George Clooney Quotes (111 Quotes)


    Anyone that thinks that you could just go and bomb this idea out of people's heads hasn't sat on the top of a building and looked at a group of people who had absolutely nothing but their beliefs in their religion,

    Amusingly, Clooney said in an interview that Alger Hiss was probably ... was wrong about 99 percent of them.

    George Clooney donated 1 million to the United Way for hurricane relief. There isn't much any of us can do right now but pour money into this tragedy, ... We're all in this one together.

    Do you think that you are going to hurt my career by not taking my picture

    You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.


    Italy had one of the biggest corporate scandals of all time, America had the biggest corporate scandal of all time. So I think the idea of talking about and pointing a finger at corporate scandals is always going to be fair game in terms of subject matter.

    I don't believe it is a political statement per se. I felt that if I kept this in a historical context you could make your own decision.

    If we turn our heads and look away and hope that it'll all disappear, then they will, all of them - an entire generation of people. This is in fact the first genocide of the 21st century.

    I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.

    Oscar winner George Clooney, sexiest man alive 1997, 'Batman,' died today in a freak accident.

    TV makes or breaks policy. You could argue it elected (President John F.) Kennedy. The danger is most people get their information from television. It has to be done responsibly.

    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.

    I think the truth is and the secret to this is in a way of trying to not be polarizing and I find that people on the left and right are - it's an incredibly polarized time. In general we're trying to find things that we can agree on and one of them for me is we have to agree on the idea that we're allowed to question authority.

    The world policy on Sudan is failing. If we turn our heads and look away and hope it will all go away, then they will, and an entire generation will die.

    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.

    What we cannot do is turn our heads and look away and hope that this will somehow disappear. It's the first genocide of the 21st century.


    If Warner is having its best year and they are going to have cutbacks, what does it mean for the rest of Hollywood

    I was watching 'Up In The Air' and I thought, 'Jesus, who's the old gray-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now it's starting to show.

    But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

    I don't know that I will make a dime on any of this. I could lose my shirt, ... But it will be a big adventure.

    The problem is, we elected a manager and we need a leader. Let's face it: Bush is just dim.

    When I was first writing it, I thought I'm about the right age and I might be the right guy to play it, ... But after looking at more and more footage of him, you realized that Murrow always looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders. And, quite honestly, that's not what people think of when they think of me.

    The truth is this is all fun for me. I've never been here before, so it's all icing on the cake.

    My father was a television anchorman and Murrow was one of his heroes. And I have always had a fascination with that moment in history because it was one of two times that broadcast journalism had an immediate effect. The other time was when Walter Cronkite went to Vietnam,

    They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given.

    If it's an attack, it's because you're asking questions.

    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.

    I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.

    You can't tell a story about infidelity without it . . . how can you have a hamburger without any meat

    The hardest thing is trying not to correct everything on the Internet. It'd be night and day - wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. So you just have to say, 'All right, I'll take it, bring it on.'

    There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theater actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on.


    After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy.

    I'm proud to be part of this Academy. I'm proud to be part of this community. I'm proud to be out of touch.

    I'm certainly the last person to give advice on, well, anything.

    I couldn't understand it, then I realized that everything Chayefsky wrote about happened. And so, suddenly, the idea that the anchor is more important than the news story, and that you'd be doing sort of reality-based shows, all happened.

    I like nominations because they're groupings of awards. You're saying this sort of group of people are doing interesting work, so I tend to enjoy those.

    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.

    If we dig deep in our history and doctrine, we know we are not descended from fearful men.

    While he was filming 1997's Batman and Robin ... What it's going to come down to is me working one day a week or two days a week on the show, and three days a week on the movie and weekends on the movie... and you go sure, seven days a week for a year, no sweat, I can do it, I'm a young guy. And about halfway through you go, OK, I'm not going to make it.

    On the other hand, Clooney likes what he's created My job is to try to do films that I'll be proud of in 20 or 25 years. ... And this is one of them.


    Honest to God, it's a fun year. What it comes down to is these two films, people worked really hard on both of them, and I thought both of them were pushing the needle, not as much socially and politically as people like to say, but in terms of what studios are willing to make.

    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.

    I don't really feel like I'm going to win. I just like the idea of showing up.

    I haven't shied away from political and social conversations in my life, so I don't shy away from them in the films I make either. It doesn't mean that I'm out here preaching to the converted I'd actually like to open up discussion and find ways that aren

    I wanted it to be like old Vegas and old Hollywood. It's going to be a classy joint.

    I have friends who run big companies and they talk about very disturbing things at times,

    The one thing you get to do when you're famous is shine a light on something. But if you want to shine a light on something that isn't so palatable, you should expect to catch ... (criticism) for it and take it.


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