"I haven't killed anybody all day. Help me keep it that way."
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"There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can."
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"I'm more focused on making a scene seem real as opposed to perfect."
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"What happened is I was going to college in 1950. L. A. City College. A guy I knew was going to an acting class on Thursday nights. He started telling me about all the good-lookin' chicks and said, "Why don't you go with me?" So I probably had some motivation beyond thoughts of being an actor. And sure enough, he was right. There were a lot of girls and not many guys. I said, "Yeah, they need me here." I wound up at Universal as a contract player."
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"Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me."
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"An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long as you keep that in mind, you are never really disappointed."
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"Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort."
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"I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."
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"I believe in my gut. Most people intellectualize their instincts away, but when you feel something, you have to go for it. A Fistful of Dollars was a great instinct for me, because here I was, a guy who's doing Rawhide."
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"There's a rebel lying deep in my soul."
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"Secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren't called racist."
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"Just trust your instincts. There's an old saying in golf, you've studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but when you stand over the ball, you just have to trust your swing. And you trust it. And if you don't trust it, you'll ruin it; your brain will take over."
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"When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again."
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"I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more."
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"I'm trying to preach the idea that if we don't pay attention to history we're destined to repeat it."
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"Self-respect leads to self-discipline."
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"And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that."
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"Directing is more like you're being a psychologist and you're kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies."
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"The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don't have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays."
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"Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant."
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