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

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" My whole life has been one big improvisation. "

" 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. "

" My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain, and she liked him, and I kinda liked him. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy. "

" 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.' "

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

" If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. "

" 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. "

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

" There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can. "

" In 'Gran Torino,' I play a guy who's racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that you're never too old to learn and embrace people that you don't understand to begin with. It seems like nobody else got that message, I guess. "

" In 'Changeling,' I tried to show something you'd never see nowadays - a kid sitting and looking at the radio. Just sitting in front of the radio and listening. Your mind does the rest. "

" And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. "

" Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth. "

" 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. "

" I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up. "

" I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. "

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

" Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict. "

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

" I keep working because I learn something new all the time. "

" If you ever go to a music session, you'll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playing right away, and everyone knows what to do. Of course they're reading it, but the conductor can tweak little things, and you can take that back to directing motion pictures. "

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

" I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality. "

" I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime. "