George Clooney reveals that the movie industry can be a bit like politics but actors are supportive of one another.
There’s a certain generosity I find with most actors that I don’t find certainly in politics.
The Oscar winner is back in the director's chair and in front of the camera with his new movie The Ides of March.
The movie looks at the cut throat world of politics and the people that inhabit that world - but he believes that actors are nothing like that.
Speaking to FemaleFirst Clooney said: "Actors aren’t like that, the business can be that way and there is certain cut throat element to the business, but actors are pretty kind to one another.
"You are so lucky where you get to be in a film and you understand that it’s not just your brilliance that got you there but you are standing on the shoulders of a lot of happy accident along the way; and you recognise than in one another.
"There’s a certain generosity I find with most actors that I don’t find certainly in politics. (laughs)."
It is the first directorial outing for Clooney since Leatherheads and the movie has already caused a bit of a storm on the festival circuit.
The Oscars may be four months away yet but Clooney's movie is already being considered as a contender.
The Ides of March is out now.
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