I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed. Clint Eastwood More Quotes by Clint Eastwood More Quotes From Clint Eastwood I don't look at my life too much. I'm always looking forward, not backward. Clint Eastwood looking-forward A lot of times people get to a certain age and they quit. I always felt sorry for the Frank Capras, the Billy Wilders, directors like that, because they quit in their sixties. Why would you quit? Think of the great work they could've done in their sixties, seventies, and on up. Clint Eastwood sorry people thinking I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject. Clint Eastwood genius hate doe In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. Clint Eastwood journey goes-on school Pay attention to the work you want to do and everything'll work out fine. If you're in it for the ego, you might be successful but at a limited level. Clint Eastwood work-out ego successful A lot of people when they retire, they just expire. It happens to men more than women. Women usually have great interest in the family, because the family's always growing and they're always coming to the rescue. Clint Eastwood interest men people I don't have any great pickup lines. I was never an extrovert, so I always had to have someone meet me halfway. If she was interested, we'd come together, and if not ... When I became a movie actor and became well-known, it took care of itself. Maybe that's why I became an actor. Clint Eastwood halfway care together For a man, once you've sired your pups, you're done. Clint Eastwood done men I was forty the first time I directed. I formed a company in 1967, looking to the future. My dad taught me that whatever you do, do it well. Be the best at what you can do for that particular job in life. That always resonated with me. Clint Eastwood being-the-best dad first-time 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. And I think we're at a point now where a lot of older women take better care of themselves, compared to the 1940s and '50s when women were programmed to figure it's all over after 30. Clint Eastwood tolerance care thinking Don't look at me like I've gotten old or something like that. Clint Eastwood look-at-me looks Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff. Clint Eastwood cliffs worry people If you don't pay attention to history, you're destined to repeat it. Clint Eastwood destined pay attention I think the only way it has influenced me is to cause me to try to branch out and do other things. So that people will know that I am reaching out and trying to be a little more versatile. So they realize he is not a "Dirty Harry." He doesn't advocate martial law or mayhem -it's a character. Clint Eastwood character dirty thinking 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 fighter want long Hillary Clinton has made a lot of dough out of being a politician. I gave up dough to be a politician. I'm sure that Ronald Reagan gave up dough to be a politician. Clint Eastwood clinton politician made I still work out on a daily basis. Clint Eastwood bases work-out stills 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 swings race country 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 important jobs thinking The reason I still work at this stage of life is because I enjoy learning something new each day. Clint Eastwood learning-something-new each-day life-is