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Article: CLOONEY IS A SMOOTH OPERATOR, ON SCREEN AND OFF.(PREVIEW)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 6, 2001
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Byline: RON DICKER Hartford Courant
HOLLYWOOD -- George Clooney sighed and sat back with his boots up on the table near the end of a long day of interviews. ``Clark Gable wasn't doing 150 media outlets,'' he said.
Clooney wasn't complaining. He was merely illuminating the off-screen demands on the modern leading man. The Friday opening of ``Ocean's 11,'' the A-listed remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper movie, will put his on-screen magnetism to the test after a relatively private year. According to his ``Ocean's 11'' co-stars, he is up to the task.
``George is this great, wonderful kind of goof of a guy,'' Julia Roberts said. ``And the fact that ...