Top 100 Clooney's Quotes

#1. 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

Clooney's Quotes #6229
#2. The truth is my development I hope is the same way as everything, which is, I succeed some, I fail some, and I keep slugging away at it. I really enjoy it. It's fun.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #6924
#3. That is so personal, and it's my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it's always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney?

Zooey Deschanel

Clooney's Quotes #10945
#4. I was watching 'Up In The Air' and I thought, 'Jesus, who's the old gray-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now it's starting to show.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #11287
#5. Tom Hanks has taken George Clooney's place as the big-hitter driving a lot of liberal causes.

Bill O'Reilly

Clooney's Quotes #18191
#6. 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

Clooney's Quotes #50940
#7. George Clooney had the web of celebrity from television and doing 'ER,' and he's able to parlay that into films. God willing, I'll be up there in a few years.

Bailey Chase

Clooney's Quotes #87132
#8. It's incredibly unfair. You don't see a lot of 60-year-old women with 20-year-old men onscreen.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #95945
#9. The fact is Jerry Weintraub, the handsome, bearish movie producer, the man with the long career, who worked with Arthur Godfrey and Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, is a great storyteller - he's this as much as he's anything else. He takes time telling stories, too.

Rich Cohen

Clooney's Quotes #97586
#10. I'm not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Those guys walk into a room and the room changes. I think there's something more ... not average, but everyman about me.

Matt Damon

Clooney's Quotes #100940
#11. TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play.

Christopher Meloni

Clooney's Quotes #109554
#12. When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #112107
#13. Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. Peace, like war, must be waged.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #118397
#14. 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.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #151117
#15. As time goes on and you become more comfortable in your career path, and things are starting to make sense, and it's not just about work, you find that you're able to focus on other things and other people.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #151154
#16. If people see me having dinner with a beautiful woman, they immediately believe that I'm having a love affair with her. Of course that's rubbish. I'm not a playboy!

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #156182
#17. George Clooney likes to talk about himself in the third person mostly. He's always enjoyed it. Listen, I don't like to think in those terms, where you just have to completely separate yourself one from the other.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #171524
#18. As the old saying goes, Don't ask for permission to sit on George Clooney's lap, beg for forgiveness once you do.

Amy Poehler

Clooney's Quotes #184540
#19. Inside every TV star is a movie star screaming to get out, and Donna Frenzel, with whom I'm guessing you're not instantly familiar, made George Clooney a movie star once and for all in the first ten minutes of his fifth feature, 1998's 'Out of Sight.'

Steve Erickson

Clooney's Quotes #188430
#20. An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have a job to fall back on and I really do enjoy directing.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #198454
#21. 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

Clooney's Quotes #208214
#22. With George Clooney, the distinctive quality is a unique kind of American phoniness - charming because it's aware of itself as phony. It's as old as old Huck Finn, but, in our age, it has migrated from the fringes to the center.

Rich Cohen

Clooney's Quotes #222957
#23. Even the idea of a fart makes me laugh. Saying the word 'fart' makes me laugh. I have iFart on my phone. I have remote whoopee cushions. Farts. To me, there's nothing funnier.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #245061
#24. As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.

Daniel Craig

Clooney's Quotes #252114
#25. At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for everyone ... It's not too late to help a neighbor in need and to do it with the swiftness, expertise, generosity and love that resides in the best of who we are.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #254883
#26. It's hard to find actors that don't feel contemporary when you put them in a period piece.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #263454
#27. It is statesmanlike for the administration and Congress to look to our nation's welfare beyond their terms in office.

Nick Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #304393
#28. I'm the son of a newsman, I grew up around news, so I can understand the issue, which is that papers are losing subscribers and they're getting less and less outlets ... it's a tricky thing. You're going to have to sell papers. The problem is, there's so little reporting anymore.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #352020
#29. 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

Clooney's Quotes #357499
#30. George Clooney's 'Ides of March' could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they're gonna go back and say, 'Oh, that was American politics in that time period.' I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.

Harvey Weinstein

Clooney's Quotes #361698
#31. Almost every single person that I've worked with - whether it's been [George] Clooney or [Robert] DeNiro or [Harvey] Keitel, or whoever - the quality that I find that's most consistent in most of the people is the humility.

