Eastwood said he was told to speak for five minutes but he said it was difficult to gauge time and there weren't any signals or cues telling him to wrap up. He ended up speaking for about 12 minutes. Eastwood, who stars in the upcoming movie "Trouble with the Curve," maintains Obama doesn't deserve a second term as president.
I may have irritated a lot of the lefties, but I was aiming for people in the middle. Despite all the attention he received, Eastwood hadn't granted any interviews since his speech. Even his longtime manager, Leonard Hirshan, told The Associated Press he was unaware Eastwood had spoken to the newspaper. Hirshan stressed that as a manager, he wouldn't necessarily know about Eastwood's dealings with the media.
It is claimed that Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, was "starstruck" by his association with Eastwood and that the film-maker's speech was not vetted beforehand. Once at the podium, the Unforgiven star implied that Barack Obama had directed profanities at both himself and Romney.
He then appeared to conduct a lengthy conversation with an empty chair. Variety reports that Eastwood's central idea of addressing an imaginary Obama was prompted by listening to the Neil Diamond song I Am … I Said in his hotel room before taking the stage. The song contains a line about speaking to an empty chair.
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