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It's a very confusing era that we're in.

Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait.

My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain, and she liked him, and I kinda liked him.

I think 'Dirty Harry' was probably sensitive toward the victims of violent crime.

If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

We don't even know who's in the Academy.

It's a hell of a thing; killin' a man. You take away everything he ever had and ever would have.

Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

Most people are afraid of change. But if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn't ordered to do.

I still work out on a daily basis.

Every story has its demands.

I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama.

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

You should just evaluate the work and make your judgments accordingly. That's the way you do it in life and every other subject.

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

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.

You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.

I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you just very calmly present something.

I don't believe in pessimism.

If you consider film an art form, as some people do, then the Western would be a truly American art form, much as jazz is.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old

I don't mind telling a dark side.

A Love like this happens but once in a lifetime

Things always look different from higher up.

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells.

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.

Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.

Men must know their limitations.

Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.

I'm suffering from oxygen deprivation. It's overwhelming watching your career go by.

I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him.

I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.

Let's take the work seriously, and not ourselves seriously.

You change as the years go by. The more knowledge you get, the more things change in your life and circumstances change.

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

I haven't killed anybody all day. Help me keep it that way.

By the Man with No Name (Clint Eastwood) in A Fistful of Dollars.

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

Directing is more like you're being a psychologist and you're kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies.

I do believe in self-help.

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

There's a rebel lying deep in my soul.

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

I've always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.

Society has made us believe you should look like an 18-year-old model all your life.

Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it.

Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it?

I've done a few special effects movies in my life, so I've gotten that out of my system.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you're changing, emotionally as well as physically?

I just don't want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of movies.

I love stories about women.

Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view.

Nobody, I mean nobody, puts ketchup on a hot dog.

Now you've got to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? - Inspector Harry Callahan

Everybody's got a right to be a sucker ... once.

I am sort of anti-hunting. I don't put down what anyone wants to do, but it seems to me that killing a creature for fun is not a progressive idea.

I don't necessarily look for dark themes; they just seem to appear.

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family.

When I was a kid, I thought movies just came from air. I thought they just appeared.

[FBI] philosophy is "Go ahead and make the story you want to make, and hopefully we'll love it." So that's that.

I like the inspiration of the first take.

Don't look at me like I've gotten old or something like that.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to
self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt,
that's real power.

I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not.

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries.

When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice.

I have worked ever since I was 13.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I'd eventually run out of steam on that, and that would've been the end of it.

I guess I'm living in the present more than the past.

When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it?

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

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.

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

Like most pictures that I've done, I've had no idea whether anyone would ever want to see 'em. But I figured, I'd like to see it.

I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No.

I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.

I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

A good man always knows his limitations.

I'm past doing one chin-up more than I did the day before. I just kind of do what I feel like.

When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross.

I like working. That's when I'm feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.