“In my career as a director, there's always been some point where you g...” — Clint Eastwood Quote

“In my career as a director, there's always been some point where you get halfway through it, or three-quarters, and you go: 'What is this thing all about, and why am I telling the story? Does anybody really care about seeing this?' At that time you have to say: 'OK, forget that and just go ahead.'”

“Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks.”

“They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.”

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

“On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made.”

“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.”

“I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.”

“I think, in this country, anybody can do whatever they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else or violating the laws of society.”

“I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.”

“Everything is harder when you are a Nordestino. You have to work harder than anybody else because people will be judging you with much less mercy than the other players.”

“I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody.”

“I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture.”