Clint Eastwood's Political Career

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Clint Eastwood is well known for his roles in the film industry. Eastwood is also known for his active participation in politics and music as a pianist (Biography.com Editors). Eastwood’s life began from an average family in California and had taken different career options before he finally settled to acting. His father was a steelworker whose job involved a lot of shifting and his mother worked for the IMB factory (Wikipedia). Eastwood’s acting career began in the 1950s where he played various roles in different minor movies after persuasion from his friends (Encyclopedia of World Biography). Clint Eastwood exhibited ambitiousness, persistence and hard work in his personality which enabled him to realize the various achievements he was able to secure.
Eastwood lived his early life during the period of the great depression where he and his family were struggling to survive. Born of Clinton Eastwood Sr. and Ruth Eastwood on May 31, 1930, Eastwood started his life in San Francisco, California (Encyclopedia of World Biography). Surprisingly, Eastwood recalls not enjoying his experiences with acting in a school play at Oakland Technical High School (Encyclopedia of World Biography). Little did he know that acting would refine him to an iconic figure. Eastwood never seemed to pay much concern to the film
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He stepped down after two years of service. During the 2012 election, Eastwood openly supported Mitt Romney against President Barack Obama where he became popular for addressing a chair as if addressing President Barack Obama (Biography.com Editors). Although a Republican, Eastwood’s political views are somewhat soft considering, he is pro-abortion, pro-gay, and anti-war. This also somehow conflicts with his early movies which depicted Eastwood as being a cold killer who cares little about the