I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it. A Fistful of Dollars was a great instinct for me, because here I was, a guy who’s doing Rawhide.
CLINT EASTWOODThe interesting thing with child actors is that kids are natural actors. They’re wonderful actors, and most kids are acting all the time. They’re imagining they’re out in the yard playing. They’re imagining that things happened, and they can get very vivid.
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I’d say people get to work and start being more understanding of everybody – instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. But get in there and get it done. Kick ass and take names. And this may be my dad talking, but don’t spend what you don’t have.
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There’s nothing like a nice piece of hickory.
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We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.
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Fate pulls you in different directions
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That’s the secret to a movie career – just keeping an open mind.
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The interesting thing with child actors is that kids are natural actors. They’re wonderful actors, and most kids are acting all the time. They’re imagining they’re out in the yard playing. They’re imagining that things happened, and they can get very vivid.
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I’m not really conservative. I’m conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don’t any more.
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Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.
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You see, in this world, there’s two kinds of people, my friend – those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.
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You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people’s characteristics so that you can design characters around what you’ve seen.
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I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
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If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
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You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.
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I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.
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Let’s not go and ruin it by thinking too much.
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Tomorrow is promised to no one.
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If you’re afraid to take risks in anything in life, it’s just boredom.
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I was always annoyed by too much explaining.
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My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.
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Everybody is looking for a reason to not to take responsibility for their own actions in hand.
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Michael Moore and I actually have a lot in common. We both appreciate living in a country where there’s free expression. But Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera, I’ll kill you. I mean it.
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Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know.
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There’s a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I hate imitation; I have a reverence for individuality.
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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.
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The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.
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My father had a couple of kids at the beginning of the Depression. There was not much employment. Not much welfare. People barely got by. People were tougher then.
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