Article: George Clooney Rolls the Dice: The 'Ocean's Eleven' star continues running Hollywood's table. Now he's cashing in his chips to do what he really wants.(Interview)

Byline: John Horn

In the afterglow of "The Perfect Storm" and "ER," George Clooney can now pocket $12 million a movie, surround himself with a sycophantic entourage and relish the cushiest superstar perks imaginable. So why is he huddled over a breakfast of brown-bag sandwiches in a modest Montreal hotel room, planning shots with a storyboard artist to maximize a limited budget on an upcoming project?

Publicly, Clooney enjoys an image as a happily married woman's just-once fantasy, an unfairly handsome man who rides motorcycles cross-country--the same swagger he shows off as natty ex-con Danny Ocean in the just-released "Ocean's Eleven." But during a ...

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