PLAYBOY: Do you have any people in your life who would tell you, “Hey, cut the shit, George,” if you needed it?
CLOONEY: I’ve got eight buddies, the boys. They’ve been my friends for 20 years. Every Sunday we ride motorcycles and play basketball together. For Christmas this year, the boys came out and there were new bikes sitting out there—new Indians for each of them. The best part of having money is sharing it with your buddies. I lived on their closet floors when I was broke and they had money and were working. They’ve been through this whole ride with me. So now, when someone comes up to me and says, “You’re so brilliant,” they look over at me and go, “Man, can you believe that shit?”
PLAYBOY: Are they actors?
CLOONEY: Two thirds of them are. I met them when I first moved out here, in acting classes. Richard Kind, who’s on Spin City, is one of them. When his father died of a heart attack, Richard called and said he was going to Trenton for the funeral. All the boys were immersed in work at that point and had no time, but I called them up and told them what happened. There were no commercial flights available, so I chartered a jet. We didn’t tell him we were coming. We sat in the back of the synagogue and Richard was in front with his back to us. When he got up and started to talk about his dad, he saw us and started sobbing. He said, “I'm sorry, but I just saw my best friends back there.” There was this amazing feeling that every one of these guys had dropped everything just to be there. That’s what it’s like. People like that keep you sane.

Sep

3

2010

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