I’m not out trying to prove anything. I’m sort of finished with that, so I get to play in other sandboxes and try and figure out what I like and I’m interested in. – George Clooney
Run for office? No. I’ve slept with too many women, I’ve done too many drugs, and I’ve been to too many parties. – George Clooney
It’s not that I lead this oblivious life where I think I’ve got such a great personality that people want to spend time with me. If someone has a poster of you or asks for your autograph, clearly you can’t take them out on a date. It’s not that interesting if someone is just interested in you. – George Clooney
I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don’t want to make. – George Clooney
I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad’s sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on. – George Clooney
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. – George Clooney
My father was and is a great journalist. Thirty years ago, I was studying broadcasting in college, and the problem was I wasn’t nearly as good as my father. I wasn’t as quick or as smart as my old man, and I realized it would be a long time before I was ever going to be, and I decided to do something else. – George Clooney
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. – George Clooney
When you first start out as an actor, you’re just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you’re being held responsible for the movies themselves, you’re looking for a good script all around. – George Clooney
I had a Tesla. I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. But I’m telling you, I’ve been on the side of the road a while in that thing. – George Clooney
In doing the screenplay for ‘Good Night, and Good Luck,’ the most important thing for me was to constantly go back to wherever the opposition would argue. So I had to keep reading all the books and articles about why McCarthy is such a good guy. – George Clooney
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. – George Clooney
For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that’s what separates us from other countries. – George Clooney
After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I’ll never have kids. I’m going to have a vasectomy. – George Clooney
When you’re young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that’s the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you’re a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win. – George Clooney
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. – George Clooney
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. – George Clooney
The simple truth is that everyone has an opinion, everyone has the right to voice it, and they should if they want to. – George Clooney
Who would name their kid Jack with the last words ‘off’ at the end of the last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up. – George Clooney
You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I’m there now. – George Clooney
I watch ‘Batman & Robin’ from time to time. It’s the worst movie I ever made, so it’s a good lesson in humility. – George Clooney
The first thing that I learned – and I understood it at a really young age – was that I could get a laugh. Really early. Because my mother and father are funny. – George Clooney