Let's take the work seriously, and not ourselves seriously. Clint Eastwood More Quotes by Clint Eastwood More Quotes From Clint Eastwood If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then they just don't agree with you on that subject matter, and that's life. Clint Eastwood donematterpeople The only reason I ever thought about retiring from the front part of the camera as opposed to the back is sometimes you think, "How many roles are there for someone my age?" Clint Eastwood camerasagethinking In America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the audience. They come up with the demographics for the film and then the film is made and sold strictly to that audience. Clint Eastwood filmamericaideas I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am. Clint Eastwood horsepastthinking I found out that a lot of my liberal friends weren't liberal because they weren't liberal about approaching anybody else's ideas, or at least standing for it. They started getting really animalistic about, "I can't even associate with this guy. He's stupid. He's an idiot." Clint Eastwood guystupidideas [ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character. Clint Eastwood j-edgar-hooverhoovercharacter I do believe if one keeps busy it's very good for a person. In fact, people are always rushing into retirement and we read in Europe that people there are talking about their retirement age and moving it to 67 or something. Well, back when they started retirement funds and everything, the average age was 70 or 60, and then all of a sudden now it's 80, and so. [...] And so you keep in shape, you keep yourself mentally in shape. And if you keep yourself mentally in shape, chances are physically it will follow suit. Clint Eastwood retirementbelievemoving Everybody puts importance in money on a film set. Clint Eastwood film-setimportancefilm I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the 30s, 40s, and 50s and beyond - but this was all prior to the information age so we didn't know about Hoover except what was usually in the papers, and this was fun, because this was a chance to go into it [ during filming 'J. Edgar Hoover' ] Clint Eastwood growing-upagefun When I was a kid, I remember the first Batman, the first Superman comic books when they came out, thinking how great that was and wouldn't it be great to see a movie like that. They did some cheap serials, but they're not the same as today. But I think younger audiences would like to see a real hero also. Clint Eastwood realherobook I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it. Clint Eastwood great-momentsmomentswould-be We don't even know who's in the Academy. Clint Eastwood academyknows When you're an actor, you're so busy: people are always coming up to you and pulling your collar, making sure that things fit, brushing your hair and you're always being yanked up, so finally when you're behind a camera, you're just a slob. Clint Eastwood camerashairpeople I don't write. I usually look for material by other people. Sometimes I change things or adapt things but I don't write from scratch. I wish I had that ability. Clint Eastwood wishwritingpeople And yeah, it's a dumb thing to say. I mean, to predicate your opinion on the fact that the guy was born to Mexican parents or something, he's said a lot of dumb things. So have all of them. Both sides. But everybody - the press and everybody's going,' Oh, well, that's racist,' and they're making a big hoodoo out of it. Just fucking get over it. It's a sad time in history. Clint Eastwood politics What troubles me... I guess when I did that silly thing at the Republican convention, talking to the chair. Clint Eastwood politics I think once years ago somebody asked me what would I do if a guy like him came to my house with a whole film crew and started filming away like he did with Charlton Heston, unfortunately Charlton Heston was ill at the time with Alzheimer's. But I thought if somebody was on your property you could shoot him. Clint Eastwood entertainment I think about the line, ‘get off my lawn,’ i’m all for [anyone expressing] what their attitudes are. That’s what is great about this country. You can say whatever you want and nobody has to agree with you. Clint Eastwood entertainment Everyone has opinions on it, but nobody's really thought about it from the point of view of the families of the people over there and the people who go over there ... and donate their time for a belief that some of us think is a great idea and some of us don't think is a great idea, it opens a lot of questions that are fun to broach. Clint Eastwood entertainment I read comic books when I was a kid, i don't read them now. Clint Eastwood entertainment
