Eastwood’s features did not ultimately hold him back and he became prominent both as an actor and as a director. something to do with the genes, I guess. I've thought about retiring for years now. [in GQ magazine, October 2011] I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! I've had moments of success interrupted by moments of satyr. Some people find it looking at the ocean, some people find it in religion. He had a long time relationship with equally enigmatic co-star Locke (deceased 2018), and has fathered at least eight children by at least six different women in an unending string of liaisons, many of which overlapped. People ask him, "Why do you look so good at your age?" (source: His production company is Malpaso Productions, which he formed in 1968. We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of ... Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want. But so is thunder and lightning. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Burt Reynolds’ theory about why Clint Eastwood kept making movies into his old age. Clint Eastwood got his big break with a starring role on the television program Rawhide. Marriage is not just about 'love.' . ", One of the first films I went to - I went with my dad because my mother didn't want to go see a war movie - was. . I don't have any image of myself. . In Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) and Kelly's Heroes (1970), Eastwood leaned in an experimental direction by combining tough-guy action with offbeat humor.1971 proved to be his busiest year in film. . Served as President of the Cannes Jury when. Was named the top box-office star of 1972 and again in 1973 by the Motion Picture Herald, based on an annual poll of exhibitors as to the drawing power of movie stars at the box-office, conducted by Quigley Publications. Is a patron of the arts, notably as an avid collector of western art. Attended Glenview Elementary School, Crocker Highlands Elementary School and Frank C. Havens Elementary School, all located within a short distance of each other in Oakland and Piedmont. In former times we constantly made jokes about different races. New York: The H.W. I think it's very important that guns don't get in the wrong hands, and, yes, I would support most of that. In 1958, Eastwood scored his big break with a major part in the TV Western Rawhide. After a while suspicion focused on. . He directed 12 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: For two consecutive years he directed two out of the four actors who won Oscars for their performances: Received an honorary Doctorate from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. All you do is build on your own instinctive reactions. Absolute Power (1997) and Space Cowboys (2000) did well enough, while True Crime (1999) and Blood Work (2002) were received badly, as was Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), which he directed but didn't appear in.Eastwood surprised yet again in the mid-'00s, returning to the top of the A-list with Million Dollar Baby (2004). The Mule uses true events to frame a much more compelling story. Other than the western and jazz or blues, that's all that's really original. . That same year, Eastwood was honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Screen Actors Guild. I wasn't always the good guy I could have been. The Seattle girlfriend, who has never been identified, became pregnant by Clint and gave birth to daughter Laurie Eastwood on February 11, 1954 - less than 8 weeks after he married Maggie. He was a contract player at Universal International in the mid-1950s. There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Frequently uses shadow lightning in his films. The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. Presented the Golden Globe Award for Best Director to. But a woman has to wear something that fits her particular design. It's about 'like' as well. [on how some might not approve of his personal life] What? Call me lucky, if you want to, but people don't know about the weeks and months I was a regular customer at the unemployment office in Hollywood. Now you hear these talk shows, and everyone who believes differently from you is a moron and an idiot - both on the Right and the Left. I am a junior, and all my younger life I was called Sonny or Junior, and I think a kid deserves his own name. Drawing from correspondence found on that island battlefield, Letters from Iwo Jima looks at the experiences of Japanese soldiers during World War II. I am concerned about violence in films. You don't even want to touch it! If you spew enough negativity, it has to come back to you in some form. "Macho" was a fashionable word in the 1980s. When I became a movie actor and became well-known, it took care of itself. And when I had days off, which was most days, I'd go down and watch other sets while they were shooting. I was never a discovery of the press. [2000]. ', Helen Hunt is an Emmy and Academy Award-winning actress best known for her roles in the sitcom 'Mad About You' and the film 'As Good As It Gets. If a guy has just had a bad day in the mines and wants to see a good shoot 'em up, that's great. 