I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Today, the only thing Hollywood swears by is space adventures because that's what goes over well. For my part, I trust my… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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
I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
After directing awhile, you get an instinct about it, but you have to be able to trust your own feelings. Invariably, two-thirds… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I was kind of a little disappointed when they started building a competition between Marty (Martin Scorsese) and me. I have the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
We were dealing with films that had very prominent roles for women and I felt I was actually contributing something. Many people… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I never look back and think too much about my films. I've done some work I've been proud of over the years… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
When you think of a particular director, you think you would have liked to be with them on one particular film and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Hitchcock used to believe that if there were three or four memorable scenes in a film that would be enough to drive… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
When you're making a movie, you can't think anybody will ever see it. You've just got to make a movie for the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
None of the pictures I take a risk in cost a lot, so it doesn't take much for them to turn a… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in films years ago... ." — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
When you're making a film you start living with it, and I find myself sitting down and figuring out a sound or… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I just feel that I enjoy the work more than I ever have... or just as much certainly... I enjoy making films… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The main thing is, you just want to have your place in history. You hope that people will look back on it… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is okay. There's nothing wrong with… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully,… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If you approach a film with the feeling that you are going to have some impact on society then you're liable to… — 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 Image
I don't know how everybody else feels, but I just long for reality rather than these made-up things. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn’t ordered to do. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
