Eastwood: ‘Everybody is Boring’

One of the biggest stars in Hollywood, Clint Eastwood, is voicing his support for Donald Trump.

The esteemed director and actor is not calling it an official endorsement, but in an interview with Esquire magazine, he was asked what he would do if he had to choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

“He’s onto something,” said Eastwood. “Secretly, everybody’s getting tired of political correctness.”

“I’d have to go for Trump,” he said.

Pressed as to what he thinks of Hillary Clinton, Eastwood replied, “What about her? I mean, it’s a tough voice to listen to for four years. It could be a tough one.”

He added that he doesn’t like that “she’s gonna follow in Obama’s footsteps. There’s been just too much funny business on both sides of the aisle. She’s made a lot of dough out of being a politician. I gave up dough to be a politician. I’m sure that Ronald Reagan gave up dough to be a politician.”

In years past, Eastwood was a Republican. He voted for Dwight D. Eisenhower and supported Richard Nixon. But in recent years, Eastwood has described himself as a libertarian. And he has not spoken about his political views during this current election season.

In the interview with Esquire, which he did jointly with his son, Scott, he says, “I don’t know what I am. I’m a little of everything.”

Eastwood, who served as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, famously spoke at the 2012 Republican Convention — a moment of talking to a chair that cut through the noise, was original and iconic, but that in some ways he’d like to forget.

“It was silly at the time,” he says.

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As for Trump’s campaign, which the mainstream media (and most of Hollywood) loves to rip apart every chance they get?

“He’s just saying what’s on his mind,” Eastwood told Esquire. “And sometimes it’s not so good. And sometimes it’s … I mean, I can understand where he’s coming from, but I don’t always agree with it.”

What Eastwood likes is what many like about Trump: His candor is refreshing.

“It’s boring to listen to these candidates,” said Eastwood.

“He’s onto something,” says Eastwood. “Secretly, everybody’s getting tired of political correctness, [of] kissing up. That’s the kiss-a** generation we’re in right now. Everybody’s walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren’t called racist.”

Eastwood noted that Trump criticized a federal judge who was hearing a fraud lawsuit against the now-shuttered Trump University, saying his “Mexican heritage” made him biased against a candidate who has criticized illegal immigration from Mexico.

“You know, he’s a racist now because he’s talked about this judge,” Eastwood said. “And yeah, it’s a dumb thing to say. I mean, to predicate your opinion on the fact that the guy was born to Mexican parents or something. He’s said a lot of dumb things. So have all of them. Both sides. But everybody — the press and everybody’s going, ‘Oh, well, that’s racist,’ and they’re making a big hoodoo out of it.”

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If Clint Eastwood had to write a stump speech for this election, what would he say?

“Knock it off. Knock everything off. All these people out there rattling around the streets and stuff … They’re boring everybody. Chesty Puller, a great Marine general, once said, ‘You can run me, and you can starve me, and you can beat me, and you can kill me, but don’t bore me.’ And that’s exactly what’s happening now: Everybody is boring everybody. It’s boring to listen to all this s***. It’s boring to listen to these candidates.”

Eastwood’s next movie, “Sully,” tells the story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the hero pilot who safely landed a plane on the Hudson River in Manhattan in 2009. Starring Tom Hanks, the film opens Sept. 9, and the Oscar buzz has already begun.