My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.
CLINT EASTWOODYou can’t stop everything from happening. But we’ve gotten to a point where we’re certainly trying. If a car doesn’t have four hundred air bags in it, then it’s no good.
More Clint Eastwood Quotes
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If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
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I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
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I haven’t killed anybody all day. Help me keep it that way.
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Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it?
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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.
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I was always annoyed by too much explaining.
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When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn’t out collecting for the Red Cross.
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That’s the secret to a movie career – just keeping an open mind.
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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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I’m trying to preach the idea that if we don’t pay attention to history we’re destined to repeat 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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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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If you’re afraid to take risks in anything in life, it’s just boredom.
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A good man always knows his limitations.
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That’s one of the actor’s secrets: With everything you do, learn something new about yourself.
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