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05-31-07, 04:32 PM
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When the cast of Ocean's Thirteen gets together you know you're in for some fun. Time sat down with George Clooney (46), Brad Pitt (43), Matt Damon (36) and Ellen Barkin (53) and got an earful about their on-set interaction, the addition of the legendary Al Pacino to the team, the upcoming presidential election, the last great movie stars and Brad's paparazzi problem. Read excerpts from the gab-fest (http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1626512,00.html) below:
On audience opinion that they had fun shooting the film:
Clooney: The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, "Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering"—come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer. Maybe Matt had to suffer.
Damon: Yeah, I did. I had to go deep to find Linus.
Barkin: Was that your character's name?
Clooney: We like that Matt's done three different Linuses in three different movies.
On working with Al Pacino, and whether he had any "hoo-ah!" acting moments:
Clooney: We couldn't believe Al wanted to do it.
Damon: I don't think anybody in this room is in a position to accuse Pacino of a hoo-ah! moment, especially in this movie, with some of the performances we turn in.
Pitt: Hard to say somebody else is chewing scenery when you're wearing a fake nose.
Damon: Yeah, I think Al was over the top!
Clooney: Our motto is, less is nothing.
On the 2008 presidential election:
Clooney: I like Barack Obama a lot. I've spent some time with him.
Pitt: You just cost him votes.
Clooney: I've actually had that conversation with him, just saying "Look, I'll give you whatever support you need—including staying completely away from you." Actors have done a lot of damage to candidates lately. My father ran for Congress in 2004, and it was "Hollywood vs. the Heartland!" My father was Hollywood.
Pitt: I'm just hungry for some honesty and leadership. And I'm following them all—on all sides.
Damon: I'm an Obama guy too. I think a lot of the problems in the world would be mitigated if he were the face of our country. I haven't ever met him or talked to him, but he's the first person in a long time who I've been inspired by.
Clooney: When other politicians stop and listen, that's how you know what charisma is. You can't teach that. He walks into a room and you go, "That's a leader."
On them being seen as the last real movie stars:
Clooney: The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.
Damon: We didn't know anything about them.
Clooney: There was mystique. They're 60 feet high, and you paid your buck and a half to go see them. But that's gone. People know everything about everybody now.
Barkin: Think about it. Do we know anything about Robert Redford's children? Does he even have any?
Damon: I worked with him, and I don't know.
Pitt: I have four, if you haven't heard.
On who gets the most attention from the press:
Clooney: There's no question, it's Brad...we used to chum the water with him.
Pitt: This is not a joke. They used to send me out to take the hits.
Clooney: We were at the airport in Italy. So I walk off the plane, and it's "Hey, Giorgio!" And I go, "Look! Brad Pitt!" and they're gone.
Damon: You described it once as "People were stepping on our faces trying to get to Brad."
Pitt: Ah, well, I don't take it as a compliment.
On the next generation of leading men:
Clooney: I like Clive Owen a lot. Did you see Children of Men?
Damon: That was my favorite movie last year.
Clooney: Me too.
Damon: One of the most underrated actors right now as a leading man is Christian Bale. He turned in two great performances last year. He was great in The Prestige, and he was great in this movie called Harsh Times.
Barkin: I like the very young Ryan Gosling.
Clooney: That couple—he goes out with Rachel McAdams ...
Barkin: Splitsville. Don't you read Us?
http://usmagazine.com/oceans_13
When the cast of Ocean's Thirteen gets together you know you're in for some fun. Time sat down with George Clooney (46), Brad Pitt (43), Matt Damon (36) and Ellen Barkin (53) and got an earful about their on-set interaction, the addition of the legendary Al Pacino to the team, the upcoming presidential election, the last great movie stars and Brad's paparazzi problem. Read excerpts from the gab-fest (http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1626512,00.html) below:
On audience opinion that they had fun shooting the film:
Clooney: The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, "Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering"—come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer. Maybe Matt had to suffer.
Damon: Yeah, I did. I had to go deep to find Linus.
Barkin: Was that your character's name?
Clooney: We like that Matt's done three different Linuses in three different movies.
On working with Al Pacino, and whether he had any "hoo-ah!" acting moments:
Clooney: We couldn't believe Al wanted to do it.
Damon: I don't think anybody in this room is in a position to accuse Pacino of a hoo-ah! moment, especially in this movie, with some of the performances we turn in.
Pitt: Hard to say somebody else is chewing scenery when you're wearing a fake nose.
Damon: Yeah, I think Al was over the top!
Clooney: Our motto is, less is nothing.
On the 2008 presidential election:
Clooney: I like Barack Obama a lot. I've spent some time with him.
Pitt: You just cost him votes.
Clooney: I've actually had that conversation with him, just saying "Look, I'll give you whatever support you need—including staying completely away from you." Actors have done a lot of damage to candidates lately. My father ran for Congress in 2004, and it was "Hollywood vs. the Heartland!" My father was Hollywood.
Pitt: I'm just hungry for some honesty and leadership. And I'm following them all—on all sides.
Damon: I'm an Obama guy too. I think a lot of the problems in the world would be mitigated if he were the face of our country. I haven't ever met him or talked to him, but he's the first person in a long time who I've been inspired by.
Clooney: When other politicians stop and listen, that's how you know what charisma is. You can't teach that. He walks into a room and you go, "That's a leader."
On them being seen as the last real movie stars:
Clooney: The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.
Damon: We didn't know anything about them.
Clooney: There was mystique. They're 60 feet high, and you paid your buck and a half to go see them. But that's gone. People know everything about everybody now.
Barkin: Think about it. Do we know anything about Robert Redford's children? Does he even have any?
Damon: I worked with him, and I don't know.
Pitt: I have four, if you haven't heard.
On who gets the most attention from the press:
Clooney: There's no question, it's Brad...we used to chum the water with him.
Pitt: This is not a joke. They used to send me out to take the hits.
Clooney: We were at the airport in Italy. So I walk off the plane, and it's "Hey, Giorgio!" And I go, "Look! Brad Pitt!" and they're gone.
Damon: You described it once as "People were stepping on our faces trying to get to Brad."
Pitt: Ah, well, I don't take it as a compliment.
On the next generation of leading men:
Clooney: I like Clive Owen a lot. Did you see Children of Men?
Damon: That was my favorite movie last year.
Clooney: Me too.
Damon: One of the most underrated actors right now as a leading man is Christian Bale. He turned in two great performances last year. He was great in The Prestige, and he was great in this movie called Harsh Times.
Barkin: I like the very young Ryan Gosling.
Clooney: That couple—he goes out with Rachel McAdams ...
Barkin: Splitsville. Don't you read Us?
http://usmagazine.com/oceans_13