Random Acts of Coolness: Clint Eastwood

• As an actor, Clint East­wood has made a liv­ing from per­ceived vio­lence. How­ever, as a man, he absolutely despises vio­lence and has shown its hor­rors in recent films such as Unfor­given (1992), A Per­fect World (1993), Absolute Power (1997), Mys­tic River (2003) Mil­lion Dol­lar Baby (2004) and Gran Torino (2008).

• When direct­ing, he sim­ply says “okay” instead of “action” and “cut.”

• In 2004 – at the age 74 – Clint East­wood became the old­est per­son to win the Best Direc­tor Oscar for Mil­lion Dol­lar Baby.

• Gran Torino grossed $30 mil­lion dur­ing its open­ing week­end in 2009, mak­ing Clint East­wood the old­est lead­ing man to reach #1 at the box office.

• He wore the same pon­cho, with­out ever hav­ing washed it, in all three of his “Man with No Name” Westerns.

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