Clint Eastwood critiques remakes, sequels, and adaptations: "Do something new or stay at home..."

Clint Eastwood
, the 95-year-old veteran actor, seeks more work and firmly stated that his fans don't have to worry about his retirement after a long time. In addition, Eastwood reminisced about the golden days when people were writing new ideas instead of remakes and sequels.
"I'm not one of them"
In an Austrian newspaper, Kurier, the 'Unforgiven' actor, who is currently working on the pre-production of his upcoming film, stated that fans won't need to worry about his retirement this soon. 'There's no reason why a man can't get better with age. And I have much more experience today. Sure, there are directors who lose their touch at a certain age, but I'm not one of them,' he added.
Clint Eastwood critiques the remakes and the sequels
When asked what he thinks about the current state of the
film industry
, Eastwood states that he misses the olden days when the theatres weren't booked with remakes, sequels and adaptations.
'I long for the good old days when screenwriters wrote movies like 'Casablanca' in small bungalows on the studio lot. When everyone had a new idea,' the 95-year-old expressed.
'We live in an era of remakes and franchises. 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,' he added.
Clint Eastwood evolved as an artist...
The actor further stated that his upbringing in the olden days has made him stay alert and look for something new, making him evolve as an artist. 'As an actor, I was still under contract with a studio, was in the old system, and thus forced to learn something new every year. And that's why I'll work as long as I can still learn something, or until I'm truly senile,' he further explained.
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