I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.
I still work out on a daily basis.
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.
I do believe in the energy and the productivity of the American business world.
I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.
The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated.
When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.
I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.
Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.
I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you.
It must be the Brit in me, because I like animals.
Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less.
My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain, and she liked him, and I kinda liked him.
The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.
Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you're the mayor. The bad news is, now you're the mayor.
If you're doing a biography, you try to stay as accurate as possible to reality. But you really don't know what was going on in the person's mind. You just know what was going on in the minds of people around him.
Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.
Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.
Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it.
If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you just very calmly present something.
Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.
I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.
I'm not a regrets-type person.
Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.
Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something.
I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?'
In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the '40s - there was the Frisco Jazz Band, and Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band.
I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's always nice. And if they don't like them, then too bad.
A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries.
The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate.
You should never give up your inner self.
I've always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It's the most heinous crime, and certainly a capital crime if there ever was one.
When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it?
I don't mind telling a dark side.
'Mystic River' just smelled interesting to me. So I read it and liked it right away. Even the dialogue in it was great.
I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.