I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do. George Clooney More Quotes by George Clooney More Quotes From 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 journey long years I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality. George Clooney actors trouble personality I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general. George Clooney simplify I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film. George Clooney training drinking years 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 wrecks down-and looks Most of the time, I'm working in places I'm not familiar with. Sometimes it's Slovakia, and sometimes it's Hawaii. Not to bash on Slovakia, but I really did enjoy Hawaii. George Clooney hawaii enjoy sometimes There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre 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. George Clooney thank-god order reality If you want to protect yourself as an actor, always work with good people George Clooney actors want people 'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer. George Clooney march actors directors 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 after everyone else. George Clooney responsibility morning father I didn't have time. I was too busy breaking up Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's marriage. (on rumours he was responsible for Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt's break-up) George Clooney cruise gossip busy I've worked with Woody Allen twice and he was like, "Whatever you want to change, it's up to you. If you want to change the words, make them your own." George Clooney woody up-to-you want Even other movies I wasn't involved with, I'd watch them edit 'cause I really enjoy watching them go through their process. It's a very economical, educational process. George Clooney educational causes watches Look, it's very easy to sit here right now with some films in the bank that I like and think I have a shot and feel pretty cocky. But, you know, three years from now, I could very easily be saying, 'Paper or plastic?' George Clooney cocky years thinking I find that it's a very odd thing to think of competition when you're talking about what I still think of as art. I don't think of competing with actors or filmmakers at all. You do compete, in a way, at the box office, but we're far enough apart when both films are coming out that I'm not concerned with that either. George Clooney talking art thinking 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 ships captains jobs Art takes different forms... But it represents something that is basic in all of us-our history. George Clooney form different art I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers. George Clooney asks film answers Ninety percent of films are pretty mediocre, but they have a built-in audience and open on 3,000 screens. George Clooney ninety mediocre film We try to make films for people [that are] the films that we'd like to see. They're not easy to get made. They're hard to get made. You have to keep the budget low to get them made. But at the end of the day, I don't really worry about competition, because I don't really think of it that way. I don't feel like I'm in a race with anybody. George Clooney race people thinking
