Clint Eastwood has spent more than seven decades in the public eye, yet some of his most important choices were made far away from Hollywood.

As he grew older, Eastwood increasingly protected his private life and focused on the people, places and priorities that mattered most to him.

Those closest to him understood decisions that fans rarely saw or heard about — choices shaped by family, age and a desire to live life on his own terms.

Now, at 96, those quiet choices offer a very different glimpse of the man behind one of Hollywood’s most famous faces.