Three years ago, George Clooney was in a motorbike crash that could have killed him
“I was waiting for my switch to turn off,” he says thetimes.co.uk/article/george…
“I was waiting for my switch to turn off,” he says thetimes.co.uk/article/george…
Groggy, lying on the ground and screaming, he realised a crowd was gathering — he was being filmed by people on their phones
Lying injured while people filmed him like it was just another movie set has left its mark 
“If you’re in the public eye,” he says, “what you realise when you’re on the ground thinking it’s the last minute of your life is that, for some people, it’s just going to be entertainment for their Facebook page.”
“I’m a pretty positive guy, but that told me — clearly — that you really are here just for their entertainment.”
Lamenting an age when some people’s first thought on seeing an injured man is to shoot them for social media “likes”, he adds:
“You want to take everyone and shake them!”
“You want to take everyone and shake them!”
Reflecting upon the pros and cons of extreme fame, Clooney says he's grateful that he didn’t step into limelight until his thirties
“I’m lucky I got famous when I was 33, not 23. I’d have been shooting crack into my forehead if I had been 23 and given money and success.”
“You’re not prepared for it. You need to have failed a shitload – If you have you never trust success."
"Every day I think, ‘If all hell broke loose, I have a couple of houses I paid cash for, I could sell one.’”
"Every day I think, ‘If all hell broke loose, I have a couple of houses I paid cash for, I could sell one.’”
"My mentality is still that. Failures teach you everything — you learn nothing from success.” thetimes.co.uk/article/george…
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