Clint Eastwood Quotes

Abuse of power isn’t limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we’re not vigilant.

The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn’t ordered to do.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.

Everybody always feels that they’re right even if they’re wrong and that’s what a whole actor’s career is built around rationalizing your way into whatever character you’re playing.

It’s always fun to talk about jazz.

There’s nothing like a nice piece of hickory.

Great stories teach you something. That’s one reason I haven’t slipped into some sort of retirement: I always feel like I’m learning something new.

I’d say, go ahead, shoot your shot. More power to ya if you can come up with a different angle on the character.

The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves. You get actors that like to give a lot to the role and who appreciate the role on the same level that you do. If you miscast it, you’re working an uphill battle a little bit and maybe you can come out okay but you can’t always come out great.

I’d been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years. And then, in 1970, when I first started directing, I if I could pull this off, I can some day just move in back of the camera and stay there.

Twenty-some states in the United States have statutes that say showing the nipples to children is oscene. That’s the first thing we come into contact with when we arrive on this palnet: a woman’s breasts!

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.