Clooney on 'The Descendants': 'I'll Be Shocked If It's Not Nominated'

Clooney on 'The Descendants': 'I'll Be Shocked If It's Not Nominated'

Published: November 09, 2011 @ 12:29 pm
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By Kimberly Potts

George Clooney, Oscar winner, humanitarian, two-time Sexiest Man Alive, loves farts, fart jokes, even fart apps.

"We think it's one of the funniest things in the history of mankind," Clooney says in a new Rolling Stone cover story about he and his pals' thoughts on all things fart-related.

"Even the idea of a fart makes me laugh. Saying the word 'fart' makes me laugh. I have iFart on my phone. I have remote whoopee cushions. Farts. To me, there's nothing funnier."

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Clooney also talks about more serious issues, namely his recent and upcoming flicks. Of "The Ides of March," he says it was "not designed for everybody to see, but I don't give a shit … I don’t need to be more famous, and we shot it for $12 million, so anything we do is nice."

Of "The Descendants," which has already stirred Oscar buzz -- for Clooney's performance and the movie itself -- the actor/writer/director says he'll be "shocked" if it doesn't earn a Best Picture nomination. "It's that good," he says.

Clooney also talks to the magazine about current girlfriend Stacy Keibler and her tweeting habit ("She can do whatever she wants. I rarely tell anybody what they should be doing with their life"), and in a rare bit of TMI, discusses losing his virginity at age 16 but experiencing his first orgasm much earlier.

"I believe it was while climbing a rope when I was six or seven years old," he says. "I mean, nothing came out, but all the other elements were there. I remember getting to the top of the rope, hanging off the rope, and going, 'Oh, my God, this feels great!'"

Tags: George Clooney, Movies, Oscar race, Rolling Stone, The Descendants
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