As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And the directors that I've worked with and had the best luck with - Jason and [ Steven] Soderbergh and the Coen brothers - all have been that kind of director.
George ClooneyI'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 ClooneyI'm always sort of optimistic about how good we are, as a country, at fixing ourselves.
George ClooneyThe 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