George Clooney

George Clooney
George Timothy Clooneyis an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting and the other for producing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 May 1961
CityLexington, KY
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful believe people
If people see me having dinner with a beautiful woman, they immediately believe that I'm having a love affair with her. Of course that's rubbish. I'm not a playboy!
art dying inanimate-objects
Is Art worth dying for? Well I don't know a single inanimate object that's worth dying for.
song peace jobs
Peace is not just a colored ribbon. It's more than a wristband or a t-shirt. It's not just a donation or a 5 K race. It's not just a folk song, or a white dove. And peace is certainly more than a celebrity endorsement. Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. The UN has over 100,000 Peacekeepers on the ground, in places others can't or won't go, doing things others can't or won't do. Peace, like war, must be waged.
share ifs personal-life
I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.
simplify
I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general.
country men culture
When you see Hitler burning paintings by Salvador Dali and Picasso he's telling you that this time period and these men and this culture didn't exist, and I've seen that happen in other countries, Sudan for instance, it's not enough to kill them you have to destroy all of their markings that they left that was their history.
drinking years training
I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.
inspiring perseverance failure
The only failure is not to try.
inspirational sight parent
I know love at first sight can work. It happened to my parents.
issues directors shortcuts
The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.
morning father responsibility
On Christmas morning, before we could open our Christmas presents, we would go to this stranger's home and bring them presents. I remember helping clean the house up and putting up a tree. My father believed that you have a responsibility to look after everyone else.
roles comment persons
I am the least qualified person to comment on anyone playing the role of Batman since I so terribly destroyed the part,
people actors want
If you want to protect yourself as an actor, always work with good people
people secret good-people
The secret of directing is working with really good people.