George Clooney says he’s taking advantage of Hollywood fame while it lasts. The “Descendants” and “Ides of March” star tells Esquire that he realizes he won’t always have carte blanche in Hollywood, and that he’s making the movies he wants while he still has the juice.
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“I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don’t want to make,” Clooney says. “Because I can. I won’t be able to at some point in the near future. So when you’re 80 years old and they ask you what you did, you can go, ‘When I had the keys to the car, I drove it as fast as I could and as hard as I could. I took it to places that the owner didn’t really want me to take it.’ Understanding that at some point they’re going to come back and repossess the car.”
Clooney also says in the January cover story of the men’s magazine that he’s been cautious with his cash.
“I didn’t put money in the stock market. To me that’s like Vegas without the dancing girls — none of the fun, no gambling or dancing or drinking — and you don’t get to participate. So I paid off my house in cash when I could. When things go badly, I’ll have this piece of land I can sell first, and then I have this piece of land I can sell second.”
The actor, 50, is also open about getting older.
“There are quite a few things that the devil could tempt me with … I could be tempted by youth if I was allowed to hold on to all the wisdom that I’ve gotten,” he says. “In life. In acting. I’d be tempted by youth only so I could continue doing it a little longer.”