1972). He and actress Frances Fisher had a daughter, Francesca Ruth, in 1993. Eastwood is also known for being outspoken about his political views. I was never an extrovert, so I always had to have someone meet me halfway. Laurie was born in 1954 when Clint was married to his first wife, Maggie Johnson. For years I bummed around trying to get an acting job. None of the pictures I take a risk in cost a lot, so it doesn't take much for them to turn a profit. Turned down the role of Captain Willard in. When his head was wrapped in white bandages after the surgery, he told people he'd been in a bicycle accident. [asked by British interviewer Ginny Dougary why so many women had his babies] Well, sometimes -- ughh . Was named the #1 top money-making star at the box office in Quigley Publications' annual poll of movie exhibitors five times between 1972 and 1993. One afternoon in the early 1970s, Eastwood and. But if it feels right, and it looks right, it works. I can't tell him to do that to himself.". I've never been an extrovert or even inclined to be one. ', Bradley Cooper is an Oscar-nominated actor who first made a name for himself on the TV series 'Alias' and went on to star in films including 'Silver Linings Playbook,' 'American Sniper' and 'A Star is Born. People have made a lot out of that very different cultural approach. If it goes on like this I'm going to end up in a detachment of cavalry. . . Several widely acclaimed directorial projects followed, including 2008's Gran Torino (in which Eastwood also starred) 2009's Invictus (starring Matt Damon and Freeman as Nelson Mandela) and 2011's J. Edgar, which featured Leonardo DiCaprio as the controversial former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Pages 294-302. Why am I a star? You can find a million reasons why something didn't work. Self-protection is a very important thing for nations, but I just don't like to see it. Life is a constant class, and once you think you know it all, you're due to decay. The only thing she ever said to me, toward the last, she said, 'I want out of here, I am tired.' Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?) The army's got to do something. know why it is that I'm any more of a sire than anyone else. I'd question films like. We're really in a pussy generation. I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. Oxygen ran out. Early in his career he appeared in a "B" western, Went through a brief period in Hollywood sitting for hours on a Schwab's drugstore stool in a tight sweater waiting to be "discovered" Ã la, Has a grandson born in February 1984 named Clinton Eastwood Gaddie (aka Clinton McCartney) from his illegitimate daughter Kimber Tunis (, Clint and former spouse Maggie Johnson were estranged for at least nine years and legally separated for six before she filed for divorce in May 1984 (it was finalized that November). [January 1962] There has to be something for me beyond western roles, which rarely give you a full feeling of acting accomplishment. It doesn't take much thought. [on the contemporary superhero craze in Hollywood] Thank God that I didn't have to do that. Not to say that it's all bad, but it leaves a lot of the rest of us out of it. TOP lyrics de Gorillaz. Hence, many discrepancies exist. You don't go in there and fire the army. He transferred to Oakland Technical High School, scheduled to graduate in January 1949 as a midyear graduate, although it is not clear if he ever did. Sergio [Leone] was great fun, but he didn't speak much English. If I had to go through it again, I think I'd be a bachelor for the rest of my life. [on if he worries about having a movie flop at the box office] If you start thinking about the end results and start anticipating what an audience might feel, you may be dead wrong. "There are stories," Wade added. Men can probably identify more with me than the prettier actor. just enough to make things look right. I like doing things where I can stretch and go in different directions. . I liked doing things when I wanted to do them. Or is macho a quiet thing based on your security. 1961). First of all, I'm not Jewish, and second, I'm too successful for all those old farts at the Academy. We strive for accuracy and fairness. Nowadays you'd have many battles before you blow it up, but eventually you'd take it down. By sheer coincidence, Clint's handprint square touches corners with comedy legend. [February 1998], Ranked #2 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. Nicknamed "spaghetti Westerns" due to their Italian production, these films gained worldwide popularity, and Eastwood became internationally known. He has been married only twice, however -- with a mere three of his progeny coming from those unions.Eastwood has real estate holdings in Bel-Air, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Burney (in northern California), Idaho's Sun Valley and Kihei, Hawaii. . It was late October, November. It's only in the last part of my life that I've learned to be happy. She was 74 In the society we live in, everything is kind of controlled for us. Later, I went back, and they had left the place a mess. Maybe I'm getting to the age when I'm starting to be senile or nostalgic or both, but people are so angry now. He branched out into the comedy genre in 1978 with Every Which Way but Loose (1978), which became the biggest hit of his career up to that time; taking inflation into account, it still is. “Clint Eastwood” is the phenomenal debut single from “virtual band” Gorillaz, dropped in 2001. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men. One of them, the 1,067.5 acre Rising River Ranch near Cassel, formerly belonged to. I'm at that stage of life when I could probably stop and just hit golf balls. As a result, his films consistently finish on schedule and on budget. We didn't have television, we certainly didn't have computers, so you came home from school and then went out to play with the other kids in your neighborhood. You don't want to give up and be so cynical that, you say, 'Never!' They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something. It has to be soft and pretty. I've been through my womanizer part of my life. Formerly a part-time resident of Tiburon, Marin County. I think I went into it once some years later, and I looked around and said, 'Oh, yeah, it's a gay bar.' I like the company of women, but I do go for longer-term relationships than flings. I think people jumped to conclusions about. I did not want any interference. Share with your friends. I can wear what I want. According to the unpublished manuscript "Take Ten" by Ria Brown, Speaking on condition of anonymity, one of the mothers of Eastwood's children told biographer, Modeled sweaters in a 1972 Playboy layout with a bottomless. Maybe we've dug it out and there's not really an audience for that, but that's not for me to really worry about. I was driving around my