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all right ready yeah go ahead he doesn't say action he doesn't say cut it's kind of

going it's there okay get ready and go he'll say anytime something like that whenever you

feel like it oh when the scenes over he'll say I ought to do it was pretty good it was

very good it's almost a part of the life goes on and he photographs the life I find

that marvelous he's just getting Al quick you you know when you're doing your first

take you're operating on adrenaline and I think he really responds to that okay just

quiet everyone let's let's do this speed I've never met anyone more in control of

anything Michael Jordan's jump shot wasn't as controlled as the Clint e would said when Clint

says go the crew is ready so if if the take wasn't good it's probably your fault [Music]

thought you might be interested in training me I don't train girls maybe you should people see

me fat say I'm pretty tough girly tough a enough in his 50 years as a filmmaker Clen Eastwood has

directed more award-winning performances than any of his contemporaries there's no mystery

why so many films that he makes the actors are nominated or they win or you know he just creates

an environment for actors to truly succeed in the character but before a performance can be captured

the right performer must be cast Eastwood's eye for selecting Talent is second to none casting is

the most important part about making a movie if you cast a movie right things kind of fall into

the place he hires actors the same way he hires crew people he knows that they're professional and

they're going to do their job and he lets them get on with it you know it's one thing if you say well

of course John Penn and Tim robers are going to be great you know they're great actors but the people

that would come in and just do a couple of lines you know were unbelievable then there was a loud

crack could it have been a gunshot yes maybe now did you ever a look out your window Mrs pry oh no

I was in my dressing gown by then I don't look out the window in my dressing gown no director

is better than Clint Eastwood at creating a safe environment where actors can do their best work

I feel a director's job the real responsibility is to make those people feel at home make them

feel comfortable set an atmosphere where everybody is extremely relaxed and there's

no tension so much of what you do as an actor is about you know trying to get rid of that

third wall to to get rid of all the eyes that are staring at you and immerse yourself in the moment

and so he has very few people around so you actually feel like you you are in that moment

I believe that I am a fast and accurate judge of character I know we've only gone out three times

but I don't need more than that most people do but I don't I see people right off for what they are

and please call me Edgar it's what my mother uses Eastwood's respect for actors is returned and kind

like their director the cast lives ready to work there's no actor on his movie that isn't going

to be fully prepared and know their lines it's not going to happen the actors on our shows know

that they were not rehearsing I mean a rehearsal could be the take so be ready and and fire on all

eight cylinders and if if it doesn't work we'll do it again and I remember the one of the first

scenes Hillary said uh Clint do you think we could rehearse this he said well you rehearse

it and I'll shoot it he told me a story about Unforgiven he was talking about Morgan and and

Jean Hackman and and how prepared they are and how the first day of shooting he asked them to

rehearse and he said each of them got one line out and I said stop and I went and got the cameras and

he said I never rehearsed with him again stop okay we would often have the cameras run on a

rehearsal and if he was pleased with the work of the rehearsal he had a a tendency to say let's

move on let's just uh let's just uh fire one off to see where we are I like uh working in a

succinct way I trust my first instincts and then I tend to embellish after that so it's probably less

good who knows it was just a great way to work and I was glad to to do it I'm looking for a bridge

uh cut one of those covered bridges out here in this neighborhood well I can take you if you want

or I can tell you I can take you or tell you either way it's up to you I don't care it's my

experience that uh the really great directors don't let you feel when they're directing you

at the end of the shoot you think boy I I got to do whatever I wanted on that and you don't

realize that you were subtly manipulated so I felt that anything that I wanted to

try was fine and I think actors do their best work when they feel that way you get the full

measure of somebody's talent and their work and their imagination and their Commitment if

you make them feel everything they do is wonderful generally something they do will be wonderful got

you oh don't take my picture come on me one of those French model looks seen a l ofes

oh no love the work that Merl stre did in that film how the relationship grew and buted it's

such an intricate piece it's so delicate you're a hypocrite and you're a fly I don't want to need

you what cuz I can't have you what difference does that make it also like it's like two

mature people falling in love but not trying to the teenagers trying to like just express

love in in the way that they would so I think it's that kind of growth of maturity embracing

that that allows him to always feel relevant because he's being truthful and [Music] honest

you're so hopeful from her that it feels like such a great loss when she doesn't travel with

him okay and that's cut came reload Clint he's been doing it for so long that he's come to a

place where he just trusts his instincts he's just right when he's right he's right you do have to

think about it there's a um confidence that he has a strong confidence and saying I don't need

anymore I don't need anymore on this let's move on over here because this is where we're going

to go I got that what that lends itself to is spontaneity and organic back and forth not so fast

and quite frankly a lot of surprises it's game day and you're ready to to do the best that you

can because that's what's asked of you and I think it's a lesson that all of us are

going to take you know for the rest of our careers uh to be 100% prepared okay I think

we got it now it was great for us playing these characters because these guys only had one take

too when he wants one more take it's going to cause tremendous panic in the room if there's

five actors in the room and he wants one more take they're all probably looking at each other

what did I do was it me was it you why does he want one more take he always walks away after

two if Clinton wants one more take that third take everybody's going to be the best they've

ever been in their careers okay good he puts an awful lot of stock in the actor bringing it at

the moment and it's true he doesn't do a lot of takes but he does a massive amount of coverage

so you have an ocean of opportunity in order to find the scene and you can even say can I have

another pass at that can I just one and he'll say no I think it no no I I was really impressed the

way it happened just then and you wanted to say well you know but you know I inverted the lines

and I don't think the pronouns were even proper but what he's saying is is that you're going to

have another chance at it so let's not waste time on something that I'm not going to use

like the Western Heroes he's played over the years Eastwood is a man of few words

which comes as a relief to many of his actors actors like me and there are a lot of us who

don't like to be directed director makes the movie you hire actress in my particular case

