Clint Eastwood Quotes (36 Quotes)


    Harry Callahan I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question Do I feel lucky Well, do ya punk

    I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

    I know what you're thinking, punk. He just threw three straight split-fingered fastballs at the knees. Does he have any left Well, to tell you the truth in all the excitement, I kind of lost track myself...

    I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.

    I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.


    I saw Sidney Lumet out there, who's 80, and I thought, 'I'm just a kid,'

    I was kind of a little disappointed when they started building a competition between Marty (Martin Scorsese) and me. I have the greatest respect for him and all the films he's done over the years.

    There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.

    on his mother So at 96 I'm thanking her for her genes.

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


    I've got a firm policy on gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be the one controlling it.

    Her secret didnt surprise Eastwood one bit. He says her plain-and-simple determination to play the part is in large part why the film turned out so well. This is just another step in her path to greatness, ... She's the best there is, as good an actress a

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

    Politicians have to make unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of his job. I wish him good luck, he's going to need it. It's going to be difficult for him.


    There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forget the senior guys. The senior guys and gals are there, willing to do their best work for you.

    I just thought, 'Yeah, this gal would be great, if we can get her trained up, if we can get a little bit more bulk on her, to make her look like a fighter,' ... She was like a feather. But what happened is, she had this great work ethic.

    It was sort of the beginning of celebrity in a way. They felt the heroes were all the people who died over there. They felt terrible about being singled out.

    My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

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

    Hollywood, as everyone knows, glamorizes physical courage. . . . if I had to define courage myself, I wouldn't say it's about shooting people. I'd say it's the quality that stimulates people, that enables them to move ahead and look beyond themselves.

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

    He played the tour because he loved the game, but he loved to play percentage golf,'' Miller said.

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



    Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

    Half of them are suicides or accidents, Martha. Don't exaggerate.


    There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

    During last week's ATT Pebble Beach National Pro-Am there was as much talk about who didn't show up as who did. Favorite son Bill Murray was in Italy filming a movie, while Tiger Woods had cited the tournament's bumpy ... We have great players here this week, so we're not going to worry about one or two guys having a bug up their ass.

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

    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.


    We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has.


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