevity-of-my-career-to/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [Children teach you that you can still be humbled by life, that you learn something new all the time. That's the secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/children-teach-you-that-you-can-still-be-humbled-by-life-that-you/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [Acting gets into your blood, after so many years, and I just always like revisiting it. It's fun to meet new people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/acting-gets-into-your-blood-after-so-many-years-and-i-just-always/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [Over my career I played some badass characters. So, people sometimes think I should have a .44 magnum. But that's not true,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/over-my-career-i-played-some-badass-characters-so-people-sometimes/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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## Other authors on Careers

## More by Clint Eastwood

> [I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-don-t-think-i-ve-met-anyone-with-a-stronger-work-ethic-than-ray/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [I don't know how everybody else feels, but I just long for reality rather than these made-up things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-don-t-know-how-everybody-else-feels-but-i-just-long-for-reality/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/there-are-a-lot-of-conservative-people-a-lot-of-moderate-people/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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. All you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/if-the-director-s-a-communist-whatever-he-s-a-communist-all-i-care-is/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn’t ordered to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/the-thing-that-haunts-a-man-the-most-is-what-he-isn-t-ordered-to-do/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [I love stories about women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-love-stories-about-women/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/my-mother-knew-how-to-read-music-and-everything-but-i-just-kinda/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/you-have-to-feel-confident-if-you-don-t-then-you-re-going-to-be/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/president-obama-is-the-greatest-hoax-ever-perpetrated-on-the-american/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-have-been-trying-to-retire-to-the-back-of-the-camera-for-quite-a/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/my-father-died-very-suddenly-at-sixty-three-just-dropped-dead-for-a/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/they-ve-got-this-crazy-actor-who-s-82-years-old-up-there-in-a-suit-i/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/my-uncle-played-rugby-and-my-dad-played-football-and-they-used-to/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-am-a-good-listener-i-think-that-came-from-my-schooling/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/you-thought-the-war-in-afghanistan-was-ok-you-know-i-mean-you-thought/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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