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 have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

George Clooney

I don't know if winning at any cost is wrong or not. There are times I've thought that the end justified the means.

George Clooney

Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart.

George Clooney

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.

George Clooney

Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting.

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

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.

George Clooney

I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had the right to their own feelings, opinions, and existence; as long as they weren't harming others, you had to defend those rights.

George Clooney

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

George Clooney

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.'

George Clooney

Without question, I wake every night five times.

George Clooney

My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a big disappointment to them.

George Clooney

I think it's the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It's not something to be taken lightly. I don't have that gene that people have to replicate.

George Clooney

Honestly, as you can imagine, it really isn't all that fun directing yourself, running back and forth to the monitors to see if you're terrible or not.

George Clooney

I've certainly done some turkeys along the way and made some dumb choices in my career, mostly early on. I'm one of the lucky ones who got to make a lot of mistakes very early when no one was paying attention.

George Clooney

We're picking on people we can beat.

George Clooney

America can't beat anyone anymore.

George Clooney

Hollywood still makes things. We still export a couple billion dollars' worth of product overseas. Original, new product. Some people might not agree that it's original or new, but basically it is.

George Clooney

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.

George Clooney

In the time that we're here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won't need the UN - you will simply need men with shovels and blea...

George Clooney

At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he ...

George Clooney

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