Clint Eastwood

“Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the”

“I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself.”

“In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.”

“Tomorrow is promised to no one.”

“I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.”

“Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.”

“Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.”

“The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach.”

“It's a very confusing era that we're in.”

“I was drafted during the Korean War.”

“When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's somebody else up there, an actor playing a role. I keep myself out of it.”

“If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.”

“Some people feel that the world owes them a living.”

“I'm not one of these guys who sits around saying, 'Gee, I mean, the person had a strange childhood and that's why he's doing this horrible thing. Poor Jeffrey Dahmer. He's just had a bad childhood and that's why he's eating people.' Wait a second! This person should be removed from the planet.”

“I do believe in self-help.”

“My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.”

“I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there's some vibration, some connection.”

“I'm not a chick-flick enthusiast.”

“In 'Changeling,' I tried to show something you'd never see nowadays - a kid sitting and looking at the radio. Just sitting in front of the radio and listening. Your mind does the rest.”

“In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.”