Top 200 Clint Eastwood Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Dying ain’t much of a living, boy.”

— Clint Eastwood

52. “I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.”

— Clint Eastwood

53. “You take the work seriously, you don’t take yourself seriously. You keep that straight and you’ll do well the rest of your life.”

— Clint Eastwood

54. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

55. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

56. “Abuse of power isn’t limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we’re not vigilant.”

— Clint Eastwood

57. “My wife and I are both Libertarian; she was a Democrat and I was a Republican, and we both met in the middle somewhere.”

— Clint Eastwood

58. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

59. “When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old.”

— Clint Eastwood

60. “I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.”

— Clint Eastwood

61. “Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.”

— Clint Eastwood

62. “Let’s take the work seriously, and not ourselves seriously.”

— Clint Eastwood

63. “I pay tribute to the writing always. The writer is a creative artist and the director is an interpretive artist and the actors are interpretive. You take zero and make it into something, that’s always amazing to me.”

— Clint Eastwood

64. “I’m a firm believer in research, but I’m also a firm believer in utilizing the instincts that are within your soul or in your body or in your stomach, wherever they reside.”

— Clint Eastwood

65. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

66. “When I look back on my life, I don’t have regrets about what I didn’t do. If I’d become a musician, it could have ruined my life.”

— Clint Eastwood

67. “I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.”

— Clint Eastwood

68. “As you get older, you’re not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn’t running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.”

— Clint Eastwood

69. “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

70. “Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously.”

— Clint Eastwood

71. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

72. “The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there’s nothing really to talk about.”

— Clint Eastwood

73. “I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.”

— Clint Eastwood

74. “You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.”

— Clint Eastwood

75. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

76. “Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it?”

— Clint Eastwood

77. “I like the inspiration of the first take.”

— Clint Eastwood

78. “An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long as you keep that in mind, you are never really disappointed.”

— Clint Eastwood

79. “Let’s not go and ruin it by thinking too much.”

— Clint Eastwood

80. “People have lost their sense of humor. In former times, we constantly made jokes about different races.”

— Clint Eastwood

81. “Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you’re the mayor. The bad news is, now you’re the mayor.”

— Clint Eastwood

82. “Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.”

— Clint Eastwood

83. “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

84. “Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything takes place very easily. If you cast it improperly you’re fighting an uphill battle.”

— Clint Eastwood

85. “I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.”

— Clint Eastwood

86. “My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I’m attracted to her in every way possible, but that’s not the answer. Because I’ve been attracted to other people, and I couldn’t stand ’em after a while.”

— Clint Eastwood

87. “When you hang a man, you better look at him.”

— Clint Eastwood

88. “Things always look different from higher up.”

— Clint Eastwood

89. “Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?”

— Clint Eastwood

90. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

91. “The reason I don’t retire is that I learn something new every day. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body. It’s about expanding, constantly pushing yourself.”

— Clint Eastwood

92. “I’m interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.”

— Clint Eastwood

93. “Buzzards got to eat, same as the worms.”

— Clint Eastwood

94. “There are two kinds of people in this world. ‘I’ people and ‘we’ people. I’ve always tried to be a ‘we’ person.”

— Clint Eastwood

95. “I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. Even as a kid, I was annoyed by people who wanted to tell everyone how to live.”

— Clint Eastwood

96. “I’m just a kid – I’ve got a lot of stuff to do yet.”

— Clint Eastwood

97. “The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.”

— Clint Eastwood

98. “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.”

— Clint Eastwood

99. “I’m always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That’s the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.”

— Clint Eastwood

100. “I never look back and think too much about my films. I’ve done some work I’ve been proud of over the years but which of them is my favourite I really don’t know. I could say the last one. I’ve had little jumps in my career like Unforgiven possibly.”

— Clint Eastwood