American actor George Clooney achieved widespread fame in his decades-long artistic career in Hollywood, and made a great fortune that made him able to refuse a generous offer to appear in a trailer that requires only one day's work, in exchange for $35 million, because it does not match his personal values.

Clooney's comments came during an interview with the British newspaper "The Guardian", when asked if he saw that he had enough money now, and he replied, "That's right, I was offered to receive $ 35 million for a day's work in a commercial to an airline, but I refused him."

He revealed the reason behind his refusal of the offer, saying, "I spoke to my wife Amal about it, and we decided that it was not worth the trouble, because the advertisement is linked to a country, although it is an ally, it is sometimes suspicious."

"That's why I thought if this was going to deprive me of sleep for a few minutes, it wasn't worth it," he added.

"Personally, I'd give up minutes of sleep for £10, but Clooney works on a different level than the rest of us," the interviewer joked.

During his speech, Clooney also touched on his political views, and stressed his positions, despite his full awareness of what actors face when they engage in politics, and added, "I would have felt very ashamed if I had not done so, for example, during the rule of (US President Donald) Trump, if I had not announced my opposition to things." The atrocious he did, my children would look at me and say, 'They were holding the children, and you said nothing!' And my shame would be much worse than the attack on me."

I don't have to

The American actor - who is also a director and producer, and won two Oscars for the films "Syriana" and "Argo" - talked about the reason why he has not appeared in many films since his marriage in 2014, and that he has preferred directing over acting. "In general, there aren't many good roles, and I don't have to act," he said.

"I had this conversation with my wife when she turned 60 last summer, we both love what he's doing and we have to make sure we don't do silly things and live our lives the way we want to."

Clooney is currently working on directing his movie "The Tender Bar", starring the American star Ben Affleck, and it is scheduled to be shown on December 17, and he revealed during his dialogue that he is heading to Australia soon to play the title role in the movie "Ticket. To Heaven" (Ticket to Paradise), which reunites him with Julia Roberts.

Actor and businessman

For his wide fame, Clooney, 60, earned huge money from his films, and also earned more than 40 million dollars for his advertising work with the Swiss coffee brand Nespresso.

In addition to his artwork, Clooney succeeded in being a businessman, and sold his beverage company 4 years ago for a billion dollars, which made him the highest-paid actor in 2018, according to the list of the American magazine "Forbes" (Forbes), despite not appearing in any films. That year or the year before.

Clooney and the millions

Clooney has a history of giving away millions of dollars, as he revealed a year ago that he gave a huge gift to close friends, amounting to 14 million dollars, in appreciation of their uninterrupted support, especially during his difficult times.

And he told the exciting story during an interview with GQ magazine, saying that it happened in 2013 after he got a lot of money for his role in the movie "Gravity", and he decided to share this success with his friends.

"These guys helped me all over 35 years, I slept on their sofas when I was in financial trouble, they lent me money when I was broke, and without them I wouldn't have any of that money," he added. He invited his 14 friends to his house, and gave each of them a million dollar.

He also gave $20 million in 2017 to the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which he established with his wife, Amal Alamuddin, a human rights lawyer, which aims to support refugees and marginalized communities around the world.