Clint Quotes & Sayings

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

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

When you can leave a race track and there's people in tears because they won and (people) in tears because they got crashed, you know, that's what brings us to the race track. — Clint Bowyer

I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it. — Clint Walker

My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War. — Clint Eastwood

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth! — Clint Smith

At certain points if your life, you like doing more. I'm not sure what causes it or for what reasons; you just do it. — Clint Eastwood

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do. — Clint Black

I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you. — Clint Black

Things always look different from higher up. — Clint Eastwood

I don't write. I usually look for material by other people. Sometimes I change things or adapt things but I don't write from scratch. I wish I had that ability. — Clint Eastwood

I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go ... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?' — Clint Eastwood

I wanted people to know that we fired rounds into moving trucks and open windows to survive, not for anyone else's freedom. Not for the Democrats. Not for Republicans. Just to survive. — Clint Van Winkle

I'm not really a Hollywood person. Not that I don't like L.A., but I'm just a Northern California guy. — Clint Eastwood

Everything that you do is a challenge. And acting is just building up your concentration and being able to listen and to do the ridiculous. — Clint Eastwood

I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal. — Clint Eastwood

You definitely do not do films for that particular reason. You do them for yourself, for your satisfaction of creating this thing with characters and watching these characters take on real life - that's all you care about. — Clint Eastwood

After directing awhile, you get an instinct about it, but you have to be able to trust your own feelings. Invariably, two-thirds of the way through a film, you say, "Jeezus, is this a pile of crap! What did I ever see in it in the first place?" You have to shut off your brain and forge ahead, because by that time you're getting so brainwashed. Once I commit myself to a film I commit myself to that ending, whatever the motivations and conclusions are. — Clint Eastwood

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

I take vitamins daily, but just the bare essentials not what you'd call supplements. I try to stick to a vegan diet heavy on fruit, vegetables, tofu, and other soy products. — Clint Eastwood

Grandma has a .45 long barrel that she keeps hidden from my mother. She got it from her friend Elsie, who picked it up at a yard sale. Probably it was in Grandma's purse. Grandma says it gives the bag some heft, in case she has to beat off a mugger. This might be true, but I think mostly Grandma likes pretending she is Clint Eastwood. — Janet Evanovich

Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt. — Clint Eastwood

Today sucks. I'm goin' back to bed. — Matt Fraction

I just don't like killing creatures. — Clint Eastwood

Every man has got to know his limitations. — Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood's speech was kind of a metaphor for the entire Republican Party: A confused old person yelling at something that doesn't exist. — Bill Maher

I know what you're thinking 'Did he fire six shots or only five? — Clint Eastwood

If you're afraid to take risks in anything in life, it's just boredom. — Clint Eastwood

And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. — Clint Eastwood

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

Once you finish a film, it doesn't belong to you anymore - it belongs to the audience to interpret it the way they feel like interpreting. — Clint Eastwood

I'm a big fan of Clint Eastwood, but the Westerns I draw from most directly come from an earlier period in Hollywood. I actually look back at movies like 'Rio Bravo' and others I've liked over the years, and I capture pictures from the movies and use them as a reference for the scenes I create. — Steve Sheinkin

Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder have created a compelling vision for a Clean Tech Nation and a roadmap for creating it, even as they surprise and delight readers with a rich account of progress already achieved. I salute their unique combination of technical savvy, practical sense, and imperishable enthusiasm. — Ralph Cavanagh

When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys were tough. They were leading men, but they were also tough and physical. — Joe Manganiello

As they say in the rodeo business, he just drew a tough one. There were a lot of positives for Jason to take out of this. He put us in a position to win. — Clint Hurdle

Clint Eastwood said, the only things America has contributed to civilization are the western and jazz. And I don't think westerns are bad, but lots of people make great cinema. But jazz is right there. — Robert Wyatt

All I know is there's thousands of people in the Academy and a lot of them, the majority of them, haven't won Oscars.A lot of people are crying, I guess. — Clint Eastwood

There's always a sense of pride you take out on the field to play your best every night. Sometimes your best stinks. — Clint Hurdle

She then turns to Clint. "That being said, if something happens to you, like you faint, we will kick you to the side and keep going. — Hope Jahren

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? — Clint Eastwood

Train wreck, extremely fast train, but usually ends up derailed somehow, — Clint Bowyer

Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them. — Clint Eastwood

When you hang a man, you better look at him. — Clint Eastwood

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

I can't do that to myself! — Clint Eastwood

I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left. — Clint Black

The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated. — Clint Eastwood

Society is at odds with itself. — Clint Eastwood

Just saw American Sniper. Powerful. Another view of Coming Home. Bradley Cooper sensational. Bravo Clint Eastwood. — Jane Fonda

Clint Eastwood doesn't moisturize! But Clint Eastwood needs to moisturize! — Christopher Titus

