I'm a firm believer in research, but I'm also a firm believer in utilizing the instincts that are within your soul or in your body or in your stomach, wherever they reside. Clint Eastwood More Quotes by Clint Eastwood More Quotes From 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 biden party body I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more. Clint Eastwood government responsibility believe 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 values it has. The greatest films were made because someone really wanted to make them. And, hopefully, the audience will show up, too. Clint Eastwood film made thinking 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 play fun character I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to go. If you do that [follow trends] you are just trying to ride on the coat tails of someone else's success. Clint Eastwood important trying thinking There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality. Clint Eastwood hate opposites lying Instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. Clint Eastwood understanding calling names Let's take the work seriously, and not ourselves seriously. Clint Eastwood A Love like this happens but once in a lifetime Clint Eastwood once-in-a-lifetime lifetime happens 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 mother listening play Every man has got to know his limitations. Clint Eastwood classic-films military men I do believe in self-help. Clint Eastwood self helping believe The main thing is, you just want to have your place in history. You hope that people will look back on it in 15, 20, 30 and beyond years, and say, "That was an exciting film." Clint Eastwood people looks years What I think the mentor gets is the great satisfaction of helping somebody along, helping somebody take advantage of an opportunity that maybe he or she did not have. Clint Eastwood mentor opportunity thinking I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life. Clint Eastwood motion-pictures aspect creation 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 romance self running I always thought what an interesting idea because almost everybody's fascinated by the perpetrator of a crime; very few people study what happens to people for the rest of their lives, and how it affects not only that particular character but other characters around him as well. Clint Eastwood character people ideas You're as young as you feel. As young as you want to be. There's an old saying I heard from a friend of mine. People ask him, "Why do you look so good at your age?" He'll say, "Because I never let the old man in." And there's truth to that. It's in your mind, how far you let him come in. Clint Eastwood mind men people I take vitamins daily, but just the bare essentials not what you'd call supplements. I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit, vegetables, tofu, and other soy products. Clint Eastwood soy vegetables trying Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form. Clint Eastwood creative writing art