If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

For a man, once you've sired your pups, you're done.

I had one well known director who kept saying, "Now Clint, this is what ...." And I'd say, "I know. I read the script. I'm the one who cast you as the director. Let me show you and you'll correct me if I'm wrong."

Great stories teach you something. That's one reason I haven't slipped into some sort of retirement: I always feel like I'm learning something new.

I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama.

I haven't been very active in politics.

I don't look at my life too much. I'm always looking forward, not backward.