Posted on 02/27/2006 8:07:55 AM PST by Millee
Actor and director George Clooney says he is proud to be denounced as unpatriotic for questioning US policy because he wanted to be on "the right side of history".
Interviewed on BBC television about his latest films Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck, Clooney said that not only did he accept the right to be attacked for his views but he even relished them.
Clooney, who has weathered attacks since opposing the 2003 Iraq invasion, said at one point that it was "frustrating" to be listed as a "traitor" on a set of playing cards, but he also accepted people's right to free speech.
He later admitted he relished the attacks.
"I think it's important to be on the right side of history," Clooney said.
"I want to be on that deck of cards. And I want to be able to say that they boycotted my films. I want to be able to say I was on the cover of a magazine called a 'traitor.'
"I'm proud of those because those were badges of honour for me because that was when you did it when it was hard to do."
Clooney has received critical acclaim for Syriana - about oil politics and Islamic extremism - and for Good Night, and Good Luck, a reminder of the threat to civil liberties through a story about the anti-communist hysteria in the United States of the 1950s.
Clooney said Syriana did not single out US President George W Bush's administration for attack, though it "certainly goes at this administration" as well as at 60 years of failed Middle East policy.
"If it's an attack, it's because you're asking questions," Clooney said.
Clooney has said the chilling effect of the September 11, 2001 attacks on US politics had inspired Syriana and its unflinching look at the ways extremism and political instability are fostered by the interests of big oil.
Get a rope ping..
Damn, he's in tight spot!
uh yeah. i am sure that makes sense to someone...
Love the new tagline!
Thought you might!
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DD
If George Clooney were an average American citizen, I might consider his pontifications - for a second or two.
but he's not an ordinary American citizen, so I'm not going to waste my time genuflecting in his direction.
Any idiot can ask questions and point out the problems. The tough part is coming up with something better. Sounds to me George just likes to bitch and complain.
My husband says Clooney is gay.
A good reminder as to why I wouldn't see one of this clowns movies if I was paid to
Unfortunately, he is a "local boy" from this area, so I get to hear a lot about him. His Dad is a long time local TV personality from this area and is just as looney as his son.
Clooney gay?
The more I know about these men, the more I like Bruce Willis.
I think he's saying "I was a traitor before it was cool."
Only Tom Cruise knows for sure. ;o)
Tom Cruise, George Clooney and Kevin Spacey all need to come out.
and John Travolta
Is that Nick Clooney, the guy who was on American Movie Classics?
I just asked my flaming co-worker about Clooney, and he says absolutely not! Clooney's not gay.
sometimes gay guys can pick out a gay guy very easily.
He'll never be on the right side of anything.
Proud to be a traitor, now that's a good philosophy on life. I'd be proud to hang the traitor from the nearest tree.
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