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
art thinking museums
It is a question in that case of breaking up one piece of art, and whether that piece of art can be as best as possible put back together. So it's an argument to say, maybe that's one of those instances, like the bust of Nefertiti, I think that should be given back [Egyptian piece currently in Neues Museum in Berlin]. It's one of those pieces you look at and think that would probably be the right thing to do.
get-better growing singers
You get better as an actor over time if you're growing. Like singers.
years guy looks
I was in a bar and I said to a friend, 'You know, we've become those 40-year-old guys we used to look at and say, 'Isn't it sad?'
fun paint ends
Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.
brother jobs luck
As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And the directors that I've worked with and had the best luck with - Jason and [ Steven] Soderbergh and the Coen brothers - all have been that kind of director.
pilots needs company
Life’s better with company. Everybody needs a co-pilot.
I'm not quite sure what the santicity of marriage is.
Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes.
done world film
So far I've done two films that have basically been about television because I know that world.
real winning people
The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins.
character careers actors
As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of.
inspirational birthday travel
I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.
thinking break journalist
I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story.
thinking answers auditions
I had to stop going to auditions thinking, 'Oh, I hope they like me.' I had to go in thinking I was the answer to their problem.