Tag: Clint Eastwood
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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.
Clint Eastwood
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I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.
Clint Eastwood
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When I was born, the economy wasn’t in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try and find work.
Clint Eastwood
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It’s much more fun to play something you’re nothing like than what you are… It’s much easier to hide yourself in a character.
Clint Eastwood
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My old drama coach used to say, ‘Don’t just do something, stand there.’ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.
Clint Eastwood
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If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re going to have to take what they get.
Clint Eastwood
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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.’
Clint Eastwood
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Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.
Clint Eastwood
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I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high.
Clint Eastwood
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I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.
Clint Eastwood