Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr.is an American actor, film director, producer, musician, and political figure. He rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth31 May 1930
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.
The reason I still work at this stage of life is because I enjoy learning something new each day.
A Love like this happens but once in a lifetime
My whole life has been one big improvisation.
You take the work seriously, you don't take yourself seriously. You keep that straight and you'll do well the rest of your life.
Society has made us believe you should look like an 18-year-old model all your life.
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.
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.
What you put into life is what you get out of it.
I'd like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person 10 years from now than I am today. I think that, for all of us, as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.
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.
When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and second because most of the films I'd been doing were cop movies or westerns or adventure films, so to be doing one about Charlie Parker, who was a great influence on American music, was a great thrill for me.
I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the camera. He doesn't have to get in front of the camera again, subliminally or otherwise.
Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree.