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 EASTWOODYou have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.
More Clint Eastwood Quotes
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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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I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it.
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Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.
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Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.
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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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Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.
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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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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 am sort of anti-hunting. I don’t put down what anyone wants to do, but it seems to me that killing a creature for fun is not a progressive idea.
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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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Instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding.
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There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.
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Tomorrow is promised to no one.
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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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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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