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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.

-Clint Eastwood

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My Father Died Very

Clint Eastwood

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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.

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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".

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.

Drama Usually Has Some Sort Of Intense Conflict.

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

Aging Can Be Fun If You Lay Back And Enjoy It.

I Had Three Points I Wanted To Make. That Not Everybody In Hollywood Is On The Left, That Obama Has Broken A Lot Of Promises He Made When He Took Office, And That The People Should Feel Free To Get Rid Of Any Politician Who's Not Doing A Good Job. But I Didn't Make Up My Mind Exactly What I Was Going To Say Until I Said It.

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.

Do Ya' Feel Lucky, Punk?

My Mother Knew How To Read Music And Everything. But I Just Kinda Learned Off Of Records. And So, I Was Listening To Records And I'd Play 'em Over And Over.

The Country Has Come A Long Way In Race Relations, But The Pendulum Swings So Far Back. Everyone Wants To Be So Sensitive.

Sometimes If You Want To See A Change For The Better, You Have To Take Things Into Your Own Hands.

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.

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.

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.

You're As Young As You Feel. As Young As You Want To Be. There's An Old Saying I Heard From A Friend Of Mine. People Ask Him, "why Do You Look So Good At Your Age?" He'll Say, "because I Never Let The Old Man In." And There's Truth To That. It's In Your Mind, How Far You Let Him Come In.

Having The Security Of Being In A Series Week In, Week Out Gives You Great Flexibility; You Can Experience With Yourself, Try A Different Scene Different Ways. If You Make A Mistake One Week, You Can Look At It And Say, 'well, I Won't Do That Again,' And You're Still On The Air Next Week.

The More Time You Have To Think Things Through, The More You Have To Screw It Up.

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!

Men Must Know Their Limitations.

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.

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.

If You Read Any Of The Biographies On J. Edgar Hoover, You Find That They Contradict Each Other More Than They Agree. Often Times, They're Often Told From A Political Perspective.

I Don't Look At My Life Too Much. I'm Always Looking Forward, Not Backward.

Looking Forward

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

It's A Very Confusing Era That We're In.

I Have A Small Child. Being A Parent Takes A Lot Of Time. People Always Ask Me, "what Movies Have You Watched Lately?" I Tell Them, "finding 'nemo' ... 'shrek'.

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

When You're An Actor, You're So Busy: People Are Always Coming Up To You And Pulling Your Collar, Making Sure That Things Fit, Brushing Your Hair And You're Always Being Yanked Up, So Finally When You're Behind A Camera, You're Just A Slob.

If You Think It's Going To Rain, It Will.

Are You Going To Pull Those Pistols Or Whistle Dixie?

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.

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