28 April 2026
George Clooney rarely watches his old films.
George Clooney doesn’t watch his own movies
The 64-year-old actor – who has starred in a host of high-profile movies, including From Dusk Till Dawn, Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Gravity – has enjoyed huge success in Hollywood, but George rarely watches himself on screen.
George – who married his wife Amal in 2014 – told People: “It’s a weird thing. As you get older, it’s hard to watch movies when you were younger because you’re like, ‘Holy s***, that doesn’t even look like me anymore.'”
George said the exception was Fantastic Mr. Fox, which he recently watched with his eight-year-old twins Alexander and Ella.
George said: “I was watching Fantastic Mr. Fox, which is a little easier because it’s not really me, it’s just my voice. That’s kind of fun because the kids are slowly figuring out what I do for a living, you know? But the rest of it … Listen, it’s hard because I tend to not want to look back, but now that I’m gonna be 65 in a week, looking forward’s a lot shorter view, you know what I mean? So maybe I’ll look back later, you know.”
Meanwhile, in December, George claimed to have “rediscovered” his love of acting.
The veteran actor has emerged from an unsatisfying spell in his career, having taken on some relatively easy film roles.
He told Variety: “I got my groove back as an actor.
“I rediscovered why I love this profession. It’s not that I wasn’t challenging myself on my last few films, but I knew how to play those parts.”
By contrast, George relished the challenge of playing a movie star past his matinee idol prime in Jay Kelly.
He said: “With this one, I felt like I did when I started acting and was trying to figure it out. You’re thinking, ‘Am I a fraud? Am I going to be found out?’ It’s a really good place to be, to feel off your game.”
George initially felt that Noah Baumbach, who co-wrote and directed the film, had misjudged him. But ultimately, George relished starring in the new movie.
He said: “I read the script, and there was a part of me that went, ‘Does he think this is who I am?’
“Because I knew Noah a little bit, and this character’s deeply unhappy and kind of a jerk. But then I thought it might be fun to play someone who thinks he’s a good guy, but everything he touches, he destroys.”
