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" Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart. "
George Clooney
Heart
Growing
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" They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given. "
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" If you're famous, I don't - for the life of me - I don't understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter. "
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" My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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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" I'm not smart enough and I don't know enough about what's going on. "
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" You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk. "
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" 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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" I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality. "
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" The simple truth is that everyone has an opinion, everyone has the right to voice it, and they should if they want to. "
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" After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy. "
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" Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well. I'm surprised I'm continuing to work. "
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" Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home. "
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