"They've got this crazy actor who's 82..." - Quote by Clint Eastwood
They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.
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“I always thought what an interesting idea because almost everybody's fascinated by the perpetrator of a crime; very few people study what happens to people for the rest of their lives, and how it affects not only that particular character but other characters around him as well.”
“Everybody puts importance in money on a film set.”
“I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.”
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“I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.”
“I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia.”
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More on Public Speaking
“A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest”
“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”
“You've got to bring the emotion, and you have to understand that you can't touch other people if you're not touched. You can't move other people if you're not moved. So if you're just giving some frickin talk you've memorized over and over again, you're going to have a flat affect. If you've just got a bunch of visuals on the screen that are leading your talk, hang up your shoes and get the hell out of there.”