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Marie Claire
George on why he supports Barack Obama:
“I’m a friend of the Clintons. I worked with Hillary before, so I like her and would have been happy to do whatever I could [to help her campaign], but then a couple of years ago, at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, up stepped the most eloquent speaker I’ve heard since maybe Kennedy. I just thought, ‘Well, there are people who are great and will do fine, then there’s a time in your life where you go, “This is something spectacular.””
Do you ever worry that, by pinning your colours to a particular candidate, you’ll offend people, even your fans?
RZ “No. The larger concern is that you’ll do damage because you’re an easy target.”
GC “I’m careful because my father [Nick Clooney] ran for Congress [as a Democrat] in 2004. I couldn’t campaign for him because the Republicans ran a ‘Hollywood vs. the heartland’ campaign, saying we were the immoral ones. It’s enticing when someone exciting [like Obama] says, ‘Please do this for me.’ But you have to ask, ‘Is this in their best interests?”
Renee on the on-screen chemistry with George during the filming of Leatherheads:
“Oh, there’s a natural comfort there, absolutely. But I was terrified – I didn’t want to be the one who sucked in his movie. You’d much rather disappoint somebody you’re not going to see again.”
George on Leatherheads’ old-fashioned setting:
“I have a great nostalgia for things that seem simpler. I know that they weren’t. I’m sure it wasn’t always ‘the good old days’ – people were dying of polio! I truly do understand the difference, but there was a clarity to the storytelling that I miss and I like. That’s why I did Good Night, and Good Luck.”
George on wanting children:
GC (Jokingly) “I did try to adopt Britney Spears – you know, somebody with some cash to take care of me in my old age.”
RZ [Laughs]
GC “She wasn’t having it”
RZ “No”
Here is the edited version of the full feature appearing in the magazine, which is on sale now.