Malik Yoba

Clooney's Quotes #382165
#32. Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #389868
#33. Medium clever," Simon acknowledged. "Like a cross between George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven and those MythBusters guys, but, you know, better-looking."
"I'm always so glad I have no idea what you're vacantly chattering about," said Jace. "It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.

Cassandra Clare

Clooney's Quotes #420717
#34. Gravity": "It's the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die then spend one more minute with a woman his own age.

Tina Fey

Clooney's Quotes #440251
#35. The directors are always sharp. It's true.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #442222
#36. Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.

William H. Macy

Clooney's Quotes #444601
#37. For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #449076
#38. 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

Clooney's Quotes #449259
#39. I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #449431
#40. It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #453449
#41. I enjoy directing. I don't know whether it's improving or not, but it's certainly evolving in different directions.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #490126
#42. 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

Clooney's Quotes #494340
#43. There's a certain cruelty to being on a big screen as your eyelids start to sag and your hair falls out and turns gray that you either have to be able to handle or not. What you can't do is try to force yourself into roles that you could have played or would have played ten years earlier.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #514553
#44. George Clooney is trying his own way but he's struggling too because he has to deal with America. Yet, if he has a foot in Europe, it's not for nothing.

Juliette Binoche

Clooney's Quotes #545024
#45. I think people in Italy live their lives better than we do. It's an older country, and they've learned to celebrate dinner and lunch, whereas we sort of eat as quickly as we can to get through it.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #550549
#46. I grew up at a time where I think most people had a social and political conscience. Some of the biggest changes in our country's political history happened at the time I was growing up, so I was raised to be a part of those things and to participate and I will continue to do that as much as I can.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #565822
#47. I'm the only instrument that's got the words, so I've got to be able to get that across.

Rosemary Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #573976
#48. 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

Clooney's Quotes #590166
#49. 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

Clooney's Quotes #622670
#50. (George Clooney has made it very clear that he never wants to get married again, but his girlfriends keep thinking he's going to change his mind. He's not going to.) And

Michael Fiore

Clooney's Quotes #636447
#51. I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #643557
#52. You see George Clooney, and you think he's suave and handsome and really charming, but he's such a goofball!

Britt Robertson

Clooney's Quotes #676412
#53. I certainly direct with confidence even if I'm not confident. I learned early on as an actor that confidence can be faked, and it's not always a terrible thing to do. A lot of times if people feel you're confident, then they're confident.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #677535
#54. A cartoon character isn't a specific person. It isn't Tom Cruise or George Clooney playing the part, it's a character that could be you. It's easier for you to get drawn into it in a special way.

Tomm Moore

Clooney's Quotes #687059
#55. George Clooney says he's had sex with too many women to ever run for office. He was immediately made Prime Minister of Italy.

Conan O'Brien

Clooney's Quotes #690848
#56. Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #693645
#57. 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.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #697002
#58. There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #697484
#59. I've put my friends and family through the wringer over the years, I have to say, by doing unspeakable things to people, not the least of which was pulling out poor George Clooney's fingernails in Syriana.

Mark Strong

Clooney's Quotes #750263
#60. Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

Nick Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #763867
#61. I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #816576
#62. I put a basketball in front of George Clooney's door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.

Ellen DeGeneres

Clooney's Quotes #845614
#63. I'm not smart enough and I don't know enough about what's going on.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #870303
#64. The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end up in the smallest compartment possible, because it's a distraction to everybody, and you end up not getting to enjoy it like everyone else.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #915233
#65. 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

Clooney's Quotes #932645
#66. Do you want the truth or the politically correct version? The truth is that I go plastic, it's so much easier. And I like to put the bags over my head at night when I sleep, which I think all the kids at home should try. Kidding!!

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #938769
#67. I play games on-set at work. Sometimes I can't remember people's names, so I start throwing out clues. Like if I can't think of George Clooney, I'll say, 'You know, drop-dead gorgeous, was on a big TV show ... ' Until someone says his name, I can't finish my story!

Andie MacDowell

Clooney's Quotes #941211
#68. I think anyone who is famous is a moron if they're on Twitter. It's just stupid.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #947773
#69. 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

Clooney's Quotes #951954
#70. There's a coffin in the back of the church as the wedding is going on ... Look, I'm a romantic. I like marriage ... In the movies.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #975570
#71. The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing old on-screen. It's understanding that you're now basically a character actor. Which is fine, but you have to pay attention to it.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1036158
#72. I'm like the female version of George Clooney in 'Up in the Air.' I have to have an eye mask, and Amore Pacific has this cream face mask that's moisturizing. Moisture is so important in the stuffy, dry air on a plane.