I like to be left alone but a lot of times the director will say could you try it with

this or could try and you know you try to keep an open mind and do it his or her way

my gnome okay good stuff rest everyone I don't say too much so when I say something that it

it means something tonight was the first time really he pulled me aside and he said what did

you what did you think of uh what did you think of that last take you worked there what 3 years

you never missed a day never called in sick right I said it's nothing personal oh that's BS and you

no he's trying to protect the guys who have wives and kids I get it you should hire a lawyer which

you should can't afford a lawyer and I just didn't say anything I just went back to where

started I'm no dummy I I said I I think we're doing another actors on an Eastwood set are given

the freedom to Discover Moments no screenwriter could script sometimes I'll let the actress play

a little bit I so just why don't you just just walk around and talk about it then you just walk

around you'll see it and they'll instinctively do something interesting for a Clint to sit behind

the camera and and see an actor do something that is unexpected and to be able to recognize that as

a plus that's great sometimes improvisation it works really well and sometimes it's terrible

except maybe there's 10% of something that's really a gem that you can never capture again

and maybe it's a mistake but it's a mistake that's so realistic that you like it in the film because

it's they're human it humanizes the characters you're obviously military what branch Branch I

just finished bugs are you kidding me your seal yes ma'am I mean it's pretty disal of you to think

you can protect us all isn't it Chris well our Birds officer Commander said that three okay he

said there's three things we got to worry about ego booze and women well sounds like you're on

attack improvisation goes both ways on an Eastwood set extending to the men behind the camera as well

I'm constantly in improvisation mode I know the script I know the story to tell but I'm in a

constant improvisational mode from then on so if it's supposed to be a clear day and it's snowing

outside I can shoot the scene I was doing a scene in the park what happened it started pouring rain

decided to go ahead and shoot the scene with me sitting in the middle of the park with the

rain storming down on me don't have pop he not going to drink anymore I about it he loves you

I know I read the note on the refrigerator because he was able to live with the elements

and know how to heighten the scene it actually became like much stronger of a of a moment you

know because I'm I'm drenched sitting there [Music] lost Eastwood's secret weapon and

his quest for Great Performances is his crew who have worked with him long enough to know

the boss has a few tricks of his sleeve I'll tell the cameraman I'll say when I

say say stop don't stop so you say stop the actor goes and he gets more relaxed and she

or he they kind of go okay okay now do that one line again and they'll do it from another

whole feeling because they haven't got the adrenaline going through the system they're

kind of okay oh yeah I'll do it again okay and all of a sudden it comes out and it's

really nice you love her who the lady who cooked the hamburger yeah I love her kiss your didn't

I I'll never forget we were doing a scene with a guy who came in I guess the guy was a little

nervous you know he was a little unsteady and uh Clint took me a sign he said you know sometimes

it helps if you could screw up a little bit cuz it might make the guy feel like if Kevin's screwing

up then anybody can screw up and I can do better and I was like well that's a really interesting

idea so the next take you know I I went in and I flubbed my line and sure enough the guy got

better he got his he got stronger and then I went in and did another take and flub my

mind sorry it's all right it's all right said okay that's enough screwing up helping actors

overcome obstacles is one of East Wood's strengths relying on his uniring instincts as a performer

there was a scene the other day in fact it wasn't working for me at all in the barber shop now if

you were to point a pistol at a king or a queen your hands would Shake as the PED no I wouldn't

point no pistol that nobody say we tried it this way that way it wasn't really working I couldn't

put my finger on it can't put my but he did he said if that light is in the wrong place

and it breaks up the rhythm of what you're doing what you're trying to achieve that's it that's

it so let's try it without that and we tried it without that it went like a symphony I can assure

you if you did that the sight of royalty would cause you to dismiss all thoughts of Bloodshed

and you would stand how should I put it in awe drawing upon his five decades behind the

camera Eastwood has mastered the art of nurturing Great Performances he was really like a corner

man you know it was like going into a boxing ring and having your coach there telling you

what movements to make you know you know in this world we need people who believe in US everybody

does and Clint believed in me just like Frankie believed in Maggie and he gave me that gift it was

an extraordinary feeling to have that support and that confidence behind you I got nobody but you

Frankie but you've got me when I saw the film I realized how he guided me in certain ways

yet I didn't know it when it was happening as an actor to get the opportunity to work with a

legend like him if I had to be done tomorrow and I could never do it again having the

experience with him would make it okay good man to have in a corner yes he is can we get serious

now tell to my daughter please right now is she in there

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