When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old

Clint Eastwood

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I never look back and think too much about my films. I've done some work I've been proud of over the years but which of them is my favourite I really don't know. I could say the last one. I've had little jumps in my career like Unforgiven possibly.

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Pose? I don't pose. What am I? Paris Hilton or something? by Clint Eastwood

Pose? I don't pose. What am I? Paris Hilton or something?

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If a person is constantly evolving, constantly reading new material and being exposed to new material and growing in life, then you're becoming, hopefully, a more intelligent and well-rounded individual. If you're not then something's wrong and you're sliding back in the other direction.

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If anybody asks me what I attribute the longevity of my career to, then I say it's because I was never satisfied with being a cowboy in the plains of Spain and later I was never satisfied with just playing a detective in San Francisco, and constantly just pushing the envelope.

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Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is okay. There's nothing wrong with that. But there will be a certain group which will remember me for the other films, the ones where I took a few chances. At least, I like to think so.

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Do ya' feel lucky, punk? by Clint Eastwood

Do ya' feel lucky, punk?

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I've done a few special effects movies in my life, so I've gotten... by Clint Eastwood

I've done a few special effects movies in my life, so I've gotten that out of my system.

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And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

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I'm so glad for the dozens of times I haven't listened along the... by Clint Eastwood

I'm so glad for the dozens of times I haven't listened along the way.

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Music does have a very special place in my heart. I enjoy it very much. I suppose it is my first love and I do a lot of it. It seems to be when you are making a project it inspires you sometimes to jot down something that you think fits the situation.

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I think great movies have to have some great moments in them to b... by Clint Eastwood

I think great movies have to have some great moments in them to bring them up to that level.

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I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in fil... by Clint Eastwood

I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in films years ago... ."

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I'm in the saddle every day playing a screwball. And then somebody comes along and says, "How would you like to go to Italy and Spain and do an Italian/Spanish/German co-production with an Italian director who's only directed one movie?" It wasn't like I was going there to be with Federico Fellini. But something was there, and I thought, Well, I loved this story when it was told by Akira Kurosawa; maybe this is a good idea. That's an instinctive moment. A Fistful of Dollars was made.

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I would like to be interpreted as a liberal libertarian, like leave everybody alone and let them do their own thing.

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I pay tribute to the writing always. The writer is a creative artist and the director is an interpretive artist and the actors are interpretive. You take zero and make it into something, that's always amazing to me.

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When anybody gives you an award, it could be wrong. You’ve just got to bear that it mind and go ahead and enjoy it. Like Morgan says, it’s a pat on the back, so great you’ll take it and then move on.

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I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average gu... by Clint Eastwood

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

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Whatever the drama of the story is, you have to be true to it. by Clint Eastwood

Whatever the drama of the story is, you have to be true to it.

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You should just evaluate the work and make your judgments accordingly. That's the way you do it in life and every other subject.

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What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself. You're crazy. You're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden.

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