--- title: "20 Guy Quotes By Clint Eastwood" description: "20 Guy quotes by Clint Eastwood. Plus more from Clint Eastwood and more Guy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/clint-eastwood-513_average_i-m-a-movie-maker-but-i-have-the-same-fe_209863.jpg" --- > [I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-m-a-movie-maker-but-i-have-the-same-feelings-as-the-average-guy-out/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/clint-eastwood-513_average_i-m-a-movie-maker-but-i-have-the-same-fe_209863.jpg) > [I'm not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-m-not-really-a-hollywood-person-not-that-i-don-t-like-l-a-but-i-m/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/clint-eastwood-513_california_i-m-not-really-a-hollywood-person-not-th_2426783.jpg) > [I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in films years ago... ."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-could-be-the-driver-the-uber-guy-saying-i-used-to-be-in-films-years/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/clint-eastwood-513_cinema_i-could-be-the-driver-the-uber-guy-sayin_1604838.jpg) > [Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/abuse-of-power-isn-t-limited-to-bad-guys-in-other-nations-it-happens/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/clint-eastwood-513_abuse_abuse-of-power-isn-t-limited-to-bad-guys_223821.jpg) > [The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/the-guys-who-won-world-war-ii-and-that-whole-generation-have/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/clint-eastwood-513_bunch_the-guys-who-won-world-war-ii-and-that-w_2184068.jpg) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-m-not-a-reality-tv-kind-of-guy-but-it-s-almost-like-we-re-living-in/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/clint-eastwood-513_about_i-m-not-a-reality-tv-kind-of-guy-but-it_2612024.jpg) > [I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-liked-vittorio-de-sica-a-lot-and-i-got-to-work-with-him-once-in-a/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/clint-eastwood-513_character_i-liked-vittorio-de-sica-a-lot-and-i-got_784928.jpg) > [Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is okay. There's nothing wrong with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/most-people-who-ll-remember-me-if-at-all-will-remember-me-as-an/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/clint-eastwood-513_action_most-people-who-ll-remember-me-if-at-all_1921575.jpg) > [There are two kinds of actors -- one sits in a dressing room waiting for his call and the other gets out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/there-are-two-kinds-of-actors-one-sits-in-a-dressing-room-waiting-for/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/clint-eastwood-513_absorbing_there-are-two-kinds-of-actors-one-sits-i_254763.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/people-love-westerns-worldwide-there-s-something-fantasy-like-about/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/clint-eastwood-513_bad_people-love-westerns-worldwide-there-s-s_1780287.jpg) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/there-s-a-lot-of-young-guys-coming-along-but-i-d-like-to-say-to-the/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/clint-eastwood-513_best-work_there-s-a-lot-of-young-guys-coming-along_828048.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-found-out-that-a-lot-of-my-liberal-friends-weren-t-liberal-because/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/clint-eastwood-513_animalistic_i-found-out-that-a-lot-of-my-liberal-fri_753719.jpg) > [In 'Gran Torino,' I play a guy who's racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that you're never too old to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/in-gran-torino-i-play-a-guy-who-s-racially-offensive-but-he-learned/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/clint-eastwood-513_begin_in-gran-torino-i-play-a-guy-who-s-racial_2305424.jpg) > [When I used to be a contract player in 1954 at Universal, I wasn't getting good roles. I was getting one-liners, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/when-i-used-to-be-a-contract-player-in-1954-at-universal-i-wasn-t/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/clint-eastwood-513_cinema_when-i-used-to-be-a-contract-player-in-1_1931651.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-m-thinking-that-s-barack-obama-he-doesn-t-go-to-work-he-doesn-t-go/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/clint-eastwood-513_barack_i-m-thinking-that-s-barack-obama-he-does_770028.jpg) > [At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/at-waco-was-there-really-an-urgency-to-get-those-people-out-of-the/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/clint-eastwood-513_agents_at-waco-was-there-really-an-urgency-to-g_2070355.jpg) > [Abuse of power isn't limited to 'bad guys' in other nations. It happens in our own country. Those in power get jaded,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/abuse-of-power-isn-t-limited-to-bad-guys-in-other-nations-it-happens-2/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/clint-eastwood-513_able_abuse-of-power-isn-t-limited-to-bad-guys_1651225.jpg) > [What happened is I was going to college in 1950. L. A. City College. A guy I knew was going to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/what-happened-is-i-was-going-to-college-in-1950-l-a-city-college-a/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/clint-eastwood-513_acting_what-happened-is-i-was-going-to-college_1120301.jpg) > [I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-believe-in-my-gut-most-people-intellectualize-their-instincts-away/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/clint-eastwood-513_believe_i-believe-in-my-gut-most-people-intellec_2902618.jpg) > [You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/you-know-when-you-re-young-and-you-see-a-play-in-high-school-and-the/) [Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/clint-eastwood-513_gray_you-know-when-you-re-young-and-you-see-a_1634023.jpg) ## Other authors on Guy ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guy/clint-eastwood/#itemlist", "name": "20 Guy Quotes By Clint Eastwood", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clint Eastwood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-m-a-movie-maker-but-i-have-the-same-feelings-as-the-average-guy-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/clint-eastwood-513_average_i-m-a-movie-maker-but-i-have-the-same-fe_209863.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/clint-eastwood-513_average_i-m-a-movie-maker-but-i-have-the-same-fe_209863.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/clint-eastwood-513_average_i-m-a-movie-maker-but-i-have-the-same-fe_209863.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.” — Clint Eastwood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not really a Hollywood person. 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