Clint Eastwood

Some people feel that the world owes them a living. ”

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

When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and second because most of the films I'd been doing were cop movies or westerns or adventure films, so to be doing one about Charlie Parker, who was a great influence on American music, was a great thrill for me. ”

Unforgiven' is probably an example of a script that I liked right away but thought, 'This is great, but I'd like to do this when I'm older.' So I stuck it in the drawer for ten years and then took it out. ”

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man. ”

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

Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree. ”

I do believe in the energy and the productivity of the American business world. ”

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know. ”

Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it's a question of timing, of the proper rhythm. ”