BAFTAs 2012 – Red Carpet Interview – George Clooney

DERMOT O'LEARY:  Hey, sensible and stylish.  A man wearing a coat.  We like that, George.
A.	It's a good thing tonight.

Q.	How are you feeling about tonight?  Excited?
A.	I am excited.  I get to see a lot of people I have not seen recently.

Q.	You had The Ides Of March and also you had The Descendants.  How do you decide who you sit with?
A.	That is a good question because you don't want to tick anybody off.

Q.	Cheeks?
A.	You do, but I do that often.

Q.	Listen.  Over here, we don't know what a schlub is.  In America this is a common word; correct?
A.	A schlub?  I don't know if it is so common, but it is a -- I believe it is a sort of Yiddish term.

Q.	Which means what?
A.	I think if you are -- you are not well kept.

Q.	And that is what your character kind of is?
A.	Is that what I am?  I am a schlub now?

Q.	I thought you said that.  Now I feel really embarrassed.  I thought you described --
A.	I am a schlub.

Q.	This is not great for my first Clooney interview of all time.  This is a disaster. How long are you going to be over here for?  Are you going to be here for Valentine's?
A.	Early in the morning.

Q.	Are you going to be back for the Olympics?  I heard you watch the Olympics?
A.	I don't think so.  I think I am working that time in the summer.  I am writing a screenplay so I have to be on the road for a little bit.

Q.	You know we had a literal lottery over here, where you had to put your names in a hat.
A.	I know.  I saw it all happen.  I was in Scotland when it all happened.  Everyone thought the French were going to get it.  The way we knew was when we heard the whole town just explode and cheer.

Q.	One word for the two girls, your co-stars on The Descendants.  They were brilliant, weren't they?
A.	They really were.  Shailene is an amazing actress, and the little one, Amara, God knows what she is going to do.

Q.	We read so much about Shailene but Amara is extraordinary.
A.	She is a 44-year old, you know, trapped in a child's body.

Q.	We can scrap the schlub, it never happened.  Lovely to meet you.  Good luck tonight.
A.	Good luck.  See you later.

(End of the interview)