All I know is
All I know is there’s thousands of people in the Academy and a lot of them, the majority of them, haven’t won Oscars.A lot of people are crying, I guess. Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
We don’t even know
We don’t even know who’s in the Academy. Clint Eastwood
I have great respect
I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted because of what we were doing in story, or doing a certain take: that’s not true. Actually the FBI was tremendously enthusiastic about us doing [ J. Edgar Hoover ] film. Clint Eastwood
There are so many
There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it’s the head of a studio or the head of an organization, a major newspaper, a major factory or company, of people who stay too long, maybe, and overstay their usefulness. Clint Eastwood
The story [for the
The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it’s a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you just go out and try to make one by putting on boots and jumping on a horse and riding off… If you don’t have the material, the characters and the things to overcome … Read more
The only reason I
The only reason I ever thought about retiring from the front part of the camera as opposed to the back is sometimes you think, How many roles are there for someone my age? Clint Eastwood
I think being able
I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn… 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. Clint Eastwood
I just don’t want
I just don’t want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of movies. Clint Eastwood
When I was a
When I was a kid, I remember the first Batman, the first Superman comic books when they came out, thinking how great that was and wouldn’t it be great to see a movie like that. They did some cheap serials, but they’re not the same as today. But I think younger audiences would like to … Read more
Hitchcock used to believe
Hitchcock used to believe that if there were three or four memorable scenes in a film that would be enough to drive it, but I don’t know if that’s true or not. Clint Eastwood