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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am. "

" I just don't like killing creatures. "

" I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen. "

" When I do a picture and it's 90% black, like 'Bird,' I use 90% black people. "

" Society is at odds with itself. "

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

" A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries. "

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

" I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you. "

" At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel. "

" I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's always nice. And if they don't like them, then too bad. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela. "

" I'm a mentor to anybody who's interested. "

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" In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. "

" I just think it is important that you realize, that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go. "

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" If you consider film an art form, as some people do, then the Western would be a truly American art form, much as jazz is. "

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