Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids.
CLINT EASTWOODNo, I don’t have to practice that grunt. You just do it. Once you’re in character, you’re in character. You don’t sit there purposely thinking, Well, I’ll grunt here, or I’ll groan there.
More Clint Eastwood Quotes
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President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.
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I’m more focused on making a scene seem real as opposed to perfect.
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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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Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously
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When you’re young, you’re very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.
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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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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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Just trust your instincts. There’s an old saying in golf, you’ve studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but when you stand over the ball, you just have to trust your swing. And you trust it. And if you don’t trust it, you’ll ruin it; your brain will take over.
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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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Go ahead, make my day.
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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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Fate pulls you in different directions
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Don 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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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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It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have.
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