- All Quotes
-
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 don't go on that many dates, because the truth is, anytime you go out in public with a girl when you're well-known, there are pictures of you everywhere, and it's like you're a thing.
George Clooney
-
I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general.
George Clooney -
I was in a bar and I said to a friend, 'You know, we've become those 40-year-old guys we used to look at and say, 'Isn't it sad?'
George Clooney -
When you go to Detroit you see a town that is resilient, that's just fighting to win again, and there's an energy to that. Just watching a city really fighting to get back on its feet and watching the inner strength of a city is tremendous.
George Clooney -
When you start out as an actor, you read a script thinking of it at its best. But that's not usually the case in general, and usually what you have to do is you have to read a script and think of it at its worst. You read it going, "OK, how bad could this be?" first and foremost. You cannot make a good film out of a bad script. You can make a bad film out of a good script, but you can't make a good film out of a bad script.
George Clooney -
We're always going to be a society that's going to slow down and look at the wreck on the side if the road if there is one. We're always going to do that because it's still fascinating and it's human nature.
George Clooney -
I rarely tell anybody what they should be doing with their life.
George Clooney
-
When you see Hitler burning paintings by Salvador Dali and Picasso he's telling you that this time period and these men and this culture didn't exist, and I've seen that happen in other countries, Sudan for instance, it's not enough to kill them you have to destroy all of their markings that they left that was their history.
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 -
I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story.
George Clooney -
My father taught me about having principles and how to treat people with respect. My aunt also taught me how to keep a perspective on everything that happens to you. So you learn to be humble and not take your success for granted.
George Clooney -
I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.
George Clooney -
The only failure is not to try.
George Clooney
-
It's fun to slap people around.
George Clooney -
The secret of directing is working with really good people.
George Clooney -
The best advice I got from my aunt, the great singer Rosemary Clooney, and from my dad, who was a game show host and news anchor, was: don't wake up at seventy years old sighing over what you should have tried. Just do it, be willing to fail, and at least you gave it a shot. That's echoed for me all through the last few years.
George Clooney -
I find politics in almost every country I go to be incredibly different and incredibly similar and I'm never surprised by anything.
George Clooney -
In the United States 95% of the people who win elections have the most money. That's it. So, money is a big part of elections. But that happens all the time.
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
-
I enjoy directing. I don't know whether it's improving or not, but it's certainly evolving in different directions.
George Clooney -
I've always been an optimist.
George Clooney -
Never get behind old people. Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left
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