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Clint Eastwood has complained about what he termed an era of "remakes and franchises".
The four-time Oscar winner and veteran filmmaker has urged fellow filmmakers to come up with original ideas.
"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 Juror #2 director said in an interview with Austrian newspaper Kurie.
"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."
The 95-year-old behind Oscar winners such as Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, both of which he also starred in, added that he has no thoughts of retiring and plans to keep working "for a long time yet".
When asked how he remains energetic, he replied, "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."
Eastwood added that throughout his half-century-long career, he has been pushed to adapt, which has enabled him to pick up new skills.
"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."
The four-time Oscar winner and veteran filmmaker has urged fellow filmmakers to come up with original ideas.
"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 Juror #2 director said in an interview with Austrian newspaper Kurie.
"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."
The 95-year-old behind Oscar winners such as Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, both of which he also starred in, added that he has no thoughts of retiring and plans to keep working "for a long time yet".
When asked how he remains energetic, he replied, "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."
Eastwood added that throughout his half-century-long career, he has been pushed to adapt, which has enabled him to pick up new skills.
"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."