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 Ive met him and he talks as quietly and succinctly as ever, delivering short pithy lines with his clipped, gravely tones. Hes no great shakes as an anecdotalist and can be a little taciturn at times. But slow? Never.
Eastwood doesnt smoke ('only in movies), has never done drugs ('they just werent 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 worlds most stylish men by the American edition of GQ, yet today Eastwoods cool is seriously compromised by a slightly fuddy-duddy windcheater.
'I guess Im 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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The movie Goldfinger made me chase blondes.
You shouldn't litter, Fagetti, it's ecologically unsound.
An old shipmate of mine was a temp at Warner Bros., back in December, and I visited the area on business. She took me for a walking tour of the lots and showed me Eastwood’s office at the studio. Malpaso Productions, stenciled on the parking bumpers. It was a thrill just to be standing there. He was not at the studio because it was so close to Christmas.
Could do worse
I'm not a heavy metal fan but...
Metallica
Makes me wonder too. I think the guy died a few years ago.
My Brother told me that the Gun was a Model 29, but he thought the barrel length was custom. It may have had a 6 or 7 inch barrel, instead of the 6 1/2 inch stock length like mine.
I think the guy got Five Grand to let them use the gun and they paid to get it fixed. LOL
Hard to believe that movie was made almost 40 years ago.
every which way but loose
right turn clyde
He was a contract player at Universal International. He and another young actor named Burt Reynolds were released from their contracts and left the studio on the same day. They were both fired by the same director.
Eastwood was fired when the director didn’t want to use him in a movie because “his Adam’s Apple was too big.” Reynolds, who was serving as a stunt man, was fired after he shoved the director into a water tank during an argument over how to do a stunt fall.
The 44 that was used in the movie was donated by John Milius to the NRA. It is at the National Firearms Museum at NRA, HQ in Fairfax, VA.
I use 240 grain Hornady JHPs. They will blow the head or any limb off.
Yeah. Time passes. When I watch that movie now, Eastwood almost looks like a baby face in it.
Thanks for the info. I’ll see if that’s the guy he knew. It’s only been four decades or so. I’m getting very old...
Harry Callahan: Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get shot!
I’m enjoying reading all the various movie lines. It’s amazing just how many memorable quotes there are in Clint’s films.
“What’d you say your name was?”
“I didn’t.”
Escape From Alcatraz:
Butts: When’s your birthday?
Frank: I don’t know.
Butts: Geez, what kinda childhood did you have?
Frank: Short.
Good suggestion! I’ve always wanted to do that. And didn’t Joe Kidd have star Robert Duvall as the bad guy?
Pale Rider is one of my favorites too.
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