George Clooney Reveals Most Important Thing To Know About Massive Idiots

Screen icon George Clooney said he was given a crucial piece of insight into how idiots think and its helped to explain a lot about the ones who go into politics.

In comments spotted by digg , Clooney recalled filming the 2000 classic comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? with Joel and Ethan Coen.

I play this massive idiot, yknow and Im playing him like a massive idiot, Clooney told BBC 1 Radios Ali Plumb.

But that was the wrong approach because its not how massive idiots see themselves.

Joel goes, Dude, youre the smartest guy in every room you walk into, Clooney said. And I was like, Ohhh, thats right. Cuz, you know, as weve learned over the years in politics, dumb people think theyre the smartest people in the world.

See the full interview, which includes his Ticket To Paradise costar Julia Roberts, below:

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