Quotes by Clint Eastwood

"You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you."

"Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it's a question of timing, of the proper rhythm."

"My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level."

"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."

"Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn't be anybody there. We'd struggle to raise a quorum."

"I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it."

"President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people."

"Fate pulls you in different directions."

"I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and make a toy out of it. Kids will daydream all the time."

"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."

"You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director."

"What you put into life is what you get out of it."

"The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice."

"The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals."

"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."

"There's a rebel lying deep in my soul."

"You should never give up your inner self."

"If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster."

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

"I still work out on a daily basis."