List of George Clooney Quotes

We're In A Strange State In Our World Where We Sort Of Have That Belief - And I Have It Too - That If It's Written Down There's Got To Be Some Truth In It. We Haven't Quite Got To The Spot Where You Go: "well, It Doesn't Necessarily Mean It's True." It Could Actually Be Completely Made Up And Made To Look Very Nice. So, We Have To Get To The Point Where Scandal And Those Kinds Of Things Are Less And Less Important Because Otherwise We Won't Have Anyone Willing To Run As Politicians.

I Find Politics In Almost Every Country I Go To Be Incredibly Different And Incredibly Similar And I'm Never Surprised By Anything.

When You See Hitler Burning Paintings By Salvador Dali And Picasso He's Telling You That This Time Period And These Men And This Culture Didn't Exist, And I've Seen That Happen In Other Countries, Sudan For Instance, It's Not Enough To Kill Them You Have To Destroy All Of Their Markings That They Left That Was Their History.

As A Director, I Do Very Few Takes, Because I Feel Like You Hire The Right Actor And They'll Do The Job Right. And The Directors That I've Worked With And Had The Best Luck With - Jason And [ Steven] Soderbergh And The Coen Brothers - All Have Been That Kind Of Director.

I Don't Think That Hollywood Will Have Much To Do With Changing Politics. Hollywood Usually Reflects Things.

In The United States 95% Of The People Who Win Elections Have The Most Money. That's It. So, Money Is A Big Part Of Elections. But That Happens All The Time.

It Is A Question In That Case Of Breaking Up One Piece Of Art, And Whether That Piece Of Art Can Be As Best As Possible Put Back Together. So It's An Argument To Say, Maybe That's One Of Those Instances, Like The Bust Of Nefertiti, I Think That Should Be Given Back [egyptian Piece Currently In Neues Museum In Berlin]. It's One Of Those Pieces You Look At And Think That Would Probably Be The Right Thing To Do.

I Think There Are A Lot Of Great Journalists Out There. I Don't Find Much Fault In The Journalist In General; I Think Everybody Would Like To Break A Good Story.

It's Fun To Slap People Around.

I Grew Up At A Time Where I Think Most People Had A Social And Political Conscience. Some Of The Biggest Changes In Our Country's Political History Happened At The Time I Was Growing Up, So I Was Raised To Be A Part Of Those Things And To Participate And I Will Continue To Do That As Much As I Can.

If We Dig Deep In Our History And Remember That We Are Not Descendants From Fearful People, We Proclaim Ourselves Indeed As We Are The Defenders Of Freedom Wherever It Continues To Exist In The World.

It's Not Ideal To Have Three Films Coming Out At Once.