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Clint Eastwood
American
Actor
Born:
May 31
,
1930
Always
Like
Me
People
Think
You
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Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.
Clint Eastwood
Love
Power
Politicians
Structure
Part
Power Structure
Whole
I like working. That's when I'm feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.
Clint Eastwood
Best
Me
People
Wife
Feeling
Like
Know
Knows
Around
Working
I've always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.
Clint Eastwood
People
Thinking
Liberal
Always
Been
Very
Themselves
I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started directing, I said, 'If I could pull this off, I can some day move to the back of the camera and stay there.'
Clint Eastwood
Day
First
Few
Back
Stay
Some
Directing
Could
Retire
Said
Camera
Been
Years
Off
Trying
Quite
Move
If I Could
Started
Pull
Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20.
Clint Eastwood
Other
See
Take
Between
Like
Obvious
Line
Errors
Than
Forgetting
Any
Often
Difference
When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice.
Clint Eastwood
Work
You
Kids
Ready
Camera
Want
Turn
Notice
Moment
I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No.
Clint Eastwood
Characters
Aspect
Villain
Played
I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War.
Clint Eastwood
War
Out
Promised
He
Because
Korean
Korean War
Get
Eisenhower
Republican
Us
Started
I'd always tried to resist playing the supervirility thing. I liked showing the vulnerability of age.
Clint Eastwood
Age
Tried
Liked
Vulnerability
Always
Showing
Thing
Resist
Playing
I like a drama.
Clint Eastwood
Drama
Like
In my career as a director, there's always been some point where you get halfway through it, or three-quarters, and you go: 'What is this thing all about, and why am I telling the story? Does anybody really care about seeing this?' At that time you have to say: 'OK, forget that and just go ahead.'
Clint Eastwood
Time
You
Director
Care
Say
OK
Telling
Seeing
Some
About
Three-Quarters
Point
Through
Halfway
Does
Always
Am
Go
Been
Forget
Get
Just
Anybody
Where
Story
Really
Why
Thing
Career
I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him.
Clint Eastwood
Work
Wilder
Would
Knew
Him
Loved
Billy
Billy Wilder
Socially
I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself.
Clint Eastwood
Myself
Kind
Make
Sort
Express
Film
Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.
Clint Eastwood
You
Everybody
Kid
Idealistic
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
People
Try
Past
Trick
Would
Generations
Am
Than
Younger
Really
Play
As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it's a success.
Clint Eastwood
Success
You
Language
Somebody
Long
Seen
Finances
Hopefully
Make
Get
Any
Place
Then
Film
Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree.
Clint Eastwood
Great
You
Business
Law
Degree
Great Business
Background
Extremely
Several
Harvard
Degrees
He
Know
Well
Well-Educated
Educated
Governor
Governor Romney
Romney
Including
You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who's directed, because an actor who's directed understands all the problems your production is going through.
Clint Eastwood
You
Problems
Late
Find
About
Directed
Through
Never
Stuff
Sort
Because
Understands
Hear
Going
Being
Production
Your
Actor
Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it.
Clint Eastwood
You
Live
Out
Dream
See
Never
Put
Make
Always
Surprised
Yes
Going
Anybody
Want
While
Really
Film
Ever
I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.
Clint Eastwood
Politicians
Think
Our
Could
Learn
Lot
Mandela
As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I'd eventually run out of steam on that, and that would've been the end of it.
Clint Eastwood
Love
Those
Out
Run
Steam
Genre
Doing
Been
Western
End
Much
Figured
Eventually
Kept
I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing.
Clint Eastwood
Work
Great
Character
Director
Once
Great Director
Charismatic
Guy
Directing
Segment
He
Liked
Him
Got
Lot
Very
Movie
Watched
I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff.
Clint Eastwood
Life
Great
Stuff
Like
Period
Frequently
Italian
Very
Influenced
Vicinity
Rome
Movies
I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.
Clint Eastwood
Think
Everybody
About
Something
Lifetime
Obsessed
Been
Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less.
Clint Eastwood
Theatre
Stage
Back
Everyone
More
Sure
Making
Hear
Up
Little
Much
Speaking
Less
Film
Actor
Conscious
Thinks
Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.
Clint Eastwood
Jimmy
Invented
Perfect
He
Cagney
Match
Were
Movies
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