Name: George Clooney Shares The Story Of His Unique Exchange With Broadcasting Legend Walter Cronkite
Uploaded: 2020-12-19T18:10:17.000Z
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WE'RE TALKING TO MR. GEORGE CLOONEY, WHO IS JOINING US FROM

I HAD-- YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE REDISCOVERING WRITING EACH OTHER

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FAN, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE HAD

SOME EXTRAORDINARY CORRESPONDENCE OVER THE YEARS,

AND THAT YOU'RE A HUGE FAN OF LETTER WRITING.

IS IT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE A LETTER FROM GREGORY PECK?

>> I HAVE LETTERS FROM GREGORY PECK AND FROM PAUL NEWMAN, AND

AND, YOU KNOW, AND I-- I'M SUCH A HUGE FAN OF LETTER WRITING IN

GENERAL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THESE THINGS ARE NICE.

THE PHONE IS GREAT, AND IT'S TERRIFIC THAT YOU CAN GET A TEXT

FROM SOMEBODY THAT SAYS, "GOOD TO SEE YOU"

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HOLDING A PIECE OF PAPER IN YOUR

HAND, THAT'S BEEN WRITTEN ON THAT-- AND I WRITE LETTERS, YOU

WHAT'S THE LAST LETTER-- WHAT'S THE LAST LETTER YOU WROTE?

>> I WROTE ONE TO MY WIFE YESTERDAY-- TWO DAYS AGO.

>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE IN THE SAME HOUSE TOGETHER, YOU JUST

>> IT'S BEEN THE RULE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW.

>> WE HAD DONE "FAIL SAFE," THIS LIVE SHOW FOR CBS, AND I HAD

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY BIG AND

THIS WAS THE FIRST LIVE PRODUCTION BACK IN A LONG TIME.

AND HOW MANY LIVE NEWSCASTS HAS HE DONE OVER HIS LIFETIME.

AND HE STARTS US OFF WITH THE INTRODUCTION, AND HE MESSES IT

WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UN-- WE ALL WERE LIKE...

>> Stephen: THE LAST GUY, OF ALL THE PEOPLE--

>> AND HE COMES OVER TO ME RIGHT AFTER IT, I'M ABOUT TO GO ON,

AND IN THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOMING VOICE OF HIS HE SAYS, "SORRY, I

>> JUST HEARING HIM SAY THAT WORD, YOU KNOW, MADE-- BUT HE

WROTE ME A LETTER ABOUT DOING THAT PROJECT.

AND JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING INSANE ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW,

JUMP-- DIVE OFF A DIVING BOARD AND INTO A POOL, NOT KNOWING IF

I HAD DONE A MOVIE THAT REALLY BOMBED CALLED "LEATHERHEADS."

AND HE AND I WOULD WRITE EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.

AND HE WRECKED ONE OF THEM AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT MY

SO HE HAD THE-- THE POSTER SORT OF SUPER-IMPOSED ON TO HIS

CRASHED CAR AND THE POSTER OF MY MOVIE, OF "LEATHERHEADS "AND HE

SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE CRASHED CAR AND SAID, "IT HAPPENS TO ALL

>> ALSO GREGORY PECK AND WALTER CRONKITE, AND PAUL NEWMAN, YOU

KNOW, YOU WANT THEM TO BE WHO YOU IMAGINE THEM TO BE AND THEY

THEY WERE EVER BIT THE PERSON YOU WANTED THEM TO BE.

>> Stephen: ONE LAST THING, I JUST-- YOU HAVE BEEN SHOWERED

BUT YOU'RE "G.Q." MAN OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR.

YOU'RE "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE'S "MAN OF THE YEAR."

>> I HAVE TO THINK-- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL.

I THINK THERE IS NO-- NO OTHER ENTITY THAT HAS SHOWED US HOW

IMPORTANT THEY ARE THAN THE PEOPLE WHOSE TITLE COMES WITH

THE WORD "ESSENTIAL" IN FRONT OF IT-- ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

WE NOW REALIZE THAT THE GROCER IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP US ALIVE,

AND THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY

BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES AND RISKING THEIR LIVES TO MAKE SURE

THAT THE GARBAGE GETS TAKEN OUT, AND-- YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT

ARE UNDERPAID AND UNDERVALUED NOW NEED TO BE PAID BETTER AND

YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOOD THAT CAN COME OUT

OF ALL THIS, IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH

SO I WOULD SAY THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WOULD BE MY ICON OF THE

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George Clooney Shares The Story Of His Unique Exchange With Broadcasting Legend Walter Cronkite

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