Quotes from Clint Eastwood

Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it's a question of timing, of the proper rhythm.

Am I aging? The pros and the cons? Well, you know a lot more, at least until the time you start forgetting it all. Actually, aging can be a fun process, to some degree.

I have a small child. Being a parent takes a lot of time. People always ask me, "What movies have you watched lately?" I tell them, "Finding 'Nemo' ... 'Shrek'.

As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it's a success.

A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries.

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

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

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. Every day in this country, everybody keeps worrying about the deterioration of America, and it's like a big reality show.

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.

'Unforgiven' is probably an example of a script that I liked right away but thought, 'This is great, but I'd like to do this when I'm older.' So I stuck it in the drawer for ten years and then took it out.

That's why I don't rehearse a lot and why I shoot a lot immediately. I have ideas of where I'd like to take the character, but we both end up going together.

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.

Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 'Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie.'

I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War.

Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid.

You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.

I don't wanna need you because I can't have you.

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

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

I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

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