George Clooney reveals he once turned down a $35 million paycheck

of nine luxury hotels run by the Sultan of Brunei due to the harsh laws set to be imposed, including deadly laws to criminalize the LGBTQ community. In 2018 following the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, he

to students that showed his pride in their activism and offered his support for their work in promoting school safety and gun controlLater in his interview with The Guardian, Clooney appeared to reveal another inspiration in his life and reason for his integrity beyond his wife: his father. Clooney's father, Nick, is a news anchor well known for his journalistic integrity.

“Both my parents are really respected where we’re from and I wouldn’t want to do anything to embarrass them,” he explained. “Also, my dad made one rule for me and that was: ‘I don’t care what you do in life, but challenge people with greater power than you and defend those with less power.’” Clooney said that he’s always “liked a good fight,” though he acknowledged the times he’s been teased and mocked by TV hosts for his activism and beliefs.

“But I would be so ashamed if, for instance, in this last Trump regime, I hadn’t been on the record of being against some of the horrible things he’d done,” he said. “My kids would be like: ‘So, they were putting kids in cages and you didn’t say anything?’ The blowback is nowhere near as bad as the shame I’d feel.”

Love Mr C. One of the good guys in the industry.

Hard times bro

Who hasn’t 😂

I did too

Must be nice to be offered 35M and you say 'na, I'm good'.

I guess it was a pocket change at that time.

Wow. That’s brave.

Not hard to believe George has always been one of the better guys in the world of Hollywood

Secure bet of the week….Broncos lose

How much money does he make these days? Thats merely pocket change for him.

He could’ve worked that 1 day and donated the $35 million to a worthy cause.

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