Clint Eastwood quotes

“I'm just a kid - I've got a lot of stuff to do yet. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. ”

— 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 how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Every story has its demands. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I do believe in self-help. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I just think it is important that you realize , that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there's some vibration, some connection. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“It's a very confusing era that we're in. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals. ”

— 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 the nature of the word itself play closer to the vest. They do not go around hot dogging it. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I don't mind telling a dark side. ”

— Clint Eastwood

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

— Clint Eastwood

“I haven't been very active in politics. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's always nice. And if they don't like them, then too bad. ”

— Clint Eastwood