George Clooney swiftly realised he didn’t need to be doubtful after all, with the actor going on to marry human rights lawyer Amal Clooney in 2014
George Clooney has admitted he was initially concerned about dating his now wife Amal Clooney due to their 17-year age-gap.
The 63-year-old met Amal, 47, a human rights lawyer, back in 2013 and he admits being drawn to her instantly.
In fact, ahead of their meeting, George says it was his agent who told him: “I’m telling you, you’re going to marry her.”
At the time however, the actor thought his age could get in the way and he also believed she seemed fine by herself.
He told the New York Times: “Then I didn’t really think I’d have much of a chance with her because I was 17 years older and she seemed to have everything she needed.”
Thankfully, Amal’s love towards George was mutual and they went on to marry in Venice, Italy a year later.
In 2017, they took things to the next level and became parents for the first time to twins Alexander and Ella, now seven.
On reflection in the new interview, the actor believes meeting Amal later in life has made things easier.
Elaborating on his point, he said: “We renovated our house. Amal would go, ‘I want to paint this wall yellow’.
“Well, if I was 27 years old and doing construction work, I would’ve been like, ‘Well, that’s a stupid colour’.
“But the truth of the matter is that at 60, you just go, ‘OK’. There are so many things that would have caused friction that don’t.”
One thing George admits being conscious about nowadays is time passing by fast.
Upon turning 60, the Hollywood star said he had a conversation with Amal about making more memories while he still feels young.
“I said, ‘Look, I can still play full-court basketball. I can still run around. I can still do pretty much everything I did when I was 30.
“‘But in 30 years, I’m 90. That’s a real number. My dad just hit that. And there are some things you’re not doing no matter how many granola bars you eat’.
“I told Amal, ‘We have to focus on the next 20, 25 years of making sure that we’re jamming in everything we can. Not just work, because no one at the end of their life goes, ‘God, I wish I worked more’.”