Clint Eastwood quotes

“I keep working because I learn something new all the time. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“ I still work out on a daily basis. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I was drafted during the Korean War. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I'm not a chick-flick enthusiast. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them. ”

— 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

“My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“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 simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that's what everybody needs to know. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Society is at odds with itself. ”

— 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

“ The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“ When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it? ”

— Clint Eastwood

“ Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt. ”

— 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