Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If you're afraid to take risks in anything in life, it's just boredom. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
When I look back on my life, I don't have regrets about what I didn't do. If I'd become a musician, it… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
At certain points if your life, you like doing more. I'm not sure what causes it or for what reasons; you just… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If you feel like you've got something to offer you should do it while the iron's hot. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
To me cinema can be a much more friendly world if there's a lot of things to choose from. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If you don't pay attention to history, you're destined to repeat it. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I'd say, go ahead, shoot your shot. More power to ya if you can come up with a different angle on the… — 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
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
If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing.… — 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
If you can make a good picture that actually has some substance, that's doubly good nowadays 'cause most everybody else is trying… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
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… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I'd been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years. And then, in 1970, when I… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If anybody asks me what I attribute the longevity of my career to, then I say it's because I was never satisfied… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I believe that everybody, whether you believe in the afterlife or the chance of a near-death experience and you come back and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I am not a regret type person. I don't believe in regrets. Lots of things you would do differently if you'd do… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Every once and a while somebody writes a script, but even regardless of what age you are, most of the actors would… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Having the security of being in a series week in, week out gives you great flexibility; you can experience with yourself, try… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Acting to me is a very organic art form and you just go and do it. And I like to direct the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I always revered people that I thought had an idea and proceeded through with it. I guess I've been that way since… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I do believe if one keeps busy it's very good for a person. In fact, people are always rushing into retirement and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Michael Moore and I actually have a lot in common. We both appreciate living in a country where there's free expression. But… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Hollywood, as everyone knows, glamorizes physical courage. . . . if I had to define courage myself, I wouldn't say it's about… — 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
If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I'm trying to preach the idea that if we don't pay attention to history we're destined to repeat it. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
If you read any of the biographies on J. Edgar Hoover, you find that they contradict each other more than they agree.… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Just trust your instincts. There's an old saying in golf, you've studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything… — 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
The main thing is to do each project the way you want, and if they find an audience, that's terrific. And if… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves.… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I guess it's like trying to put through the flat tax, which is probably my favorite one of all… if we did… — 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
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