George Clooney Net Worth

George Clooney's Quotes

• [discussing casting choices Mel Gibson and Nicolas Cage for Three Kings (1999) before he had signed] Luckily, both those guys were tied and gagged in my apartment, and that was a problem for the casting department.
• I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.
• [on the fact he had nothing to do with the breakup of Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt] I was too busy breaking up Tom and Nicole's marriage.
• [speaking about the 2003 start to the Iraq war] You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking. These days it only matters who's in charge. Right now that's us -for a while, at least. Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win. . . . I believe [Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld] thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore. We can't beat anyone anymore.
• It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

Interesting Facts about George Clooney

1. Best man at the wedding of Richard Kind.
2. Tried out for a position on the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.
3. During the 1990s, Clooney often publicly asserted that he would never get remarried or have any children, but Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman both bet $10,000 each that he would be a father before he turned 40. They were both wrong, and each sent him a check. He returned the money, betting double or nothing that he wouldn't have kids by age 50. At age 53, he broke his vows to never marry again when he wed human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) in 2014. In early 2017, news broke that the couple were pregnant with twins.
4. Waged war against the paparazzi by boycotting Entertainment Tonight (1981), the sister show of Hard Copy (1989), which had filmed Clooney without his permission.
5. Was voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine. [1997]
6. Was voted "Best Dressed Male Television Star." [1997]
7. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." [1996]
8. Cousin of Miguel Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer, Gabriel Ferrer, Monsita Ferrer, Maria Providencia Ferrer Murdock, Carlos Campo, Cathi Campo, Cari Leary, and Cristina Stretz. Half-cousin of Mica Darley. Cousin-in-law of Debby Boone and Terry Botwick.
9. Uncle is the late actor José Ferrer.
10. Nephew of singer/actress Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney. Half-nephew of Gail Stone.
11. Educated at Northern Kentucky University.
12. Owned a pet pig named Max, given to him by Kelly Preston, for eighteen years. Max died on December 1, 2006.
13. Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.
14. Coincidentally, his first steady TV role was in the medical sitcom E/R (1984) that was based in Chicago and co-starred Elliott Gould, Mary McDonnell and Jason Alexander. Ten years later it would take another TV series ER (1994) (also based in Chicago) to finally launch him into the galaxy of superstardom.
15. He was talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell's very first guest when her TV show debuted (The Rosie O'Donnell Show: Episode dated 10 June 1996 (1996)) and Stephen Colbert's first in September 2015 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: George Clooney/Governor Jeb Bush/Mavis Staples & Friends (2015).
16. Committed to O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) before even reading a script, because of his wish to work with the Coen brothers. He even accepted a significantly lower salary than usual.
17. Reportedly got into a fistfight with Three Kings (1999) director David O. Russell on the set. Russell had yelled and derided a few extras out of frustration and Clooney didn't appreciate it. Russell has since said, "I wouldn't make another George Clooney movie if they paid me $20 million."
18. Good friends with actor Mark Wahlberg and Ben Weiss.
19. Has stated in several interviews that he has suffered from bleeding stomach ulcers and is still on medication for stomach pain.
20. Ranked #27 on Premiere's 2002 Power 100 List.