place in Carmel, and I saw this guy and his girl camping on it. Holding up his new commissioner's badge, he told the crowd, "You're all under arrest.". he asked the chair. A guy sits in the audience. I'm not necessarily interested in extending life. The character Shane Gooseman ("Goose" for short) from the animated space opera, A guest speaker at the 2012 Republican National Convention, Eastwood spent much of his speech time on a largely improvised routine addressing an empty chair representing President. Eastwood's next starring vehicle, Gran Torino (2008), earned almost $30 million in its opening weekend and was his highest grosser unadjusted for inflation. I have been lucky enough to work in a profession I really like and I figure I will continue until somebody hits me over the head. ', Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Walken is known for a wide array of screen roles, including âThe Deer Hunterâ and âA View to a Kill.â, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin penned the scripts for 'A Few Good Men,' and 'The Social Network,' and was the primary writer for the TV shows Stepfather, after his widowed mother remarried in 1972, was John Belden Wood (1913-2004), a lumber executive. If you think it's going to rain, it will. It can't be because of looks. "He never had to bring his lunch. He has always disliked the reading of political and social agendas in his films, which has occurred from, Has been named to Quigley Publications' annual Top 10 Poll of Money-Making Stars 21 times, making him #2 all-time for appearances in the top 10 list. . . I guess it's the era we live in, where they're doing remakes of. In short, The Eiger Sanction (1975) notwithstanding, the '70s were uninterrupted success for Clint.Eastwood kicked off the '80s with Any Which Way You Can (1980), the blockbuster sequel to Every Which Way but Loose. Maybe that's why I became an actor. [August 2000]. Was asked for permission about his name being used for Marty (. You know, try somebody a little less mean." What's one great thing about a theater is it's got an exit. I never second-guess audiences, because many times they're just so much further ahead of you. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. In 1958, he landed his first consequential acting role in the long-running TV show Rawhide (1959) with Eric Fleming. That tells you what to do. Rack up 500 points and you'll score a $5 reward for more movies. He brought a lot of notoriety that we didn't need," said Jane Mayer, president of the Carmel Residents Association. And I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed. Clint Eastwood has stated "The best part of me is the Irish part of my ancestry" and has expressed a desire to make a film in Ireland in the past. Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood, a housewife turned IBM operator. Nobody knew me anyway. I'm not good in big crowds. I thought I was an absolute clod. But as far as actual participation ... it's one of those things that should be done with a lot of thought, if it needs to be done. They said do you want to be resuscitated for while, and she said 'no.' Norberg claimed his blood pressure hit such heights when he was around Eastwood that his doctor refused to let him attend council meetings. But he didn't take very good care of himself. I've never really discussed that with anyone. I never say never. The gritty, violent film proved immensely popular with the public, eventually spawning the sequels Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988). But I do feel that guns - it's very important to keep them out of the hands of felons or anyone who might be crazy with it. [after the Carmel city council refused his architectural plans for a downtown construction] They don't know who they're fuckin' with. They come up with the demographics for the film and then the film is made and sold strictly to that audience. 1986) and Kathryn (b. I can be selfish and some of the women didn't have a good idea of their self. In 1986 he was elected mayor of Carmel, California, and served two years. In 2006, Eastwood directed two World War II dramas, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. It's much easier to hide yourself in a character. I don't believe in pessimism. On 22 August 1987, Clint and Sondra were traveling with. Declined to have a party for his 80th birthday, explaining that at his age he doesn't like birthday parties for himself. Very cold water. Toby Keith knows a good hook when he hears one. And there's truth to that. 19/2000. Grandchildren: Lowell Thomas Murray IV (born circa November 1982) and Kelsey Hayford (born April 17, 1984) via secret daughter Laurie Warren and her husband, Lowell Thomas Murray III. The lead characters in his movie are often outsiders with a dark past they prefer not to remember, Unmistakable authoritative rasping (sometimes hissing) voice, Often breaks unexpectedly into a warm smile, Many of his films show at least one variation of sexual assault, His films are often period pieces with a strong attention to detail, Often plays characters who are consumed by regrets over past mistakes and are given one chance to redeem themselves, Recurring pattern of his characters is having an unloaded gun or one that misfires, His films often feature misguided but well meaning younger characters who are mentored by older characters, Actors in his films usually underplay and get emotion across in subtle ways, Many of his films revolve around people struggling with serious trauma that they are unable or unwilling to get help for, Often plays characters with no name, or whose name is revealed in the end, Usually borrows stylistic elements from his "mentors", His leading ladies are almost never played by an A-list actress, His movies often begin and end with the death of a character. The actor made headlines when he spoke at the 2012 Republican National Convention in support of its candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. If a person feels like crying it's probably the greatest