George Clooney has opened up about how he finds directing “extra enjoyable” than appearing in a brand new interview to advertise his upcoming movie, The Boys In The Boat.

Clooney has directed the movie, which explores the story of the College of Washington’s rowing staff. The movie charts their Despair-era beginnings to their successful gold on the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Hitler’s Nazi Germany and options Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton and Peter Guinness.

In an interview with Sky Information in regards to the movie and the way he discovered directing in comparison with appearing, Clooney mentioned: “It’s extra enjoyable, you will have much more management. I get to boss them round and I don’t should discover ways to row,” he joked.

He continued: “Directing is a enjoyable factor to do. It’s enjoyable to return in within the morning and it’s enjoyable to put in writing a screenplay after which have any person construct a set that you just wrote, it truly is.

“As you become old, it’s good to produce other issues to do. You’ll be able to’t simply do one factor,” he continued. “I’m fortunate as a result of I’m 62 and I get to do the stuff I like, and lots of people don’t get that.

“I’m effectively conscious of it, and I have a good time it as a result of, you realize, if I’m not having enjoyable, I feel individuals could be actually pissed off. In the event that they have a look at my life, you go, ‘If you happen to’re not having fun with that, then, you realize, then who is aware of.’”

Clooney isn’t planning on leaving appearing anytime quickly, nonetheless. Elsewhere within the interview, he opened up about his upcoming action-thriller movie Wolves with Brad Pitt.

“I nonetheless like appearing, I’ve enjoyable,” he continued. “I simply did a movie with Brad Pitt, he’s an up-and-coming actor,” Clooney deadpanned.

Again in December, Clooney additionally confirmed that a fourth Ocean’s film is within the works.