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It\u2019s been over 60 years since Sergio Leone\u2019s Dollars trilogy turned Clint Eastwood<\/a> into a movie star, and people are still talking about the \u2018Man with No Name\u2019, which means the actor and filmmaker is already more than 60% of the way toward being someone cinephiles have talked about for a century.<\/p>\n He\u2019s arguably Hollywood\u2019s single most prominent living legend, which comes with the territory for a 95-year-old who\u2019s won four Academy Awards, directed dozens of features, played some of cinema\u2019s most iconic characters, and delivered some of the industry\u2019s most indelible one-liners<\/a>, and his legacy will endure.<\/p>\n In the grand scheme of things, there aren\u2019t too many names destined to be discussed decades after their peak, never mind centuries. However, the evidence is there that Eastwood is as close to a sure thing as anyone to join the same rarefied air as John Wayne, Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, and the other nailed-on legends who are guaranteed never to be forgotten.<\/p>\n However, the Dirty Harry and Unforgiven headliner has a sneaking suspicion that one of modern Hollywood\u2019s biggest and longest-tenured stars will be granted entry into that exclusive club, and considering he\u2019s been around the block and back more times than many of his peers could ever dream of, he\u2019s probably not wrong.<\/p>\n Sure, there have been some ups and downs along the way, but what was true 40 years ago remains true now: the guy sits at the very top of the A-list, and there\u2019s little chance he\u2019s ever coming down. As Cameron Crowe explained, there was only one thing Eastwood wanted to talk about when they met.<\/p>\n \u201cI have the same lawyer as Clint Eastwood, and he invited me to a dinner party,\u201d the director told The New York Times<\/a>. \u201cHe sat me next to Clint Eastwood, and I was so nervous. What do you say to Clint Eastwood? So I\u2019m sitting there and Clint Eastwood leans over and says, \u2018Tom Cruise.’\u201d<\/p>\n Crowe might have had no idea how to strike up a conversation, but Eastwood did, knowing that the former had collaborated with Cruise on Jerry Maguire and Vanilla Sky. \u201cOh man, I love working with Tom Cruise,\u201d he shared. \u201cAnd he goes, \u2018In 100 years, they\u2019re gonna look back. That\u2019s the career, Tom Cruise\u2019s career.’\u201d<\/p>\n