Quotes by George Clooney

About George Clooney:

George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, director, 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.
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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

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

The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.

George Clooney

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.

George Clooney

It's very easy for people to be critical of President Obama's first term, but let's face it, he didn't exactly inherit the country in the best shape.

George Clooney

The only failure is not to try.

George Clooney

My biggest fear is doing the same things 10 years from now. That would be a failure. It's something you have to constantly reassess, and asking yourself what you are going to do next makes it a good, long full journey.

George Clooney

I love children and I get along with them great. It's just that I believe if you're going to be a parent, there has to be something inside you that says, 'I want a family.' I don't feel that sense of urgency.

George Clooney

I've been my most happy and my most unhappy in relationships. I have family and friends and people I care very much about. I've got a really, really, really good life.

George Clooney

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.

George Clooney

Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home.

George Clooney

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.

George Clooney

Over the years, over the history of our country, liberals have stood on many of the right sides of the issues.

George Clooney

I probably wouldn't be a good spokesman for an electric car, because I'll still get on a private jet, and one flight on a private jet undoes all my electric-car good deeds.

George Clooney

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 aft...

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

In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn't just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at...

George Clooney

I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it drinking a martini. Great image. But none of it worked out. I can't even play Chopsticks. But I've got a nice piano at my house!

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 inter...

George Clooney

Having 'Oscar winner' on your tombstone is a great thing.

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Author Bio

  • NameGeorge Clooney
  • Descriptionactor and director from the United States
  • BornMay 6, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Producer; Television Actor; Film Actor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Writer; Voice Actor
  • AwardsIndiana Film Journalists Association Award For Best Actor; Golden Globe Award For Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture; Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series; Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series; Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series; Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor; MTV Movie Award For Best Breakthrough Performance; Screen Actors Guild Award For Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series; Saturn Award For Best Actor