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Article: Multitasking marvels: an actor-producer's day includes raising coin, hiring crews and marketing their pix.(EYE ON THE OSCARS: TALENT PREVIEW)(Brief Article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- November 28, 2005
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Small, personal films don't seem to get made without star power and a whole lot of fund-raising. George Clooney, Tommy Lee Jones, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Don Cheadle, who shepherded a handful of potential awards contenders to screen this year, can certainly attest.
"In general, the films I try to make have not been easy to make," says Clooney, who directed "Good Night, and Good Luck" and produced "Syriana" while taking supporting roles in both. "But I have one huge advantage. I'm in a position that people offer me the kind of money that they do. No one was jumping to make either film but we got them financed.
"Your best tool for fund-raising is to ...