Well Put
"You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around." -- Clint Eastwood explaining to N.Y. Times writer Bruce Headlam on why he won't play younger characters. And it doesn't matter if New York/Vulture quoted this line first. So what?
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM
comment #1
actionman
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Eastwood a vegan! Ha! His dismissal of the internet is just about perfect.
Posted by actionman
at December 11, 2008 1:22 PM
comment #2
Rich S.
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I just watched A Fistful of Dollars again last night. Clint may be 78, but he never gets old.
Posted by Rich S.
at December 11, 2008 1:44 PM
comment #3
Joshua Mooney
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I know you didn't mean that literally, Rich S., but of course Clint IS old, and smart enough to know it. One more reason to respect and admire Phase 3 of his career and work as much (if not more) than I respect and admire Parts 1 and 2.
Posted by Joshua Mooney
at December 11, 2008 1:52 PM
comment #4
Redmond
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“There’s nothing wrong with coming in to play the butler. But unless there’s a hurdle to get over, I’d rather just stay behind the camera.”
Did Clint just take a crack at Michael Caine? Or am I just inundated with The Dark Knight these past 72 hours?
Posted by Redmond
at December 11, 2008 1:56 PM
comment #5
TVMCCA
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That's great that Clint doesn't follow older stars' usual rule-of-thumb of playing ten years younger than his/her actual age (i.e. Paul Newman in NOBODY'S FOOL).
Posted by TVMCCA
at December 11, 2008 2:57 PM
comment #6
great scott
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Eastwood did not get a Best Actor nomination from the Globes. If I were an Atheist, I might have to reconsider my position.
Posted by great scott
at December 11, 2008 3:00 PM
comment #7
byanyother
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"And it doesn't matter if New York/Vulture quoted this line first. So what?"
You make a habit of stealing bits and pieces other people dug up and pretending that you found them. It's just nice to give credit and doesn't diminish you in any way. Anyone who doesn't do that online is just kind of selfish and won't get any tit for tat.
Posted by byanyother
at December 11, 2008 3:34 PM
comment #8
frankbooth
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Eastwood has lived in Carmel for over 20 years and in California for most of his life, and has to be told what a vegan is? Does anyone here buy this?
Posted by frankbooth
at December 11, 2008 6:19 PM
comment #9
p.Vice
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Is that also why he can't play different characters?
Posted by p.Vice
at December 11, 2008 10:33 PM
comment #10
BurmaShave
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Who was asking Clint to play characters younger than himself?
Posted by BurmaShave
at December 12, 2008 2:41 AM
comment #11
Mark B
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What the article underscores is that regardless of your opinion of Clint as director, Clint as actor, Clint as musician, Clint as mayor, etc., one fact will always remain:
Clint is the epitome of cool.
Posted by Mark B
at December 12, 2008 6:25 AM
comment #12
janee
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Best regards,Jane, CEO of high availability computing
Posted by janee
at May 19, 2011 4:04 AM