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" You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk. "
George Clooney
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" For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries. "
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" If I had been with all the women that I was said to have been with, I wouldn't have had the time to shoot a single movie! "
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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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" 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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" I enjoy going on motorcycle trips and stopping in small towns and enjoying drinks with the locals. "
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" The only failure is not to try. "
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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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" On Christmas morning, before we could open our Christmas presents, we would go to this stranger's home and bring them presents. I remember helping clean the house up and putting up a tree. My father believed that you have a responsibility to look after everyone else. "
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" I enjoy living in a nice house and having a nice life. So I do two or three commercials overseas a year to sort of fill in, because they pay pretty well. "
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" As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of. "
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" 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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" There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on. "
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" You have to remember that in the microcosm of Cincinnati, Ohio, through northern Kentucky, my father was a big star, still is. So that made my sister and me really visible. Everybody knew us, talked about us. "
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" 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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" I rarely tell anybody what they should be doing with their life. "
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" It's very easy for people to be critical of President Obama's first term, but let's face it, he didn't exactly inherit the country in the best shape. "
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" I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had the right to their own feelings, opinions, and existence; as long as they weren't harming others, you had to defend those rights. "
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" You can't legislate good taste. "
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" I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it. "
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" My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work. "
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" Shutting down the government is not how you make government work. "
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" One of my favorite films is 'Big Fish,' which I think is a masterpiece. "
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" Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting. "
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" I do know something about the news world. I was sitting on the floors of newsrooms since I was seven years old, and I've been around them my whole life. I understand that someone looks at a story with famous people in it, and you want to put it out. "
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" On an awards-show day, I can play basketball, go in, take a shower and put on a tux - it takes me three minutes to put on a tux - and be out the door in 15 minutes. "
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" You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now. "
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" 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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" I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.' "
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