George Clooney meets critics who question his reach as an actor.
Speak to Vanity fair For a preview piece about Noah Baumbach's Jay KellyThe two-time Oscar winner did not crush any words when he asked criticism that his characters were synonymous to play versions of himself on the screen.
“People say that I only play myself? I don't give SH-” Good night and good luck said the actor. “There are not so many people in my age group who can make both broad comedies as possible O brother [Where Art Though?] and then do Michael Clayton or Syriana [for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award]. So if that means that I play all the time, I don't give SH. ”
Echo a quote from the upcoming Jay Kelly -Wo Clooney portrays a 60-year-old film star who thinks about his personal and professional life, he added: “Have you ever tried to play yourself? It is difficult to do.”
The Wolf Star came to the conclusion: “I was the beneficiary that my career is not massively successful in many different directions. I was not really successful in the kind of success that can be dazzling until I was 33 years old [when ER began]. At that time I had worked for 12 years. I had a real understanding of how fleeting everything is and how little it has to do with it Youhonestly. “
Jay KellyWhat will have it Its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival Later This Month, is Bowing in Theaters Nov. 14, with a streaming debut on Netflix Dec. 5. Co-written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, The Dramedy So Stars Laura Dern, Adam Sandler, Isla Fisher, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Riley Keough, Patrick Wilson, Nicôle Lecky, Thadea Graham, Jim Broadbent, Eva Hewson, Alba, Alba Rohrwacher, Lenny Henry, Josh Hamilton and Ruby Stokes.