Hollywood actor-director Clint Eastwood misses the simple but tough days of his youth insisting that America has gone soft since.The 78-year-old actor claims life was simpler and easier in his childhood days during the time of depression.According to Eastwood, in his days problems were solved using fists rather than a therapist's couch, the Contactmusic reported."Everyone's become used to saying, 'Well, how do we handle it psychologically?," Eastwood told 'Esquire' magazine in an interview."In those days you punched the bully back and ducked it out. People were tougher then."I was a shy kid. But a lot of my childhood was spent punching the bullies out," the director claimed.