No, I don't have to practice that grunt. You just do it. Once you're in character, you're in character. You don't sit there purposely thinking, Well, I'll grunt here, or I'll groan there. Clint Eastwood More Quotes by Clint Eastwood More Quotes From Clint Eastwood When you hang a man, you better look at him. Clint Eastwood men looks 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-like-it believe hands Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? Clint Eastwood dixie pistols Buzzards got to eat, same as the worms. Clint Eastwood buzzards worms I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them. Clint Eastwood advantage break taken I think as you get older, you find you can play more things because you're moving to a different category. You play a certain thing as a younger man, playing action roles like I did. Then I moved out, and I kept trying to do different things all the time. Clint Eastwood men moving thinking I don't see myself as conservative, but I'm not ultra-leftist. You build a philosophy of your own. I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. Even as a kid, I was annoyed by people who wanted to tell everyone how to live. Clint Eastwood views philosophy kids Everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something. There are many things you can go back and have regrets about. I don't like doing that. But by the same token I do agree that when you get to a certain stage in life, you change. And you should change. Clint Eastwood regret dog wish I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed. Clint Eastwood direct way Everybody wants to make something they think is a surefire winner, though nobody knows what a surefire winner is, in my opinion. Clint Eastwood opinion want thinking I have a small child. Being a parent takes a lot of time. People always ask me, "What movies have you watched lately?" I tell them, "Finding 'Nemo' ... 'Shrek'. Clint Eastwood parent children people Children teach you that you can still be humbled by life, that you learn something new all the time. That's the secret to life, really: never stop learning. It's the secret to career. I'm still working because I learn something new all the time. It's the secret to relationships. Never think you've got it all. Clint Eastwood careers children thinking You should never give up your inner self. Clint Eastwood giving-up should self The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate. Clint Eastwood rate rapids information I guess it's like trying to put through the flat tax, which is probably my favorite one of all.... if we did pass it, all of a sudden, what do you have? You have the whole tax system run by a little old lady on a home computer, doing the work of all these thousands of bureaucrats and accountants. Passing that would be amazing, wouldn't it? Clint Eastwood home running trying It's hard to tell what will stimulate curiosity nowadays because looking at some of the things that do excite people, you kind of go, "Ohh, OK. So this hasn't a chance." But we made it anyway. I think if people see the picture, they'll find a lot of parallels to today, ever since 9/11 and everything, that kind of fear that's going on in disturbance of the country. Clint Eastwood country people thinking The cruelty of nature is you have to work out harder when you get older ... It should be the other way around: Work out hard when you're a kid you should be able to coast when you get older. But unfortunately you have to do more to stay in the same position. Clint Eastwood work-out age kids I don't believe in pessimism. Clint Eastwood pessimism positive believe I'm past doing one chin-up more than I did the day before. I just kind of do what I feel like. Clint Eastwood chin-up kind past If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the rest of your life and make a decent living, I think you still have a responsibility to stretch. Flexibility is what keeps you alive. Clint Eastwood responsibility teamwork thinking
