George Clooney says directing is “more fun” than acting
George Clooney recently spoke about directing, saying he prefers it to acting. Clooney spent much time behind the camera directing his upcoming film, The Boys In The Boat.
The movie centres around the University of Washington’s rowing team, who have a stunning story that starts in the Depression and ends with them winning gold in Nazi Germany in 1936. A fantastic cast is attached to the film as Callum Turner, Peter Guinness and Joel Edgerton all feature.
Clooney did an interview with Sky News about the film, and when asked about directing, he said, “It’s more fun, you have a lot more control. I get to boss them around and I don’t have to learn how to row.”
“Directing is a fun thing to do,” he continued, “it’s fun to come in in the morning and it’s fun to write a screenplay and then have somebody build a set that you wrote, it really is.”
George Clooney confesses how lucky he believes he is given he gets to do the things he enjoys. “As you get older, you need to have other things to do. You can’t just do one thing. I’m lucky because I’m 62 and I get to do the stuff I love, and a lot of people don’t get that.”
Despite enjoying directing, Clooney has confirmed that he has no interest in leaving acting anytime soon. He even has an acting role alongside Brad Pitt soon on the new action-thriller Wolves.
“I still like acting, I have fun,” he said, “I just did a film with Brad Pitt, he’s an up-and-coming actor.”
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