Posted on 02/03/2010 6:56:08 PM PST by pissant
As hard as it is to imagine today, Clint Eastwood was once a little boy. And a pretty unexceptional one at that. 'I always joke that back then my teachers were like, “Mrs Eastwood, your son, he is just slow”,’ Eastwood tells me.
The actor, writer and film-maker will be 80 in May, yet the man sitting in this Los Angeles hotel room could easily pass for a young-looking 65.
His crinkly skin is slightly leathery in texture − courtesy of a life spent on film locations and golf courses − but his blue eyes are bright and, at a still-lean six-feet-four, he remains an imposing presence.
This is the fourth time I’ve met him and he talks as quietly and succinctly as ever, delivering short pithy lines with his clipped, gravely tones. He’s no great shakes as an anecdotalist and can be a little taciturn at times. But slow? Never.
Eastwood doesn’t smoke ('only in movies’), has never done drugs ('they just weren’t my thing’), and attributes his rude health to a twice-daily meditation routine and a diet that scrimps on red meat.
He was recently named one of the world’s most stylish men by the American edition of GQ, yet today Eastwood’s cool is seriously compromised by a slightly fuddy-duddy windcheater.
'I guess I’m still a blue-collar guy,’ he laughs. Joking aside, Eastwood is justifiably proud of his working-class upbringing ('I have worked ever since I was 13’) and an underdog story easily as compelling as any from his films.
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He got rooked big time last year with Gran Torino.
Should have snagged Best Picture and Best Actor.
Get off my lawn....
He turns 80 in almost four months. I don’t know why the articles are coming now.
“Go ahead make my day!”
This movie made me purchase my Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum.
“Go ahead make my day!”
This movie made me purchase my Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum.
No country for Old Men...unless you are a Dem Senator until death removes you!
Schofield Kid: "Well, I guess we sure killed the hell outta them fellas, huh Will? - They sure had it comin. ."
William Munney: (slowly looks over to the kid disdainfully) "We all got it comin, kid"
District Attorney Rothko: You’re lucky I’m not indicting you for assault with intent to commit murder.
Harry Callahan: What?
District Attorney Rothko: Where the hell does it say that you’ve got a right to kick down doors, torture suspects, deny medical attention and legal counsel? Where have you been? Does Escobedo ring a bell? Miranda? I mean, you must have heard of the Fourth Amendment. What I’m saying is that man had rights.
Harry Callahan: Well, I’m all broken up over that man’s rights!
Release of his newest movie in England, that’s why.
My 44 Model 29 is my favorite gun. It’s a piece of Art.
I remember Clint playing the part of Rowdy Yates on the TV show “Rawhide” — I believe it was on in the late 1950’s.
"Well, you're a good man, lieutenant. A good man always knows his limitations."
But perhaps topping the list (though it's hard to say) in one of the Dirty Harry flicks, when he blows away a bad guy who's holding up customers in a Chinese restaurant:
"You forgot to read your fortune cookie. It says 'You're sh*t out of luck.'" (and then, KABLOOEY from the Magnum; no more bad guy!)
Well I certainly did see a few movies that featured Clint Eastwood (the actor). I can’t think of a favorite one but they were all mostly good. I believe also that Clint Eastwood did an album of covers. If I remember correctly, he did a version of “Strawberry Letter 23” (originally by the Brothers Johnson). Not a bad take of that tune.
One of the greats!
I remember when he co starred with an orangutan and rode a horse from Shelbyville, Tennessee...
Will Munny: “All right, I’m coming out. Any man I see out there, I’m gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I’m not only gonna kill him, but I’m gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down.”
You don’t mess with Clint.
I’ve always been partial to the westerns. The man with no name trilogy will forever define what a gritty western is in my book. And the Ennio Morricone soundtracks were perfection.
“attributes his his rude health to a twice-daily meditation routine and a diet that scrimps on red meat.”
I’m guessing a high fiber bean diet.
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