Guy Quotes by Clint Eastwood

20 Guy quotes by Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood brings his rugged, no‑nonsense vibe to the concept of a 'Guy'. In twenty terse, gravel‑voiced lines, the legendary actor‑director distills a stoic, hard‑boiled view that feels both classic and unmistakably his.

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Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.

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I'm not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy.

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I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.

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I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in films years ago... ."

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The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

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Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is okay. There's nothing wrong with…

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I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a…

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I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. Every day in this country,…

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In 'Gran Torino,' I play a guy who's racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that you're never too old to learn…

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I found out that a lot of my liberal friends weren't liberal because they weren't liberal about approaching anybody else's ideas, or…

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There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forget the senior guys.…

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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…

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

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When I used to be a contract player in 1954 at Universal, I wasn't getting good roles. I was getting one-liners, and…

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Abuse of power isn't limited to 'bad guys' in other nations. It happens in our own country. Those in power get jaded,…

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What happened is I was going to college in 1950. L. A. City College. A guy I knew was going to an…

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At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press…

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I'm thinking, That's Barack Obama. He doesn't go to work. He doesn't go down to Congress and make a deal. What the…

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I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it.…

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You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair…

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I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

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I don't know how everybody else feels, but I just long for reality rather than these made-up things.

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The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn’t ordered to do.

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I love stories about women.

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My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records…

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President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

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I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started…

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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…

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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…

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My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby…

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I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

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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…

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