catharsis in the world. You have to trust your instincts. Official Sites. [on the Iraq war] My druthers would have been, "Get a more benevolent dictator and stick him in. Past cars have included Audi, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and GMC Yukon. Both times he won an Oscar for best director he won one for best picture too. We don't deal in big budgets. As of 2018, has produced and directed two Oscar Best Picture winners: Throughout his life, he has always had a preference for women of small stature. Maybe being an introvert gives me, by sheer accident, a certain screen presence, a mystique. But I'd hang around; I'd watch guys. And now are three of us. It was a long time before I wanted to go to college--but in some ways I surpassed my parents' hopes. He directed Mystic River (2003) (in which Sean Penn and Tim Robbins gave Oscar-winning performances), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) (nominated for the Best Picture Oscar), Changeling (2008) (a vehicle for screen megastar Angelina Jolie), Invictus (2009) (again with Freeman), Hereafter (2010), J. Edgar (2011), Jersey Boys (2014), American Sniper (2014) (2014's top box office champ), Sully (2016) (starring Tom Hanks as hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger) and The 15:17 to Paris (2018). These companion films viewed the conflict from two distinctly different perspectives: Flags of Our Fathers explores the American side, telling the story of one man's efforts to learn more about his father's involvement in the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima—a moment captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph. The plan was, when I first started directing in the 1970s, to get more involved in production and directing so at some point in my life, when I decided I didn't want to act anymore, I didn't have to suit up. Sworn in as parks commissioner for state of California at Big Basin Redwood Park, Santa Cruz, 8 June 2002. . On August 4, 2018, he was honored with a day of his film work during the TCM Summer Under The Stars. To me, what seems most intriguing is just keeping the quality of your life up as long as fate decrees that you'll be here on the planet. Using a life raft, Eastwood and the pilot swam 2 miles to shore. Longtime spouse-equivalent. Released in 2016, the film follows the heroic actions of pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed a troubled plane safely on the Hudson River in 2009. I do believe that philosophically. According to former buddy Don Loomis, as told in "Clint: The Life and Legend" (2002) by. Actress and Director Sondra Locke, Clint Eastwood's Former Girlfriend of 14 Years, Dies at 74 Actress Sondra Locke, who was Clint Eastwood's girlfriend for more than 13 years, has died. You've got your position and that's it. There's a little bit of me in every character I play. ahh . Slow Country. They'd sit you in front of the camera and talk--just as we're talking now. We don't use slow motion violence for instance, or lingering blood squirts. If I walked into a casting office now, a stranger, I'd get the same old crap. In 1992, when I did, Films can go overboard on violence but the Dirty Harry films don't. Doesn't use text messaging and prefers landline when he talks on the phone. I can get into the nostalgia thing sometimes, but to me the good old days are right now. I'm always appalled, just knocked out by disloyalty. A slow bloomer in almost every regard, Clint was going on 19 when he left high school (in an era where some students graduated at 16), got his first big film role at age 34, waited until he turned 38 to start a family (not including illegitimate unmentionables), made his directorial debut at 41, and received his first Oscar nomination when he was nearly 63. A man with one of the most easily recognizable names, looks, and demeanors in movie history, actor and director Clint Eastwood was 25 years old when he played a small part in The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) - his first Western.. RELATED: 10 Great Neo-Westerns You Should Watch (According to IMDb) After becoming known for the television series Rawhide, Eastwood … In 2003, he focused his energy behind the camera to direct and score Mystic River. When directing, he simply says "okay" instead of "action" and "cut." In fact, although he was registered as a Republican in California, the position of mayor is non-partisan. She is bright, funny, independent. Received the Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. ', Richard Chamberlain starred in the 1960s hit TV series 'Dr. [on surviving a plane crash in the early 1950s] They had one plane, a Douglas AD, sort of a torpedo bomber of the World War II vintage, and I thought I'd hitch on that. Guys appreciate a man's ingenuity to make a buck and have a certain cool. I started - I enrolled as a Republican in 1951 when, [when asked if he has disappointed his conservative fans by directing. ...in America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the audience. But now I'm. Eastwood's image was untouched by personal scandal of any sort until late April 1989, when his girlfriend of 14 years, Net worth was estimated at $375 million prior to his 2014 divorce from, A bachelor again at age 84, he's been seen in the company of photographer Erica Tomlinson-Fisher and restaurant hostess Christina Sandera in recent times, and has reportedly bought homes for both women. Every movie I make teaches me something, and that's why I keep making them. I seldom go anyplace that I don't meet up with the character fresh out of a bar who wants to take a poke at me. I feel very close to the western. | He wants to have that self-sufficient thing he sees up on the screen. I don't know too much about trigger locks. During the mid-'50s he landed uncredited bit parts in such B-films as Revenge of the Creature (1955) and Tarantula (1955) while simultaneously digging swimming pools and driving a garbage truck to supplement his income.
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