After a while, you just want transportation, and things like cool cars or motorcycles are all about getting attention. I get all the attention I could ever need, so I kind of like being in a minivan and people not paying so much attention to me.

— George Clooney

At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.

— George Clooney

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. Furthermore, I understand that someone looks at a story with famous people in it, and you want to put it out.

— George Clooney

I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.

— George Clooney

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.

— George Clooney

I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.

— George Clooney

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

— George Clooney

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.

— George Clooney

I love children and I get along with them great. It's just that I believe if you're going to be a parent, there has to be something inside you that says, 'I want a family.' I don't feel that sense of urgency.

— George Clooney

In the time that we're here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won't need the UN - you will simply need men with shovels and bleached white linen and headstones.

— George Clooney