"There was a time years and years and years ago where [Clint] Eastwood would take over a film after it was cast, the Director cast, the crew cast and shooting had started and then at a certain point Eastwood would have a disagreement or whatever and let the Director go and take it over. He did that a few times and then they instituted what they called, at least euphemistically, the 'Eastwood Law', which meant that you could not fire a Director after a certain point. By that time Eastwood had already learned how to Direct to the point where he was being accepted by Hollywood and scripts were being offered to him."
- Dustin Hoffman [born 1937]
