Clint Eastwood

I tend to believe that audiences are relatively well-balanced people. ”

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? ”

The fact is, violence is not only not a beautiful thing, but it's also very painful and not without consequences for the perpetrator as well as the victim. ”

It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper. ”

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

They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks. ”

You should never give up your inner self. ”

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. ”

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

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself. ”