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A Talented Executive Would Be Somebody Who Knows How To Surround Themselves With A Lot Of People That Will Make Him Look Good. You Could Say That About A Politician Or You Could Say That About A Head Of A Major Corporation Or What Have You. The People You Surround Yourself With It's Very Important.

-Clint Eastwood

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A Talented Executive Would

Clint Eastwood

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A Talented Executive Would Be Somebody Who Knows How To Surround Themselves With A Lot Of People That Will Make Him Look Good. You Could Say That About A Politician Or You Could Say That About A Head Of A Major Corporation Or What Have You. The People You Surround Yourself With It's Very Important.

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I've Had Moments When I've Thought About Somebody, Picked Up The Phone To Call Them And They Are On The Line Already, And I Think That Maybe There's Some Vibration, Some Connection.

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Everybody Puts Importance In Money On A Film Set.

They Say Marriages Are Made In Heaven. But So Is Thunder And Lightning.

You Get To A Certain Age And You're Just Glad To Be There. I Don't Know What To Add To That. It's Fun. You Have To Be A Realist, So You Try To Look For Roles That Are Within The Age You Are.

If You Get A Certain Amount Of Notoriety For Doing Something, And You Can Stick To That Type Of Project For The Rest Of Your Life And Make A Decent Living, I Think You Still Have A Responsibility To Stretch. Flexibility Is What Keeps You Alive.

Abuse Of Power Isn't Limited To Bad Guys In Other Nations. It Happens In Our Own Country If We're Not Vigilant.

I Just Kind Of Had My Own Impressions Growing Up With Hoover As A Heroic Figure In The 40s - Actually The 30s, 40s, And 50s And Beyond - But This Was All Prior To The Information Age So We Didn't Know About Hoover Except What Was Usually In The Papers, And This Was Fun, Because This Was A Chance To Go Into It [ During Filming 'j. Edgar Hoover' ]

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You Should Never Give Up Your Inner Self.

[ 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.

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Of Course We All Know Biden Is The Intellect Of The Democratic Party. Kind Of A Grin With A Body Behind It.

I Do Believe In Self-help.

The Guys Who Won World War Ii And That Whole Generation Have Disappeared, And Now We Have A Bunch Of Teenage Twits.

Libertarian: Everyone Leaves Everyone Else Alone

You Have To Trust Your Instincts. There Is A Moment When An Actor Has It, And He Knows It.

It's Always Fun To Talk About Jazz.

I Don't Believe In Pessimism.

With People In High Office, The Old - You Go Into The Extreme, Which Is Absolute Power And Absolute Power Corrupts.

Hillary Clinton Has Made A Lot Of Dough Out Of Being A Politician. I Gave Up Dough To Be A Politician. I'm Sure That Ronald Reagan Gave Up Dough To Be A Politician.

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I Believe In My Gut. Most People Intellectualize Their Instincts Away, But When You Feel Something, You Have To Go For It. A Fistful Of Dollars Was A Great Instinct For Me, Because Here I Was, A Guy Who's Doing Rawhide.

Everybody Always Feels That They're Right Even If They're Wrong And That's What A Whole Actor's Career Is Built Around Rationalizing Your Way Into Whatever Character You're Playing.

The Thing That Haunts A Man The Most Is What He Isn't Ordered To Do.

You Have To Steal A Lot. You Have To Have A Criminal Mentality To Be A Film Director.

I'd Been Trying To Retire To The Back Of The Camera For Quite A Few Years. And Then, In 1970, When I First Started Directing, I If I Could Pull This Off, I Can Some Day Just Move In Back Of The Camera And Stay There.

Being Comfortable Is Over-rated.

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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.

I Try To Stick To A Vegan Diet Heavy On Fruit And Vegetables.

Funny Inspirational

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To Me, Life Is Like The Back Nine In Golf. Sometimes You Play Better On The Back Nine. You May Not Be Stronger, But Hopefully You're Wiser. And If You Keep Most Of Your Marbles Intact, You Can Add A Note Of Wisdom To The Coming Generation.

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.

I Couldn't Tell You Exactly What I Like About Golf. Just When You Think You've Got It Mastered It Lets You Know You Haven't. I'm Just Crazy Enough To Do It.

