Quotes from George Clooney

Over the years, over the history of our country, liberals have stood on many of the right sides of the issues.

If you don't drink coffee, I am suspicious of your character and will not invite you to my Italian lake home.

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.

If we turn our heads and look away and hope that it will all disappear then they will - all of them, an entire generation of people. And we will have only history left to judge us.

The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.

You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.

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.

I was watching 'Up In The Air' and I thought, 'Jesus, who's the old gray-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now it's starting to show.

I've been lucky enough to do a few films that will last longer than an opening weekend and those films are the ones I'm proud of.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

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 think it's the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It's not something to be taken lightly. I don't have that gene that people have to replicate.

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.

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.

I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't allow this life - the only thing I know to exist - to be wasted.

If you're going to do a romantic comedy it was about housing it in something that we haven't seen before.

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.

You can't legislate good taste.

Life's better with company. Everybody needs a co-pilot.

I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.

I think people in Italy live their lives better than we do. It's an older country, and they've learned to celebrate dinner and lunch, whereas we sort of eat as quickly as we can to get through it.

The problem is, we elected a manager and we need a leader. Let's face it: Bush is just dim.

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.