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" One of my favorite films is 'Big Fish,' which I think is a masterpiece. "
George Clooney
Favorite
Fish
Masterpiece
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" I had to stop going to auditions thinking, 'Oh, I hope they like me.' I had to go in thinking I was the answer to their problem. "
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" 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. "
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Time
Good
" I'm certainly the last person to give advice on, well, anything. "
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" There's a funny thing about fame. The truth is you run as fast as you can towards it because it's everything you want. Not just the fame but what it represents, meaning work, meaning opportunity. And then you get there, and it's shocking how immediately you become enveloped in this world that is incredibly restricting. "
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" People know everything about everybody now. "
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Everybody
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" Having 'Oscar winner' on your tombstone is a great thing. "
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" We're picking on people we can beat. "
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" When you first start out, you are just happy to get a job, any job. And as time goes on, either you move forward or screech to a halt. "
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You
Forward
" The problem is, we elected a manager and we need a leader. Let's face it: Bush is just dim. "
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Manager
Leader
" I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility. "
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Good
Time
Lesson
" 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. "
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Hollywood
People
Worth
" 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. "
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Yourself
Journey
Good
" 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. "
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Understand
Lead
Ship
" Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint. "
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Paint
Fun
In The End
" Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of the last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up. "
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Words
End
Kid
" I've certainly done some turkeys along the way and made some dumb choices in my career, mostly early on. I'm one of the lucky ones who got to make a lot of mistakes very early when no one was paying attention. "
George Clooney
Early
Mistakes
Way
" I like owning dirt. You know, I spent a lot of time broke when I moved to California. So deep in my soul is still this idea of being unemployed. To me, owning land means you could sell it at some point and have money. "
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Time
My Soul
Money
" 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. "
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Truth Is
Truth
You
" I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general. "
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Start
Simplify
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" I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it. "
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Early
You
Lesson
" 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. "
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Character
Understanding
People
" I've been my most happy and my most unhappy in relationships. I have family and friends and people I care very much about. I've got a really, really, really good life. "
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Life
People
Happy
" I'm not out trying to prove anything. I'm sort of finished with that, so I get to play in other sandboxes and try and figure out what I like and I'm interested in. "
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Try
Anything
Like
" Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart. "
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Heart
Growing
Old
" 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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Good
Possible
Out
" 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. "
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Place
Enjoy
" I can't give you 150 takes. I can't even give you 30 different ways of doing it! I don't have the talent or the range for it. "
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You
Doing
Different
" I was in a bar and I said to a friend, 'You know, we've become those 40-year-old guys we used to look at and say, 'Isn't it sad?' "
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Look
Know
Sad
" I probably wouldn't be a good spokesman for an electric car, because I'll still get on a private jet, and one flight on a private jet undoes all my electric-car good deeds. "
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Car
Flight
Good
" You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk. "
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Much
Never
Talk