George Clooney quotes - page 3

I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general. (George Clooney)
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. View quote
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An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have a job to fall back on and I really do enjoy directing. View quote
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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! View quote
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Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting. View quote
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After a while, you just want transportation, and things like cool cars or motorcycles are all about getting attention. I get all the attention I could ever need, so I kind of like being in a minivan and people not paying so much attention to me. View quote
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My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work. View quote
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I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success. View quote
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I rarely tell anybody what they should be doing with their life. View quote
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I enjoy living in a nice house and having a nice life. So I do two or three commercials overseas a year to sort of fill in, because they pay pretty well. View quote
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I was very lucky to get well known much later in life. You need to have flopped quite a few times to get a sense of how little any of it has to do with you. (George Clooney)
Anyone would be lying if they said they didn't get lonely at times. View quote
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My grandparents back in Kentucky owned a tobacco farm. So to make money in the summer we could cut and chop and top and house and strip the tobacco. View quote
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I think people in Italy live their lives better than we do. It's an older country, and they've learned to celebrate dinner and lunch, whereas we sort of eat as quickly as we can to get through it. View quote
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Shutting down the government is not how you make government work. View quote
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I don't tweet, I don't go on Facebook. I think there's too much information about all of us out there. I'm liking the idea of privacy more and more. View quote
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I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it. View quote
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I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality. View quote
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Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he says. View quote
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Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting. View quote
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The script for this film was written 52 years ago by Edward R. Murrow, who taught us many valuable lessons about responsibility and always, always questioned authority, because without it authority often goes unchecked. (George Clooney)
The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end up in the smallest compartment possible, because it's a distraction to everybody, and you end up not getting to enjoy it like everyone else. View quote
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I did a lot of terrible TV shows and was really terrible in them, and I've done terrible films I was terrible in, but nobody really noticed. View quote
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I can't give you 150 takes. I can't even give you 30 different ways of doing it! I don't have the talent or the range for it. View quote
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Do you want the truth or the politically correct version The truth is that I go plastic, it's so much easier. And I like to put the bags over my head at night when I sleep, which I think all the kids at home should try. Kidding. View quote
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George Clooney

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Photo: Paul Bird, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: May 6, 1961
Quotes count: 134
Wikipedia: George Clooney

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