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. — Clint Eastwood

Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy. — Charlton Heston

The two most important rules in a gunfight are: always cheat and always win. — Clint Smith

[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character. — Clint Eastwood

Everyone acted like they knew so much about the war. But none of them really knew anything besides what they had learned through Internet searches or shady half-truths political pundits spouted from the comfort of their news desks. Nothing could ever be flushed out because nobody bothered to ask the troops or look at both sides of the story. — Clint Van Winkle

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. — Clint Eastwood

Just try not to ingest a lot of fats, and just try to eat carefully. — Clint Eastwood

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict. — Clint Eastwood

I'm trying to preach the idea that if we don't pay attention to history we're destined to repeat it. — Clint Eastwood

I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen. — Clint Eastwood

Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it. — Clint Eastwood

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

Contrary to popular belief," Gretchen grumbled. "It's creepy to watch a girl while she sleeps."
Clint shrugged and smiled. "Sorry, I guess I should've just woken you up. — Aria Kane

I'm just naturally gravitating towards different things. As you mature, different subject matters. And as you're older, you can't play as many parts, or you shouldn't be playing the parts that you used to play. But also there's the opportunity to play parts that you couldn't have. — Clint Eastwood

[If] I'm talking about something, that doesn't mean I'm necessarily doing it. — Clint Black

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. — Clint Eastwood

All I'm going to say is that I worked with Christopher Walken the other day. I can cross him and working with Clint Eastwood off my bucket list! — Jeremy Luke

My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain. — Michele Lee

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

I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and make a toy out of it. Kids will daydream all the time. — Clint Eastwood

I'm kind of happy to know there may be some kid or teenager now who might never have had the chance to see my Broadway performance, but gets a taste for what it might have been like now, because they can see Clint Eastwood's film. — John Lloyd Young

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more. — Clint Eastwood

2. This guy in the Group of Friends named Clint was talking about the letter at lunch and in the process of talking about it, he called me a bitchsquealer, and I didn't know what a bitchsquealer was, so I was like, 'What do you mean?' And then he called me a bitchsquealer again, at which point I told Clint to fuck off and then took my tray and left — John Green

I would really love to work with Clint Eastwood. — Randeep Hooda

Clint Eastwood's a good friend, too - he and I used to play in softball games together. — Lee Majors

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits. — Clint Eastwood

A good man always knows his limitations. — Clint Eastwood

At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel. — Clint Eastwood

It would be great to be 105 and still making films. — Clint Eastwood

Every once and a while somebody writes a script, but even regardless of what age you are, most of the actors would all agree that it's all based upon material and the material has got to spark with you. It may be great material but you think it's great material for somebody else. Or it's great material and I'm perfect for it. So, you just have to make that judgment and if you feel in the mood to do it. — Clint Eastwood

I still work out on a daily basis. — Clint Eastwood

Each director is different. Clint Eastwood and Chris Nolan are completely different, and I need to adjust to the story and character and the director and just my duty as an actor. — Ken Watanabe

I just feel that I enjoy the work more than I ever have ... or just as much certainly. I enjoy making films behind the camera equally to making them in front of the camera on all those years. I just enjoy it, that's all. I've been lucky enough to work in a profession that I have really liked and so I figured I'd just continue until someone hits me over the head and says "get out". — Clint Eastwood

Love is certain, love is kind, love is yours and love is mine. But it isn't something that we find, its something that we do. — Clint Black

I grew up loving the John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns. — Ben Mendelsohn

He's coming up but he got bigger and stronger, that plus the athleticism. I'm going to have to show him that we're just as athletic in the middleweight division as [they are] in the welterweight division. I think he'll do good in the division but I'm glad I get to welcome him to middleweight. — Clint Hester

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. — Clint Eastwood

In America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the audience. They come up with the demographics for the film and then the film is made and sold strictly to that audience. — Clint Eastwood

People think I'll kill you if you make a joke. I compare it to Clint Eastwood. I've only seen Clint Eastwood in movies. You think if you make a joke to Eastwood, he might shoot you. — Ice-T

Go ahead, make my day. — Clint Eastwood

What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself. You're crazy. You're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden. — Clint Eastwood

I've got to learn French because I've been going there for years and still, the only words I know are the swear words. — Clint Eastwood

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody. — Clint Eastwood

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man. — Clint Eastwood

I'm a day-to-day-type person. — Clint Eastwood

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

People don't realize that doing a horror movie is hard work. You're out there all day screaming your lungs out, breathing in toxic make-up fumes, rolling around in the dirt, getting your eyebrows burned off - it's not like doing a sitcom. — Clint Howard

Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is okay. There's nothing wrong with that. But there will be a certain group which will remember me for the other films, the ones where I took a few chances. At least, I like to think so. — Clint Eastwood

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

Clint collected stray facts the way belly buttons collect lint. — Laura DiSilverio