November 16, 1997
when I got cast as Rowdy Yates in Rawhide. It was my first steady job."I thought it was a miracle. I thought it was as good for me as it was ever going to get."

He says that the biggest lesson he has learned is patience.

"I don't rush any thing in my life or my work any more. I feel confident enough that I can get things to where I want them but I won't let time be a factor.'

As far as regrets, Eastwood insists he is "a today person."

"I refuse to dwell on the past. Life is a constant lesson. Some times you learn it better than at other times.

"If you dwell on your old mistakes, you don't have time to make new ones or to avoid new ones."