George Clooneyspoke with60 Minutestonight about the upcomingBroadwayadaptation of his Oscar-nominated movie,Good Night, and Good Luck.
Look, Im 63 years old, the actor told Wertheim.
Im not trying to compete with 25-year-old leading men.
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Thats not my job.
Im not doing romantic films anymore.
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Not that hes been doing many, anyway.
While Clooney was promotingTicket to Paradisein 2022, he noted that he hadnt made a romantic comedy since 1996.
Still, age and experience do have their privileges.
I dont know that I couldve [done it before].
I wasnt I didnt do the work required to get there.
So thats thats the fun of it.
Clooney does have a pretty good model for how to navigate away from being a romantic lead.
[Paul] Newman was the best at this, Clooneytold the Washington Postin 2022.
He just said, Okay, thats who I am now, and he changed expectations a little bit.
