Clint Eastwood mocks 'dumb' Republican invite to convention The 82-year-old actor and director's rambling routine, talking to an imaginary President Barack Obama in an empty chair, overshadowed the Republican National Convention last month. During a series of television interviews to promote his new baseball movie, "Trouble With the Curve," Eastwood said: "I figure if somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're gonna have to take what they get. People loved it or hated it and that's fine. Eastwood said Republican candidate Mitt Romney had "a better sense of humour than people think" and "actually found it quite funny." He added: "It was an interesting reaction. The Democrats who were watching thought I was going senile, and the Republicans knew I was. But I was actually just trying to enjoy myself in a way. The actor, who has described himself as a Libertarian, said: "Libertarian values, that's where Republicans used to be, when they were saving money and everything. When I was 21-years-old and started voting, I sort of became a Republican because that's the way they were thinking. But in the last few years, both sides have just spent like drunken sailors.