(CNN) Actor and director Clint Eastwood, a longtime supporter of Republican candidates, appeared to back Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg for president and criticized President Donald Trump's behavior in office in an interview published in The Wall Street Journal Friday.

"The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there," the Hollywood conservative said of the former New York mayor, according to the Journal.

Eastwood told the newspaper that he approves of "certain things" that Trump has done as President, without going into further detail.

He said, however, that he wishes Trump would behave "in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names," the Journal reported.

"I would personally like for him to not bring himself to that level," he told the paper.

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