There Are So Many Parallels In Society Today [with Era Of J. Edgar Hoover ] That You Can Use, Whether It's The Head Of A Studio Or The Head Of An Organization, A Major Newspaper, A Major Factory Or Company, Of People Who Stay Too Long, Maybe, And Overstay Their Usefulness.

I Don't Wanna Need You Because I Can't Have You.

Drama Usually Has Some Sort Of Intense Conflict.

I'm Anti - The Pussy Generation. Not To Be Confused With Pussy.

There Are Two Kinds Of People In This World. 'i' People And 'we' People. I've Always Tried To Be A 'we' Person.

I'm So Glad For The Dozens Of Times I Haven't Listened Along The Way.

No, I Don't Have To Practice That Grunt. You Just Do It. Once You're In Character, You're In Character. You Don't Sit There Purposely Thinking, Well, I'll Grunt Here, Or I'll Groan There.

I Found Out That A Lot Of My Liberal Friends Weren't Liberal Because They Weren't Liberal About Approaching Anybody Else's Ideas, Or At Least Standing For It. They Started Getting Really Animalistic About, "i Can't Even Associate With This Guy. He's Stupid. He's An Idiot."

I Don't Watch A Lot Of Films. I'm Usually Involved In Making Them.

Overnight Stardom Can Be Harmful To Your Mental Health. Yeah. It Has Ruined A Lot Of People.

Every Man Has Got To Know His Limitations.

There's A Rebel Lying Deep In My Soul. Anytime Anybody Tells Me The Trend Is Such And Such, I Go The Opposite Direction. I Hate The Idea Of Trends. I Hate Imitation; I Have A Reverence For Individuality.

My Father Died Very Suddenly At Sixty-three. Just Dropped Dead. For A Long Time Afterward, I'd Ask Myself, Why Didn't I Ask Him To Play Golf More? Why Didn't I Spend More Time With Him? But When You're Off Trying To Get The Brass Ring, You Forget And Overlook Those Little Things. It Gives You A Certain Amount Of Regret Later On, But There's Nothing You Can Do About It. So You Just Forge On.

I'd Say, Go Ahead, Shoot Your Shot. More Power To Ya If You Can Come Up With A Different Angle On The Character.

Over The Years, I Realized There Was A Republican Philosophy That I Liked. And Then They Lost It. And Libertarians Had More Of It. Because What I Really Believe Is, Let's Spend A Little More Time Leaving Everybody Alone.

Do Ya' Feel Lucky, Punk?

I'm Past Doing One Chin-up More Than I Did The Day Before. I Just Kind Of Do What I Feel Like.

My Old Drama Coach Used To Say, 'don't Just Do Something, Stand There.' Gary Cooper Wasn't Afraid To Do Nothing.

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.

I'd Like To Be A Bigger And More Knowledgeable Person Ten 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.

Knowledgeable Person

I Know What You're Thinking 'did He Fire Six Shots Or Only Five?

Let's Take The Work Seriously, And Not Ourselves Seriously.

It's Much More Fun To Play Something You're Nothing Like Than What You Are... It's Much Easier To Hide Yourself In A Character.

Acting Gets Into Your Blood, After So Many Years, And I Just Always Like Revisiting It. It's Fun To Meet New People And Watch Them Coming Along, At Different Stages Of Their Careers.

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.

That's The Secret To A Movie Career - Just Keeping An Open Mind.

You Know I've Had People Come Up And Ask Me To Sign Their Guns. Sign My Name On Gun Handles And Holsters And Stuff. I've Done It Once Or Twice For Law Enforcement Officials, But When People Do That -- And There Have Been Quite A Few Of Them Lately -- I Always Tell Them No. I Don't Want To Do That. I Don't Want My Name On That And I Hope You Use This Gun, Whatever Its Purpose Is, I Hope It's Used Wisely.

Once A Man Has Some Money, Peace Begins To Sound Good To Him.

One Day We Will Look Back And Realize That The Barack Obama Presidency Was The Biggest Fraud Ever Perpetrated On The American People.

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.

Always Keep Your Ego In Check And Not Be Afraid To Listen. Listening Is A Great Art Form.

Listen, Punk. To Me You're Nothin' But Dogshit, You Understand? And A Lot Of Things Can Happen To Dogshit. It Can Be Scraped Up With A Shovel Off The Ground. It Can Dry Up And Blow Away In The Wind. Or It Can Be Stepped On And Squashed. So Take My Advice And Be Careful Where The Dog Shits Ya!

