Quotes By Clint Eastwood

When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it?

Every story has its demands.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.

I haven't been very active in politics.

The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Society is at odds with itself.

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.

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

Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.

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

Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around.

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.

I still work out on a daily basis.

I don't mind telling a dark side.

The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate.

I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.

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

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

Men must know their limitations.

Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that's what everybody needs to know.