Clint Eastwood quote: "I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive."

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

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
CLINT EASTWOOD

If you ever go to a music session, you'll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playi...
CLINT EASTWOOD

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
CLINT EASTWOOD

You should never give up your inner self.
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When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless ag...
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I read every book there was on jazz, about the original players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden and all ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.
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I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Inv...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.
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I don't like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four y...
CLINT EASTWOOD

If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you jus...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos...
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It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's ...
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The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
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I've always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It's the most heinous crime, and...
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The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of...
CLINT EASTWOOD

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

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they w...
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I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

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

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If...
CLINT EASTWOOD

If you think it's going to rain, it will.
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There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Go ahead, make my day.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you thi...
CLINT EASTWOOD

You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?
CLINT EASTWOOD

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.
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There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married aga...
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I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama.
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Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital puni...
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My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I cer...
CLINT EASTWOOD

If you're doing a biography, you try to stay as accurate as possible to reality. But you really ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that ha...
CLINT EASTWOOD

There's a rebel lying deep in my soul.
CLINT EASTWOOD

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get mar...
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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.
CLINT EASTWOOD

We boil at different degrees.
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I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.
CLINT EASTWOOD

When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is.
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I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.
CLINT EASTWOOD

There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion no...
CLINT EASTWOOD

God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don't have to be Einstein, but Einste...
CLINT EASTWOOD

My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughes...
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The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some poin...
CLINT EASTWOOD

In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the '40s - there was the Frisco Jaz...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you're the mayor. The bad...
CLINT EASTWOOD

People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

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

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both fi...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prej...
CLINT EASTWOOD

When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and se...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 'Clint, ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick...
CLINT EASTWOOD

You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, an...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I was drafted during the Korean War.
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'Unforgiven' is probably an example of a script that I liked right away but thought, 'Th...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. E...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Fate pulls you in different directions.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body beh...
CLINT EASTWOOD

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's live...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both fi...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him.
CLINT EASTWOOD

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool...
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The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the...
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When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very a...
CLINT EASTWOOD

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending mo...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less governmen...
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I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanist...
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I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degre...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Just try not to ingest a lot of fats, and just try to eat carefully.
CLINT EASTWOOD

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm not one of these guys who sits around saying, 'Gee, I mean, the person had a strange chi...
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I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm suffering from oxygen deprivation. It's overwhelming watching your career go by.
CLINT EASTWOOD

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story valu...
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And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take o...
CLINT EASTWOOD

My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain, and she liked him, and I kind...
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I love stories about women.
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Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth.
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I just think it is important that you realize, that you're the best in the world. Whether you ar...
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Ten Million Dollar Baby.
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I've had no problem harnessing anger.
CLINT EASTWOOD

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

Politicians have to make unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of hi...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Kor...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I know what you're thinking, punk. He just threw three straight split-fingered fastballs at the knee...
CLINT EASTWOOD

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

There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forge...
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

We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has
CLINT EASTWOOD

Hollywood, as everyone knows, glamorizes physical courage. . . . if I had to define courage myself, ...
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[on his mother] So at 96 I'm thanking her for her genes.
CLINT EASTWOOD

He played the tour because he loved the game, but he loved to play percentage golf,'' Miller said.
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[During last week's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am there was as much talk about who didn't show u...
CLINT EASTWOOD

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven'...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always li...
CLINT EASTWOOD

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

'Mystic River' just smelled interesting to me. So I read it and liked it right away. Even th...
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I think those soldiers deserve a certain amount of respect. I feel terrible for both sides in that w...
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I just thought, 'Yeah, this gal would be great, if we can get her trained up, if we can get a little...
CLINT EASTWOOD

[Her secret didn’t surprise Eastwood one bit. He says her plain-and-simple determination to play t...
CLINT EASTWOOD

They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.
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Tomorrow is promised to no one.
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I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.
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Harry Callahan: I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you t...
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I'd like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person 10 years from now than I am today. I think tha...
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I was kind of a little disappointed when they started building a competition between Marty (Martin S...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I saw Sidney Lumet out there, who's 80, and I thought, 'I'm just a kid,'
CLINT EASTWOOD

