Quotes by Clint Eastwood

About Clint Eastwood:

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American actor, film director, producer, musician, and politician. He rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made him an enduring cultural icon of masculinity.
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They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

Clint Eastwood

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

Clint Eastwood

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you.

Clint Eastwood

Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something.

Clint Eastwood

What you put into life is what you get out of it.

Clint Eastwood

Society has made us believe you should look like an 18-year-old model all your life.

Clint Eastwood

I love stories about women.

Clint Eastwood

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.

Clint Eastwood

Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.

Clint Eastwood

As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I'd eventually run out of steam on that, and that would've been the end of it.

Clint Eastwood

The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

Clint Eastwood

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

Clint Eastwood

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Clint Eastwood

Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.

Clint Eastwood

The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.

Clint Eastwood

If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Clint Eastwood

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

Clint Eastwood

You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you.

Clint Eastwood

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Clint Eastwood

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

Clint Eastwood

They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.

Clint Eastwood

Author Bio

  • NameClint Eastwood
  • Descriptionactor and director from the United States
  • AliasesClinton Eastwood, Jr.
  • BornMay 31, 1930
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Producer; Film Actor; Film Director; Restaurateur; Composer; Aviator; Helicopter Pilot; Jazz Musician
  • AwardsCommander Of The Legion Of Honour; Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; Academy Award For Best Director; National Medal Of Arts; Directors Guild Of America Award