I don't like showing the technique. I don't like people who say, "Here, I'm going to act, but first I have to bounce off this wall." If you have to bounce off the wall, do it by yourself. Don't feature the technique. My old drama coach used to say, "Don't just do something, stand there." Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.
Clint EastwoodA lot of times people get to a certain age and they quit. I always felt sorry for the Frank Capras, the Billy Wilders, directors like that, because they quit in their sixties. Why would you quit? Think of the great work they could've done in their sixties, seventies, and on up.
Clint EastwoodI have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
Clint EastwoodThe guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.
Clint EastwoodIt's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
Clint Eastwood