Nina Dobrev

Clooney's Quotes #1046395
#73. It's love this and love that but of couse it's so easy to love someone you don't know, whether it's George Clooney or Monkey. Staying civil to someone with whom you've ever shared Christmas turkey- now there's a miracle.

Nick Hornby

Clooney's Quotes #1048542
#74. I know I'm going to sound like an idiot, because I actually think that everybody's the nicest guy ever, but I'm telling you: George Clooney, Roland Emmerich, Sidney Lumet - these are literally the nicest people.

Peter Jacobson

Clooney's Quotes #1072012
#75. It's not ideal to have three films coming out at once

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1107397
#76. The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering' -come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1111906
#77. I don't tweet, I don't go on Facebook. I think there's too much information about all of us out there. I'm liking the idea of privacy more and more.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1139340
#78. I'd love to be a dead body in the emergency room and have George Clooney go, 'This one's gone!' while he puts a sheet on me.

Rosie O'Donnell

Clooney's Quotes #1144116
#79. I bet you thought you were very clever, sneaking off like that." "Medium clever, "Simon acknowledged. "Like a cross between George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven and those MythbBusters guys, but, you know, better-looking.

Cassandra Clare

Clooney's Quotes #1163269
#80. George Clooney is actually a huge prankster. That's sort of his jam. I had no idea.

Britt Robertson

Clooney's Quotes #1181027
#81. I don't remember who wins awards [Oscars]. I've won a few but what I really remember are movies. I love films, so I'm not concerned about speculation about winning things because I really enjoy being in films that last longer than an opening weekend. That's my goal in life.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1215460
#82. It's fun to slap people around.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1220104
#83. I want to be one of the youngest actors ever to direct a feature. That would be a nice thing to hear. It might prove to be a bigger challenge than I can take, but that's the career I want, like George Clooney.

Tony Revolori

Clooney's Quotes #1251837
#84. I don't know of an actor that the Coen brothers would come to and say, "Hey, I've got a movie for you to be in, if you want to do it," that would say, "No." That's the truth.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1266126
#85. I love children and I get along with them great. It's just that I believe if you're going to be a parent, there has to be something inside you that says, 'I want a family.' I don't feel that sense of urgency.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1275207
#86. I admire him so much; if I was ever going to have a dude-crush, it would be on George Clooney. I mean, I don't think you can avoid it. It's like a superpower - he just sucks anybody in around him.

John Krasinski

Clooney's Quotes #1284721
#87. 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

Clooney's Quotes #1288534
#88. Somehow, someway, you get kind of labeled this guy who was in a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie too many. And Freddie Prinze Jr. - it's not his fault, either - it's just these are the things that happen. I'm not a George Clooney; I don't have a ton of opportunities.

Matthew Lillard

Clooney's Quotes #1318367
#89. 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.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1329875
#90. Any topical subject, if it's Hollywood, will be a couple of years later because you've got to write it, produce it and distribute it, so automatically you're never going to be right on the cutting edge of stories.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1352437
#91. George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not George Clooney in my eyes - he's George from Kentucky with an awesome, awesome heart.

Shailene Woodley

Clooney's Quotes #1352752
#92. If you try desperately to hang on to something that used to be a success for you, it's going to go away. You have to change.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1360941
#93. 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

Clooney's Quotes #1367002
#94. It's not that your back hurts, .. You get these horrible, ice cream brain-freeze headaches. So I would go in on the weekends and get these things called blood patches, where they'd shoot blood into your spine. It was like running a marathon to get it done.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1376216
#95. 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

Clooney's Quotes #1402731
#96. I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1410115
#97. The problem is, we elected a manager and we need a leader. Let's face it: Bush is just dim.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1423964
#98. The new CIA torture report is 6 million pages long. It's almost as long as a George Clooney pre-nup.

David Letterman

Clooney's Quotes #1425454
#99. 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

Clooney's Quotes #1432456
#100. There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it's peaceful. It's not peaceful. It's the most personal thing you can do, is die, and you feel almost like you're invading someone's most personal moment by being there.

George Clooney

Clooney's Quotes #1432679

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