We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.
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.
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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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I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it.
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Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn’t have messed with? That’s me.
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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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There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I’ll just put the stool out there and I’ll talk to Mr Obama and ask him why he didn’t keep all of the promises he made to everybody.
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Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there’s a couple of car chases or shooting and stuff like that. They’re forgetting the fact that there’s a basic structure to a story that is essential to making it really broad and appealing.
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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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Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.
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You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.
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That’s the secret to a movie career – just keeping an open mind.
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People love westerns worldwide. There’s something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It’s a simpler time. There’s no organized laws and stuff.
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If you’re afraid to take risks in anything in life, it’s just boredom.
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As you get older you try to do things that please you more. You get a little more selfish. You start thinking I want to do things where I enjoy myself.
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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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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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