Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr.is an American actor, film director, producer, musician, and political figure. He rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth31 May 1930
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
When I do a picture and it's 90% black, like 'Bird,' I use 90% black people.
There has to be something in every role that interests you.
Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.
Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20.
My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War.
Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.
If you consider film an art form, as some people do, then the Western would be a truly American art form, much as jazz is.
I think there is a lot made out of age, and what age you feel.
I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.
I think 'Dirty Harry' was probably sensitive toward the victims of violent crime.
I tend to believe that audiences are relatively well-balanced people.
I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.
Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.
My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.