I Guess A Great Movie Would Be One That Has The Most Great Moments In It.

This Film Cost $31 Million. With That Kind Of Money I Could Have Invaded Some Country.

I Was Always Respectful Of People Who Were Deeply Religious Because I Always Felt That If They Gave Themselves To It, Then It Had To Be Important To Them. But If You Can Go Through Life Without It, That's Ok, Too. It's Whatever Suits You.

I Think Being Able To Age Gracefully Is A Very Important Talent. It Is Too Late For Me.

I Don't Necessarily Look For Dark Themes; They Just Seem To Appear.

Michael Moore And I Actually Have A Lot In Common. We Both Appreciate Living In A Country Where There's Free Expression. But Michael, If You Ever Show Up At My Front Door With A Camera, I'll Kill You. I Mean It.

Crimes Against Children Are The Most Heinous Crime. That, For Me, Would Be A Reason For Capital Punishment Because Children Are Innocent And Need The Guidance Of An Adult Society.

We Were Dealing With Films That Had Very Prominent Roles For Women And I Felt I Was Actually Contributing Something. Many People Had Wondered Why I Would Want To Do A Film Where The Best Part Was A Woman's Part. But I Wasn't Afraid To Be The Lesser Intelligence In A Film.

There's Only One Way To Have A Happy Marriage And As Soon As I Learn What It Is I'll Get Married Again.

I'm Not A Chick-flick Enthusiast.

I Haven't Killed Anybody All Day. Help Me Keep It That Way.

When You're Making A Film You Start Living With It, And I Find Myself Sitting Down And Figuring Out A Sound Or Melody That Would Go With A Film, Or A Particular Period. It's Not Brain Surgery, You Just Kind Of Feel It Along.

If The Director's A Communist, Whatever, He's A Communist. All I Care Is That He Directs. For The Actor, The Same Thing. All You Really Care Is That He Comes In And Performs.

I Don't Know How Everybody Else Feels, But I Just Long For Reality Rather Than These Made-up Things.

I'd Have To Go For Donald Trump ... You Know, 'cause Hillary Clinton Is Declared That She's Gonna Follow In Barack Obama's Footsteps. There's Been Just Too Much Funny Business On Both Sides Of The Aisle. She's Made A Lot Of Dough Out Of Being A Politician.

I'm Suffering From Oxygen Deprivation. It's Overwhelming Watching Your Career Go By.

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.

Historically, Actors Have Been Made Very Famous For Roles That Were Something That Was Far - - Richard Widmark Comes To Mind (playing Tommy Udo In "kiss Of Death") Or Something Like That, Where You Do Some Famous Role And Everybody Imitates You For The Rest Of Your Life. But Obviously It's Much More Fun To Play Something You're Not Than It Is To Play Something You Are.

You Should Just Evaluate The Work And Make Your Judgments Accordingly. That's The Way You Do It In Life And Every Other Subject.

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.

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.

I Never Considered Myself A Cowboy, Because I Wasn`t. But I Guess When I Got Into Cowboy Gear I Looked Enough Like One To Convince People That I Was.

There's Something About The First Time An Actor Runs The Material Over His Or Her Face You Know When They Kind Of Run It Through Their Eyes And You See The Thing And There Is Little Imperfections In It And Not Every Line Is Delivered Perfectly, And It Doesn't Have That Mechanical Feeling.

There's A Saying That We Use In Golf: "i'd Rather Be Lucky Than Good." Of Course, To Be Lucky And Good Is The Ideal. If You Study Hard, You Can Get Good. And If You Get Lucky And Get The Proper Parts For People To Be Able To Appreciate What You're Doing ... I'm Sure There Are Many Actors That Are Quite Talented Who Have Never Been A Success Because They've Never Had The Right Opportunity And The Right Material. My Mother Used To Think I Had A Guardian Angel.

Everybody Wants To Make Something They Think Is A Surefire Winner, Though Nobody Knows What A Surefire Winner Is, In My Opinion.

Nothing Wrong With Shooting...as Long As The Right People Get Shot.

If You Cast A Film Incorrectly, Then You're Going To Be Fighting An Uphill Battle.

Whatever The Drama Of The Story Is, You Have To Be True To It.

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.

