Of all the descriptors actor George Clooney gets pegged with, "father" is not usually among them. Academy Award-winner? Sure. Activist? Yes. Sexiest Man Alive? You bet. It was his turn as a dad in "The Descendants" last year, however, that earned him a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination.
At 51-years-old, does this mean the action-hero, sex-symbol roles are behind Clooney and the "father" offers are going to start rolling in? "No, no. You can't think that way," he tells The Japan Times. "You're either an actor or you're some delusional glamourpuss. I don't mind being a glamourpuss now and then, it's fun, but deluded isn't something I'd ever like to be."
Clooney pauses for a moment and adds, "Grandfather roles. When that happens, that will shock me, I'll be stunned for ... a few days? Months? Maybe a year? But whether I play someone with a daughter who's a sexually-active teenager or with kids who are toddlers ... it can be kind of incidental to the plot. It's certainly incidental to my way of thinking. I look for interesting stuff (projects). A father can be very interesting, a single guy can be very interesting."