George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooneyis an American actor, filmmaker, 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 May 1961
CityLexington, KY
CountryUnited States of America
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When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being held responsible for the movies themselves, you're looking for a good script all around.
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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.
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It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.
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What I learned is that I should probably read a screenplay every once in a while before I said 'yes'. You could make bad film out of a good script, but you're never going to make a good film out of a bad script.
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I thought this is a great place to house this dissent without it being on the nose and saying I'm right.
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I think the truth is and the secret to this is in a way of trying to not be polarizing and I find that people on the left and right are - it's an incredibly polarized time. In general we're trying to find things that we can agree on and one of them for me is we have to agree on the idea that we're allowed to question authority.
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We're clearly putting more than just our names to this project - we're investing financially and creatively to develop an idyllic environment that reflects our personal tastes and interests.
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We had to show him doing what he did because there are people out now trying to say what he did wasn't so bad.
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We've had big scandals all across the world.
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I thought it was a good time to talk about responsibilities of the Fourth Estate and always questioning authority - which at times we shirk.
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I thought it was a good time to have those debates again about government using fear to erode away civil liberties, which happens every 30 to 40 years
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Italy had one of the biggest corporate scandals of all time, America had the biggest corporate scandal of all time. So I think the idea of talking about and pointing a finger at corporate scandals is always going to be fair game in terms of subject matter.
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People have said they were going to get married at my house. Well, I would know, and I can tell you there's not going to be a secret wedding.
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Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up.