Eastwood, looking starstruck, as James Cagney enters the room at AFI's Salute to James Cagney in 1974.

“He isn't at all like me. When I first started out as an actor, all the secretaries used to call me 'Coop' because they thought I resembled Gary Cooper—kind of a backward kid—quite a few years ago. But Cagney ... I always liked Cagney's style and energy. He was fearless. Most of those guys were, though: they were fearless. Going back to the most famous thing, sticking grapefruits in people's faces, they weren't afraid to do things that were outrageous. A lot of good actors get wrapped up in images.”

-- from “Clint Eastwood Only Considers Himself A 'Fan' Of One Specific Actor”