George Clooney will appear this fall in the Alexander Payne film “The Descendants”. “The Descendants” is about a father trying to bond with his daughters after their mother is in an accident. While you’re waiting for his next movie, you can read a few fun facts about the actor from giving birth to South Park to Donald Trump calling him short:
1. George Clooney’s middle name is Timothy.
2. The actor told Esquire that there’s truth to the rumor that he was the person that circulated the video greeting card of Jesus vs. Santa around LA back in 1995, thus giving birth to South Park.
3. His first time in a movie was as an extra in “And They’re Off” which starred his cousin Miguel Ferrer.
4. Quote on The Peacemaker: “Someday, a group of people will discover that one and give me a posthumous award for that.”
5. Celine Balitran, Brooke Langton, Traylor Howard, and Jenifer Siebel are some who make the list of George Clooney’s exes.
6. Random quote: “I saw Donald Trump on Larry King, and he was saying ‘Clooney is a very short guy. I mean, he’s a tiny guy…. I don’t want to knock the guy, but he’s very small.’ I met Donald Trump once, and I was sitting at a table. He came over, shook my hand, and walked away. I guess I looked about three foot five sitting at the table.”
7. The same psychic who predicted Steve Irwin’s death correctly predicted wrongly that George Clooney would wed in 2008.
8. The actor doesn’t really go on the internet much, but he sometimes will go on YouTube if someone recommends something to him.
9. George Clooney’s father, Nick Clooney, taught him “to help look out for people that are less fortunate than you and to challenge people that are in power.”
10. Fun quote on getting older: “But I’m kind of comfortable with getting older because it’s better than the other option, which is being dead. So I’ll take getting older.”
11. George Clooney’s aunt is the famous singer Rosemary Clooney.
Fact Sources
Esquire. “The 9:10 to Crazyland” by AJ Jacobs. (www.esquire.com)
The Telegraph, George Clooney interview” by John Hiscock. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
CNN, “George Clooney on marriage: ‘I gave it a shot’” by Katie McLaughlin. (www.cnn.com)