I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

There are very few guys like me. I make a lot of money. I didn't always.

The radical rightwing pegs Hollywood as a leftist town, which is completely wrong. There are a lot of actors, writers, and directors who talk a liberal agenda... but all the studio bosses, for as long as there have been studios, have all been as far rightwing as you can possibly imagine.

You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.

I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece of fiction or it's a small piece of reality. I just look for good story.

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.

Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like being able to tell a story the way I want to tell a story. I don't like developing it with a team. I like coming to a story and deciding whether I want to do it or not.