Clint Eastwood is NOT really a good actor

I disagree the man is a legend sure his range is limited to the tough guy. But his directing is good and you could say the same about lots of actors including John Wayne.
If you find your niche and your good at it ....

Good actor but he can't openly express himself like an actor is supposed to. Must be something about his genes. I see something similar about his son Scott.

I don't know. Maybe that's how people were in the thirties. My dad also shares some similar character traits. Stone faced doesn't show emotions. Rarely laughs out load. Introvert personality My dad was born in 1948

...hmmm...actors like Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Bogie and Gable all fell into a similar mold. Clint is one of a kind like those others mentioned in this post.

That's it, now you've upset him.

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To be fair, in  many of the films he has made he is tough type guys who are expected to have a certain air about them.

He isn't making the scripts up as he goes along. He is doing what he has been hired to do and does it well.

For variety how about The Bridges of Madison County, Paint Your Wagon , Honkeytonk Man and various other lighter fare ?

Eastwood Filmography

Totally agree, and it's not even debatable, yet you step on an icon of the feeble minded here.

It's undeniable, even in the examples some have tried to name to show he can do something besides lowly grunt or groan, that we can find in all these movies the gamut of Clint's expressions and emotions...all one of them.

As a director, you're correct, he's technically what Hollywood and what all the estates have loved in directing and arts, even before movies. He is a manipulator. For example, manipulating people into feeling empathy for a homicidal maniac "killer of women and children" in UNFORGIVEN. That works for the sheep and those who haven't been through life in the streets, but to the streetwise he is a predator of naive fools. He certainly fits the traditional mode of director, and in that sense he is one of the best.

I don't trust people who try to manipulate me, for good reason. Barely survived it. Many people don't survive it, or become crippled for it. 

I prefer the honest directors, who don't hide behind manipulation. DeMille and Verhoeven in an inspired way. And even Tarantino, in his uninspired negative way, lampoons the very manipulation of others, and gets respect from both sides.

And if we take the one director most people at least slightly respect...Hitchcock...we see a bit of manipulation, but it is very subtle and slight. Not nearly as overpowering and self righteous as Eastwood is.

He's limited but does the job if the part fits. Of the three you mentioned Arnie is the closest in that respect. Stallone often tries to emote and fails while Segal is bland and has to make up for that by wobbling his head.

What you said about Clint Eastwood could easily be written about for John Wayne.