"There's no real excuse for being successful..." - Quote by Clint Eastwood
There's no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do it pure. You don't try to adapt it, make it commercial.
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“Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get shot.”
“There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person.”
“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.”
More on Authenticity
“Would you rather be the world's greatest lover, but have everyone think you're the world's worst lover? Or would you rather be the world's worst lover but have everyone think you're the world's greatest lover? Now, that's an interesting question.”
“Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But should you hide behind your own shell, then it would be useless for anyone to seek you.”
“Busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart.”
More on Artistry
“I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically.”
“I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's always nice. And if they don't like them, then too bad.”
“When you're making a movie, you can't think anybody will ever see it. You've just got to make a movie for the values it has. The greatest films were made because someone really wanted to make them. And, hopefully, the audience will show up, too.”