There's Really No Way To Teach You How To Act, But There Is A Way To Teach You How To Teach Yourself To Act. That's Kind Of What It Is; Once You Learn The Little Tricks That Work For You, Pretty Soon You Find Yourself Doing That.

Finding Yourself

There's Nothing Like A Nice Piece Of Hickory.

If A Person Is Constantly Evolving, Constantly Reading New Material And Being Exposed To New Material And Growing In Life, Then You're Becoming, Hopefully, A More Intelligent And Well-rounded Individual. If You're Not Then Something's Wrong And You're Sliding Back In The Other Direction.

I Just Make The Pictures And Where They Fall Is Where They Fall. If Somebody Likes Them, That's Always Nice. And If They Don't Like Them, Then Too Bad.

I've Done A Few Special Effects Movies In My Life, So I've Gotten That Out Of My System.

The Innocence Of Childhood Is Like The Innocence Of A Lot Of Animals.

I Never Expect Anything. I Am Always Amazed At Why Anybody Goes To Any Movie Or Why Anybody Doesn't Go To Any Movie. Any Movie You Make, You Make It Because You're Hoping Somebody Wants To See It, But You Never Know.

You Have To Be Realistic About Where You Are In Life And Enjoy It.

Where You Are In Life

I Think It Is More Important To Tell A Story Rather Than Follow Any Trend; That Is A Less Bold Way To Go. If You Do That [follow Trends] You Are Just Trying To Ride On The Coat Tails Of Someone Else's Success.

Conflict Is The Basis Of Drama. I Guess That Goes Back As Long As Time Has Existed As Far As Mankind Is Concerned, Dating Back To The Greek Tragedies Or The Old Testament. And Violence Is A Form Of Conflict, So Whether That's Catharsis Or Whether That Has Some Socially Damaging Effect On Audiences - I Suppose That Would Just Depend.

As A Movie Actor, Once You've Become Known, You're Observed All The Time So You Don't Get The Chance To Observe Anymore. You Still Get A Taste Of Life But It's Not Quite The Same And There's Something To Be Said For A More Anonymous Life.

Even People On The Liberal Side Are Starting To Worry About Going Off A Fiscal Cliff.

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. There Are Many Things You Can Go Back And Have Regrets About. I Don't Like Doing That. But By The Same Token I Do Agree That When You Get To A Certain Stage In Life, You Change. And You Should Change.

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 Would Like To Be Interpreted As A Liberal Libertarian, Like Leave Everybody Alone And Let Them Do Their Own Thing.

Scott's Eastwood Movie Snowden Sounds Fascinating. I Want To See It Because It's About Deserting Your Country ... For Whatever Reasons You Have. Edward Snowden Became Famous For The Wrong Reasons, As Captain Chesley "sully" Sullenberger Became Famous For Doing Something Spectacular.

You Have To Teach Yourself To Act But Michael Chekhov Will Give You The Necessary Tools - And For Me, Psychological Gesture And Centers Are Extremely Valuable They Work Like A Charm. I've Used Them All Along And Still Do.

The Only Reason I Ever Thought About Retiring From The Front Part Of The Camera As Opposed To The Back Is Sometimes You Think, "how Many Roles Are There For Someone My Age?"

Everybody Is Looking For A Reason To Not To Take Responsibility For Their Own Actions In Hand.

I Keep Working Because I Learn Something New All The Time.

Never Stop Learning

Nobody Wants To Make Something That Displeases People, But Once You Make A Film, That's Out Of Your Control And You Can't Think About That. You Just Have To Follow Your Head And Make Sure That You're Satisfied By Putting Down What You Intended.

It's What People Know About Themselves Inside That Makes Them Afraid.

I Still Work Out On A Daily Basis.

You, Me...we Own This Country. Politicians Are Employees Of Ours....and When Somebody Does Not Do The Job, We Got To Let Them Go.

Men Must Know Their Limitations.

You Can't Stop Everything From Happening. But We've Gotten To A Point Where We're Certainly Trying. If A Car Doesn't Have Four Hundred Air Bags In It, Then It's No Good.

You Have To Go With Your Instincts.

Secretly Everybody's Getting Tired Of Political Correctness, Kissing Up. That's The Kiss-ass Generation We're In Right Now. We're Really In A Pussy Generation. Everybody's Walking On Eggshells. We See People Accusing People Of Being Racist And All Kinds Of Stuff. When I Grew Up, Those Things Weren't Called Racist.

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