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" When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice. "
Clint Eastwood
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" 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. "
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" I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and make a toy out of it. Kids will daydream all the time. "
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" I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I'm not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy. "
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" I'm not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy. "
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" We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has. "
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" Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20. "
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" I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff. "
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" I'm not a regrets-type person. "
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" I read every book there was on jazz, about the original players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden and all those groups. At one time I was fairly well schooled in that... I could tell you who played where and when, historically, way before my time. "
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" I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. Every day in this country, everybody keeps worrying about the deterioration of America, and it's like a big reality show. "
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" I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice. "
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" Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict. "
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" I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself. "
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" Movies are fun, but they are no cure for cancer. "
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Cure
" I think Pebble Beach is kind of a unique place on the planet. "
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Kind
" I'm not a chick-flick enthusiast. "
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" The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your life, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about. "
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" I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. "
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" '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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" I hate to see anybody sink. I hate to see anybody lose their dream, lose their home, something like that. "
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" 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. "
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Mind
" 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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Trying
" 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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Something
" I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote. "
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" I keep working because I learn something new all the time. "
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" 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. "
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Me
" Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it. "
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" Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it. "
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