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July 01, 2005
Investing in self: George Clooney's indie philosophy
George Clooney talks about his acting-directing career path, trying to keep one step ahead of the system, to Anne Thompson at the Reporter: "Steven [Soderbergh] and I have a great relationship inside the studio system... We make the kinds of films we want and commercial films at the same time. Steven and I have lost a lot of money. We are way in the hole. But this is not a day job. I've got some cash. I have a nice house in Italy. I do OK." Clooney's change... came... after he starred in two studio duds, The Peacemaker and Batman & Robin. "I got tagged. So I said, I've got to be responsible. What are you going to do at 70... and they're doing a retrospective and they're all big commercial films? I started looking for scripts. I held out for a year."... Now, the triple threat prefers to take more chances on movies by slashing his salary, as he and the ensemble cast did on the "Ocean's" movies... It's a smarter bet to finance and market a $30 million picture with three stars, Clooney argues, than a $40 million movie with only one. "If you do that," he said, "you're free to try and pick the best films possible. I don't want to work with people where you feel like they're just collecting footage. If you want to get these films made, you have to be an investor."
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