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" Every picture has its own demands, and every picture stimulates something within you to tell it a certain way. I don't know what that is; I don't think too much about that. "

Clint Eastwood

Think

Too Much

You

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Clint Eastwood

Believe

Self-Help

" I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more. "

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

" If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music. "

" Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid. "

" I'm a day-to-day-type person. "

Clint Eastwood

Person

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

" I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it. "

" I've had no problem harnessing anger. "

" Actors know, with me they aren't going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks. "

Clint Eastwood

Right

Know

" I'm not a regrets-type person. "

Clint Eastwood

Person

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

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

" A lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn't mean they're going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future. "

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

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

Clint Eastwood

Power

Exceeded

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

" I've always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It's the most heinous crime, and certainly a capital crime if there ever was one. "

" God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don't have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I'm sure he didn't call everybody jerks. "

" I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the camera. He doesn't have to get in front of the camera again, subliminally or otherwise. "

" Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks. "

Clint Eastwood

Why

Star

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

" There's no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don't try to adapt it, make it commercial. "

" I love stories about women. "

" I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote. "

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