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Movie Quotes by Clint Eastwood

21 Movie quotes by Clint Eastwood

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For anyone who appreciates the gravelly gravitas of Clint Eastwood, this set of twenty‑one quotes delivers his unmistakable voice. From stoic reflections to memorable one‑liners, the collection showcases the breadth of his on‑screen philosophy.

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Movies are fun, but they are no cure for cancer.

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That's the secret to a movie career - just keeping an open mind.

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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've never been on a movie where they play five-dollar Friday. I must not be very observant.

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Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.

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You make a movie, and if somebody reads something into it, then great, more power to him.

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I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

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When I was a kid, I thought movies just came from air. I thought they just appeared.

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The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars…

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Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 'Clint, you must remember, it's only…

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You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects.…

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I just don't want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of…

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The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you…

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I've lived through the shooting of movie, the editing and every other process along the way, so it's not for me to…

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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 never expect anything. I am always amazed at why anybody goes to any movie or why anybody doesn't go to any…

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As a movie actor, once you've become known, you're observed all the time so you don't get the chance to observe anymore.…

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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…

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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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I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.

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Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.

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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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There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by…

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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…

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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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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…

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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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