A biography for George Clooneyhasn’t been written yet.
“There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.”
“I'm not smart enough and I don't know enough about what's going on.”
“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.”
“Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart.”
“You don't want to try to look younger, because you'll look wrong. You dye your hair, you look wrong. You wear a bad toupee, you look wrong. You wear makeup to hide things, you get your eyes done, you look wrong.”
“I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.”
“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.”
“I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes.”
“Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting.”
“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.”
“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 the time.”
“Having 'Oscar winner' on your tombstone is a great thing.”
“I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.”
“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.”
“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.”
“You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.”
“Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.”
“My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work.”
“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.”
“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.”