Clint Eastwood

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men.

The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated.

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

I guess maybe when you get past 70, other people start asking you how you feel.

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

I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too.

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.'

Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that's what everybody needs to know.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the 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 just think it is important that you realize, that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.