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.
CLINT EASTWOODDon Siegel last advice to me was ‘Don’t short yourself.’ He said the tendency is when an actor’s directing is to kind of you want to work on everybody else but you’re going to short yourself. He said, take the time to do a good job with yourself so that you’re satisfied with it.
More Clint Eastwood Quotes
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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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I’m more focused on making a scene seem real as opposed to perfect.
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Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!
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Fate pulls you in different directions
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Tomorrow is promised to no one.
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They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
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Directing is more like you’re being a psychologist and you’re kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies.
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I’m interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
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First, I blow a hole in your face; then I go back inside, and sleep like a baby… I guarantee you.
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If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
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Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.
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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 was always annoyed by too much explaining.
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You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.
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I’m a firm believer in research, but I’m also a firm believer in utilizing the instincts that are within your soul or in your body or in your stomach, wherever they reside.
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