Clint Eastwood Net Worth

Clint Eastwood's Quotes

• [on Sondra Locke] She plays the victim very well. Unfortunately she had cancer and so she plays that card.
• [to Eli Wallach prior to starting work on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)] Never trust anyone on an Italian movie. I know about these things. Stay away from special effects and explosives.
• [what he says after a take, instead of "Cut!"] That's enough of that shit.
• I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. Even as a kid, I was annoyed by people who wanted to tell everyone how to live.
• I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.

Interesting Facts about Clint Eastwood

1. Lived with Sondra Locke from 1975 to 1989.
2. Owns the Mission Ranch hotel & restaurant in Carmel, Calif., the exclusive Tehama golf club in Carmel Valley, and is partial owner of the Pebble Beach Golf Country Club in nearby Monterey Peninsula.
3. Received an honorary Cesar award in Paris, France for his body of work. [February 1998]
4. Ranked #2 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
5. Gained popularity with his first three major films, A Fistfull of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) (which weren't released in America until 1967/68). Soon afterwards Jolly Films (which produced A Fistfull of Dollars (1964)) came out with a film called "The Magnificent Stranger", which was actually two episodes of Rawhide (1959) edited together. Eastwood sued and the film was withdrawn.
6. He wore the same sarape, without ever having washed it, in all three of his "Man with No Name" Westerns.
7. Elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It has often been claimed that Eastwood ran for office as a Republican. In fact, although he was registered as a Republican in California, the position of mayor is non-partisan. [April 1986]
8. Was apparently such an organized director that he finished Absolute Power (1997) days ahead of schedule.
9. Got his role in Rawhide (1959) while visiting a friend at the CBS lot when a studio exec spotted him because he "looked like a cowboy."
10. In 1951 and 1952, he was a lifeguard and projectionist of training films for the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Ord in Marina, California. According to former buddy Don Loomis, as told in "Clint: The Life and Legend" (2002) by Patrick McGilligan, page 49, Eastwood avoided being sent to combat in Korea by romancing one of the daughters of a Fort Ord officer, who might have been entreated to watch out for him when names came up for postings.
11. Has at least eight children by at least six different women: Laurie Alison Murray (b. February 11, 1954) who was given up for adoption by her biological mother; Kimber Eastwood (b. June 17, 1964) with Roxanne Tunis; Kyle Eastwood (b. May 19, 1968) and Alison Eastwood (b. May 22, 1972) with Maggie Johnson; Scott Eastwood (b. March 21, 1986) and Kathryn Eastwood (b. February 2, 1988) with Jacelyn Reeves; Francesca Eastwood (b. August 7, 1993) with Frances Fisher; Morgan Eastwood (b. December 12, 1996) with Dina Eastwood.
12. It's interesting, given his penchant towards violence, that his name, Clint Eastwood, is an anagram for 'old west action'.
13. His name is used as the title of the hit Gorillaz song and video "Clint Eastwood" (2001).
14. Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s TV hit The Fall Guy (1981).
15. Until his pride was displaced by discovery of a larger version of same tree in 2002, Eastwood used to be proud owner of tree believed to be the nation's largest known hardwood - a bluegum eucalyptus.
16. Sworn in as parks commissioner for state of California at Big Basin Redwood Park, Santa Cruz, 8 June 2002. Holding up his new commissioner's badge, he told the crowd, "You're all under arrest.".
17. 2000 recipient of John F. Kennedy Center Honors.
18. Received the Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. [August 2000]
19. Of English, Scottish, Irish, and smaller amounts of German, Dutch, and Welsh, ancestry.
20. His character's voice was provided by Enrico Maria Salerno in A Fistfull of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). For the trilogy's American release, Eastwood redubbed his dialogue in English.