Congrats on being a member of the Eastwood Stock Company—that puts you in very select company. As a long-time fan of his films, I’ve noticed that he uses a number of actors over and over again, obviously because they deliver what he’s looking for.
One of my favorite examples is Alfred Popwell; he was the wounded bank robber who was on the receiving end of one of the most famous lines in movie history when Harry Callahan asked him “Do you feel lucky, punk? We do ya?” He was in two more of the Dirty Harry films and in his last appearance in the series, he played a police detective named Horace King.
Thank you sir. His crew has been with him for thirty years or more. He moves so fast on the set. The rule of thumb for filming a movie is three pages in a twelve hour day. Clint will shoot 4 pages in 4 to 5 hours. If it’s a day shoot you’re told to get to the set by 11:00 a.m. if you want to eat breakfast be there by 9:30 a.m. You’ll be done by late afternoon, and home for dinner. The Studios love him because he’s always under schedule and under budget. One day I was talking to his sound guy Walt who told me working with Clint is good and bad. The good is you’re always going to work, the bad....you are never going to get any overtime. Plus the guy produces his movies, composes the soundtracks and most of the time records it. He plays piano. Where does he find the time?