“Goats” filming 11/24/08

On his clash with director David O Russell on the last day of shooting “Three Kings”: “It was a big-pressure day and he was under the gun. We were trying to get a shot and then he went berserk. He went nuts on an extra. So I went over and I put my arm around him and I pulled him aside, away from everybody, which seemed fair. And I said, ‘You can’t do that …’ And he basically said, ‘F— you! Worry about your acting!’ And I said, ‘Now you’re being an a–hole!’ And we started pushing against each other with our heads. So I got him by the throat. And I was yelling at him and he was screaming at me and we were at it … Will I work with David again? Absolutely not. Never. Do I think he’s tremendously talented and do I think he
should be nominated for Oscars? Yeah. — George Clooney, Entertainment Weekly, October 8, 1999