George Clooney Quotes

There are so few who can grow old with a good grace.

Despite my being an old gypsy there is a tendency to respectability inherent in old age.

I think it would be amazing to be a character actor and still be a lead now and then in movies.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.

I don't want to grow old gracefully. I want to put up a bit of a fight.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

Now I am an old hag, I get to play much more interesting characters.

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!

All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.

Age wins and one must learn to grow old.

Few people know how to be old.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

I'm waiting to get old - I think old guys with tattoos look good.

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

I'm just growing old, darling. I don't know about gracefully.

I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can't identify the face. I don't have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott.

Growing old is not growing up.

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!

When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!

I intend to grow old very disgracefully.