“And that’s where members of an audience can place their investment of time, energy and sympathies toward … to root for that person to find his way through this maze of difficulty and come out the other side better.”Asked about humanity’s self-inflicted woes, George Clooney said, “I remember Martin Luther King saying, ‘The arc of moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ I believe in that. It does take a long time to get there.
“I mean, we look like what we look like—and it’s just about coming to terms with it and accepting it. So, I just love acting so much that I’m happy every time someone gives me an opportunity to play an interestng or complicated character.”“When we started [the shoot], I didn’t want to be distracted by my face,” Glenn explained to Inquirer Entertainment. “I wanted to change it in very subtle ways that wouldn’t make people go, ‘Oh, that’s just Glenn Close with a crazy wig on.
“Then, there was a part where I was having a hard time. So, Sharon came to me, held my hand and just looked at me. Well, she probably said something, but all I remember is just Sharon Stone right in front of me! And that gesture really helped me. Where things like this are concerned, you get over them as you get older. You just have to tell yourself, ‘OK, I’m just as good as they are.