An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Once you finish a film, it doesn't belong to you anymore - it belongs to the audience to interpret it the way… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days. — 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
Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put… — 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
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 had one well known director who kept saying, "Now Clint, this is what …" And I'd say, "I know. I read… — 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
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
Don Siegel last advice to me was 'Don't short yourself.' He said the tendency is when an actor's directing is to kind… — 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
Nobody wants to make something that displeases people, but once you make a film, that's out of your control and you can't… — 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
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
I never expect anything. I am always amazed at why anybody goes to any movie or why anybody doesn't go to any… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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 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
In America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the… — 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
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 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
![“I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted because of what we were doing in story, or doing a certain take: that's not true. Actually the FBI was tremendously enthusiastic about us doing [ J. Edgar Hoover ] film.” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/clint-eastwood-513_certain_i-have-great-respect-for-the-fbi-and-i-k_648960.jpg)
