George Clooney might be one of the last of the old-school movie stars we have, whose name still garners widespread respect and recognition and who has made interesting role choices throughout the course of his long career. Even with that distinction, he tends to live a pretty quiet life, staying out of the limelight compared to others who regularly pop up on our feeds. With his new movie, Jay Kelly, about to hit theaters on Nov. 14 (and then Netflix), he's doing the press rounds and commenting on several trending topics in the industry, including artificial intelligence and what the new class of professional actors should know. He told The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter Podcast:I talk to kids all the time. I talk to kids at SAG and things, and they’re all on Instagram and everything. And when I was directing and I was casting, and it was between two actors, the casting director and the studio would come to me and go, "Well, she’s got 175,000 followers on Instagram, and the other girl’s got 30,000." Those were literally the discussions we had. And I said to all these actors, "Get the fuck off of it. Get off of all of it. Because if you’re not on it, you have nothing to be compared to." So, it makes sense that Clooney chooses the Luddite life. When your success can be tied to a slightly arbitrary number that has nothing to do with your skill as a performer, why would he...
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