EVERYBODY READY? AND A THREE, TWO, ONE, HOG SHOT. AND EVERY TIME THEY WOULD do that, the horses they were on would bolt, you know. Action! And they’d have to like stand All right, go ahead. That’s enough of that. And that’s And then you move on and you’re on to the next setup. It’s intimidating as hell. Because it could go either way.
time? That That’s the secret nobody else gets right. Most people doing Eastwood scream at you. The real Clint never raises the volume. He just leans in slightly. And somehow that’s 10 times scarier than yelling. Now, from the most respectful Eastwood impression to the most physically deranged one.
This is Jim Carrey on Letterman telling the story of the time he met Clint and tried to do his face back at him. Watch his jaw. But when I finally met Clint, he just said to me, I love that tape. And I show it to all my friends. He goes on to tell us more about what it was like working with Clint. You know, the first day of shooting I showed up with all these wild ideas.
I said, I have I have a ton of ideas that I want to try out, Mr. Eastwood, if you know, don’t mind. You know, I was expecting a little bit of resistance. But Clint just looked at me and looked at the producer, David Valdes, and said, Well, maybe we’ll just turn the camera on and let him go. That’s not an impression.
That’s a face Clint Eastwood would actually pull a gun on. Carrey doesn’t do the voice. He commits a crime against his own bone structure. And the wildest part? Clint loved it. He literally said he shows that tape to his friends. Now, for the impression that has nothing to do with Dirty Harry, the Westerns, or any tough guy moment.
This is Bradley Cooper telling Jimmy Fallon about his neighbor on the Warner Brothers lot, Clint Eastwood, who has a very specific morning routine involving the studio squirrels. I thought it was a joke the first time, but they really come up and then he’s like, “All right, hold on a second.” And he’s like, “Come on, you little guys.
” And that’s it. That’s it. All right. Okay, what were you saying? >> >> Bradley Cooper is the only person alive who can make feeding squirrels sound like a hostage negotiation. The voice is so locked in, you forget for a second that the most dangerous man in cinema is just out there whispering encouragement to a chipmunk.
And while we’re with Cooper, we have to do this one because the same man who plays Eastwood whispering to squirrels also did the entire run of American Sniper acting opposite a plastic doll. This bit is him roasting his own director in his own director’s voice. No, that that didn’t look like it. There’s >> I mean, look at it.
Yeah, and then what she wiggle the arm like to try and make it look like a live baby. He does a wiggle with the arm. I’m going to save you all like $100,000 and then I was like, just started doing this with it. I totally >> know how you did that. He was like, so dead serious. >> And didn’t you know your thumb was moving? >> Yeah, I was doing it.
I literally said to the crew right before I was like, “Watch this. I’m going to save you That’s a man who has clearly thought about this moment for years. Only Clint Eastwood would look at a $50 million movie and go, “Yeah, the plastic baby’s fine. Just wiggle the arm.” At this point, you might be thinking, “Okay, the famous guys can do it.
What about regular humans?” Well, the internet has receipts. This compilation pulls together random impressions from across YouTube, and a few of them are genuinely scary. >> >> You can hear the pattern. The good ones don’t try to sound loud. They try to sound bothered, like you’re personally inconveniencing them by existing.
That’s the Eastwood baseline emotion. Mildly annoyed at the entire concept of having to be here. This next compilation goes a step further. It’s not just about the voice, it’s about the body. Because doing Clint Eastwood with just your throat is like painting the Mona Lisa with one color.
You need the whole package. That’s enough of that. And that’s And then you move on and you’re on to the next setup. It’s intimidating as hell. >> Because I can go either way. >> time that’s enough of that? >> Yeah, yeah. Every time? Instead of cut, it’s That’s enough of that. >> No, he’ll he’ll say stop if he if you means you’re going to do it again, but other than that always mostly guys That’s enough of that.
And then you say, “Hey, thanks for the vote of confidence.” Watch how every single impression moves the head the same way. Slow turn, slight tilt, like a tank turret locking on. Clint Eastwood doesn’t look at people. He targets them. Now for something nobody saw coming. The company Sideshow Collectibles makes hyper-detailed action figures, and they decided to bring in the actual Clint Eastwood to approve miniatures of his most famous roles.
Dirty Harry, The Man With No Name, Pale Rider. Watch him inspect a tiny version of himself like he’s deciding whether to arrest it. First time Clint is embarking on and engaging in a process like this. When you see the amount of work and effort and the thoughts that has gone into it, I’m amazed that it’s as accurate as it is.
I mean, the boots, everything, the details is unbelievable. A a more detail than we had in the movie. Yeah. >> >> Imagine being the guy who has to hand Clint Eastwood a tiny Clint Eastwood and just stand there waiting. If he says, “Yeah, it’s good.” you’ve made it. If he squints, you take the box back, you leave the building, you change your name.
And here’s one more from out in the wild. Quick, dirty, and surprisingly accurate. >> >> Go ahead, you punk. Make my day. Short, controlled, no wasted breath. Which is, ironically, exactly how Clint Eastwood acts. And finally, for the people watching this thinking, “I could do that better than Bradley Cooper.
” Here’s a sound coach who actually breaks down the technique, the real mechanics, the vocal cord placement, the whisper. Try this at home and ruin every conversation you have for the next 3 weeks. Okay, here’s a walk-through on Clint Eastwood. What I would like you to do is to go ah, but then what I want you to do is just close your false folds over a little bit and add a little bit of whisper compression. Ah.
And then you speak from that posture. Uh-uh. I know what you’re thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? There you go. Drop your larynx. Add the whisper. Pretend everyone in the room is wasting your time. That’s it. That’s the whole secret. From his own son to Jim Carrey to a guy on YouTube with a microphone, the voice of a legend keeps showing up everywhere.
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