Half of them are suicides or accidents, Martha. Don't exaggerate.
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Dirty Harry
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It was sort of the beginning of celebrity in a way. They felt the heroes were all the people who die...
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Men must know their limitations.
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The clock's ticking, Pops, and I'm only getting older.
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"A good man always knows his limitations
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Go ahead, make my day
CLINT EASTWOOD

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I was a fan of Hilary's from 'Boys Don't Cry' and I saw her in 'Insomnia,' where she was good, but s...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I'm not Jewish. Secondly, ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get electe...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Actors know, with me they aren't going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours a...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Do ya' feel lucky, punk?
CLINT EASTWOOD

Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.
CLINT EASTWOOD

You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in thei...
CLINT EASTWOOD

In 'Gran Torino,' I play a guy who's racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that y...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I think Pebble Beach is kind of a unique place on the planet.
CLINT EASTWOOD

The fact is, violence is not only not a beautiful thing, but it's also very painful and not with...
CLINT EASTWOOD

The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wan...
CLINT EASTWOOD

There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywo...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a gr...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they...
CLINT EASTWOOD

The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were total...
CLINT EASTWOOD

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. Bu...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Every picture has its own demands, and every picture stimulates something within you to tell it a ce...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.
CLINT EASTWOOD

In my career as a director, there's always been some point where you get halfway through it, or ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel.
CLINT EASTWOOD

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

I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself.
CLINT EASTWOOD

You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor w...
CLINT EASTWOOD

If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.
CLINT EASTWOOD

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm just a kid - I've got a lot of stuff to do yet.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I've always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Every story has its demands.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn&...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure.
CLINT EASTWOOD

There's no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then sell...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I'm a mentor to anybody who's interested.
CLINT EASTWOOD

Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I don't mind telling a dark side.
CLINT EASTWOOD

If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.
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I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's ...
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My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my fath...
CLINT EASTWOOD

My whole life has been one big improvisation.
CLINT EASTWOOD

There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've al...
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I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don't move fast, but I just keep ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave ...
CLINT EASTWOOD

It's a very confusing era that we're in.
CLINT EASTWOOD

I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No.
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When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's no...
CLINT EASTWOOD

When I was a kid, I thought movies just came from air. I thought they just appeared.
CLINT EASTWOOD

When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's someb...
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There has to be something in every role that interests you.
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I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or ...
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I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high.
CLINT EASTWOOD

My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving ...
SCOTT EASTWOOD

To be really in shape, it's dynamic. It's got to be a lot of different everything, always sw...
SCOTT EASTWOOD

It was a tough day today. I got out of my rhythm a little bit but I'm happy with the way I played an...
BOB EASTWOOD

Sixty is just a number. I don't feel 60.
BOB EASTWOOD

I think experience helps a lot out here. The greens have a lot of tendencies and subtle breaks. I've...
BOB EASTWOOD

I was walking with my caddie and told him about the only thing I hadn't done was chip in. I hit an L...
BOB EASTWOOD

The volume server market continues to evolve as richer server configurations driven by both scale-ou...
MATTHEW EASTWOOD

I've never really tried to prove myself... I don't think I am like a great actress. I think I am wor...
ALISON EASTWOOD

My dad was pretty old school. I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was ...
SCOTT EASTWOOD

My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.
SCOTT EASTWOOD

He plays kind of some, like, blues, boogie-woogie,
KYLE EASTWOOD

I haven't heard much about who wants the position, mainly since we've all been so busy this first we...
KYLE EASTWOOD

Our job shouldn't stop with a bill. It should stop with a solution. Congress should be offering solu...
KYLE EASTWOOD

Both my parents love jazz, and while growing up they took me to hear it live all the time, which cem...
KYLE EASTWOOD

I think the very first time I was probably about 6 or 7, ... I went with my father. I think it was a...
KYLE EASTWOOD

It's going to take both of us putting an effort to work together, ... and I think we're both capable...
KYLE EASTWOOD

Overall, the size of the Unix installed base appears to be flattening because of slowing unit volume...
MATT EASTWOOD

There's an emphasis on standardization.
MATT EASTWOOD

People don't throw out technology for no reason.
MATT EASTWOOD

There's so much I should say, so many things I should tell him, but in the end I tell him nothing. CLINT CATALYST

I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

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Clint Eastwood

I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.

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