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" The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men. "
Clint Eastwood
Important
Women
Stars
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" I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too. "
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Time
" In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. "
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School
Leaves
" 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. "
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Start
Reading
" I have been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years, and in 1970, when I first started directing, I said, 'If I could pull this off, I can some day move to the back of the camera and stay there.' "
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Said
Trying
" I keep working because I learn something new all the time. "
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Keep
Because
Time
" I'm a day-to-day-type person. "
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" I do believe in self-help. "
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Believe
Self-Help
" '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. "
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Like
Great
Away
" I was drafted during the Korean War. "
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Drafted
Korean
Korean War
" Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something. "
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Life
Wish
Something
" I hate to see anybody sink. I hate to see anybody lose their dream, lose their home, something like that. "
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Home
Like
" Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power. "
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Power
He
Exceeded
" There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65. "
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Limits
Police
Police Officers
" I tend to believe that audiences are relatively well-balanced people. "
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Tend
Audiences
People
" Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth. "
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Our
West
Society
" Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid. "
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Idealistic
Kid
You
" 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. "
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Play
You
Learn
" We boil at different degrees. "
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Anger
Degrees
Boil
" If you think it's going to rain, it will. "
Clint Eastwood
Rain
Will
You
" Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society. "
Clint Eastwood
Children
Innocent
Me
" I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there's some vibration, some connection. "
Clint Eastwood
Up
Think
Phone
" 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. "
Clint Eastwood
Question
Me
Genius
" It's a very confusing era that we're in. "
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Era
Very
Confusing
" It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper. "
Clint Eastwood
Drama
Play
Overcome
" I have worked ever since I was 13. "
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Ever
Worked
Since
" Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don't move fast, but I just keep moving. "
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Fast
Picture
Keep Moving
" 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. "
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Long
Place
Success
" A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries. "
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War
Thing
Also
" I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding. "
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Meditation
Religion
New
" 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