492 Quotes by George Clooney

I did a lot of terrible TV shows and was really terrible in them, and I've done terrible films I was terrible in, but nobody really noticed.

Honest to God, it's a fun year. What it comes down to is these two films, people worked really hard on both of them, and I thought both of them were pushing the needle, not as much socially and politically as people like to say, but in terms of what studios are willing to make.

You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking. These days it only matters who's in charge. Right now that's us - for a while at least. Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win. I believe (Rumsfeld) thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore. We can't beat anyone anymore.

I don't know if winning at any cost is wrong or not. There are times I've thought that the end justified the means.

I decided if I walk outside and get hit by a bus, everybody'll say, 'He crammed a load into 34 years.'

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.

I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.'

I rarely tell anybody what they should be doing with their life.

I want to be the George Clooney of music.