George Clooney says he won’t beat out Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor at Sunday’s Academy Awards, drawing a political analogy.
“For me, it’s like being Hillary Clinton,” the Michael Clayton star said. “If it weren’t for Barack Obama, it would have been a very good year.”
“I thought Daniel Day-Lewis had the best performance of the year.”
Apart from his own race, the boyfriend of Sarah Larson handicapped all the other major categories, boasting to Time Magazine that he’s never lost an Oscar pool. We’ll see how accurate his picks are Sunday, February 24.
George Clooney did not say if he prefers Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, choosing instead to discuss his recent film, Best Picture nominee Michael Clayton.
“Our film is the best it can be in that genre,” he says of its Oscar chances, “but there’s a ceiling on that genre.”
Instead, Clooney predicts that No Country for Old Men will take the top prize, and its directors Joel and Ethan Coen will nab the Best Director trophy. He also gives a nod to Javier Bardem as Best Supporting Actor.
“If [Michael Clayton] has a shot at anything, it’s Best Supporting Actress with Tilda Swinton,” he says – although George Clooney officially made Amy Ryan, from Gone Baby Gone, his pick in that category.
The actor was also impressed by La Vie En Rose‘s Marion Cotillard.
“She does an old person trying to be young, instead of what everyone does – a young person trying to be old,” he says. “It’s a stunning performance.”