Clint Eastwood reflects on decades in Hollywood and his drive to keep working as he turns 95

Clint Eastwood declared that he has no intention of slowing down as he marks his th birthday In a current interview with the Austrian newspaper Kurier the legendary actor and director who turned on Saturday revealed that he is in pre-production on a new movie dispelling rumors that 's Juror would be his final film There s no reason why a man can t get better with age he explained And I have much more experience currently Sure there are directors who lose their touch at a certain age but I m not one of them Eastwood launched his acting career in when he secured a contract with Universal Pictures He initially struggled to land roles and took on minor parts in movies including 's Tarantula and Revenge of the Creature before Universal terminated his contract in CLINT EASTWOOD'S DAUGHTER SAYS 'VERY STRICT' DAD HAD THIS PIECE OF ADVICE GROWING UPThe actor landed his breakthrough role when he was cast as Rowdy Yates in the popular TV western Rawhide which aired from to Eastwood also discovered international stardom during the s when he played The Man with No Name a fearless gunfighter whose stoicism masked his brutality The character appeared in director Sergio Leone's Italian westerns popularly known as spaghetti westerns and included 's A Fistful of Dollars 's For a Limited Dollars More and 's The Good the Bad and the Ugly In the three films were published in the United States and became box office hits establishing Eastwood as a bankable Hollywood star While continuing to star in Westerns including The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider Eastwood made his directorial debut in when he helmed the critically acclaimed movie Play Misty For Me That same year Eastwood starred as police inspector Harry Callahan in the action-thriller Dirty Harry The movie was a critical and commercial success and spawned four sequels Eastwood received two Academy Awards in after directing and producing the classic Western Unforgiven In Eastwood co-starred with Meryl Streep in the hit romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County based on the novel of the same name The role marked a departure from his usual tough-guy roles and showcased his versatility as an actor The California native ascertained further success with the critical and commercial hits Mystic River Million Dollar Baby and Letters From Iwo Jima At age Eastwood became the oldest person ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director for Million Dollar Baby which also earned an Oscar for Best Picture A limited of Eastwood's other acclaimed movies include Gran Torino Invictus J Edgar American Sniper Sully The Mule Richard Jewell and Cry Macho While speaking with Kurier Eastwood reflected on the secret behind his drive I perpetually knew that you can get further with a positive attitude to life than with a negative one he reported You shouldn't see the glass as half empty And I had that feeling when I was as an aspiring actor who was contemptuously notified by numerous producers that I was a failure I even heard a little voice inside me back then that commented you could do it LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSEastwood also shared his thoughts on the current state of Hollywood movies decrying the proliferation of sequels remakes and franchise films We live in an era of remakes and franchises he noted I've shot sequels three times but I haven't been interested in that for a long while My philosophy is do something new or stay at home Eastwood who has been married twice and has had several long-term partners is father to eight children including daughter Laurie daughter Kimber son Kyle daughter Alison son Scott daughter Kathryn daughter Francesca and daughter Morgan CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERDuring his interview with Kurier Eastwood was requested if his partners had been bothered when he worked with a few of Hollywood's the bulk beautiful actresses The women in my life have dependably known that I won't leave them just because I flirt with other women he commented I am happy with my life At a certain point I have constantly been older than my wives but I feel just as young as them at least mentally And physically I'm still doing well so hopefully no one will have to worry about me in this regard for a long time he added Eastwood also explained why he believes he has continued to find success after a career spanning seven decades I didn't repeat myself I didn't reliably make the same kind of film I dependably tried something new he explained A new genre a different role As an actor I was still under contract with a studio was in the old system and was therefore forced to learn something new every year he added And that's why I'm going to work while I can still learn something or until I'm really senile