492 Quotes by George Clooney

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

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.

I bought a painting in Madrid on my first trip there too and a lot of people say, 'Well it's not the greatest painting' and I say, 'It is to me.' OK, you can look at a beautiful painting and say, 'That's beautiful' but to me, it feels warmer to fill my home with pictures of friends and family and paintings of places I've gone. That's what I want to come home to.

I do happen to have a good life... But I also like to work. I feel like I got the brass ring and I got very lucky in this.

When I was first writing it, I thought I'm about the right age and I might be the right guy to play it, ... But after looking at more and more footage of him, you realized that Murrow always looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders. And, quite honestly, that's not what people think of when they think of me.

It's not ideal to have three films coming out at once

TV makes or breaks policy. You could argue it elected (President John F.) Kennedy. The danger is most people get their information from television. It has to be done responsibly.

I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.

I have a picture of a rainy Paris street scene which I bought when I was 33 and on my first trip to Paris. I go past it when I go upstairs every night and it reminds me of that trip and makes me happy