A lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future. – Clint Eastwood
I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing. – Clint Eastwood
Comedy isn’t necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it’s a question of timing, of the proper rhythm. – Clint Eastwood
I’ve always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It’s the most heinous crime, and certainly a capital crime if there ever was one. – Clint Eastwood
You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director. – Clint Eastwood
I’ve always felt that if I examine myself too much, I’ll find out what I know and don’t know, and I’ll burst the bubble. I’ve gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I’d rather keep a little bit of the animal alive. – Clint Eastwood
In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the ’40s – there was the Frisco Jazz Band, and Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. – Clint Eastwood
I’d always tried to resist playing the supervirility thing. I liked showing the vulnerability of age. – Clint Eastwood
When you’re young, you’re very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again. – Clint Eastwood
I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that. – Clint Eastwood
I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him. – Clint Eastwood
There are two kinds of people in this world. ‘I’ people and ‘we’ people. I’ve always tried to be a ‘we’ person. – Clint Eastwood
I never sympathise with the accused unless there’s a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don’t ever sympathise with the criminal. – Clint Eastwood
You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know. – Clint Eastwood
I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too. – Clint Eastwood
The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive. – Clint Eastwood
It’s much more fun to play something you’re nothing like than what you are… It’s much easier to hide yourself in a character. – Clint Eastwood
I don’t like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four years. I’d like to see somebody who’s going in the office. In fact, I’d like to not see them because that way you’d be sure that they’d be working. – Clint Eastwood