--- title: George Clooney Interview on Trump as a Hollywood Elitist description: Clooney wants us to remember that despite professing distaste for celebrities who are political, Trump has 22 acting credits to his name. canonical: https://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-22T18:20:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:18.314Z og:title: George Clooney Just Called President Trump a 'Hollywood Elitist' og:description: Trump has 22 acting credits, Clooney reminds us. og:url: https://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George Clooney Just Called President Trump a 'Hollywood Elitist' twitter:description: Trump has 22 acting credits, Clooney reminds us. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # George Clooney Just Called President Donald Trump a 'Hollywood Elitist'  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 22, 2017 6:20 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 22, 2017 6:20 PM UTC George Clooney has never shied away from using his celebrity for a cause, leading the charge on bringing attention to [tragedies in Sudan](http://time.com/3059803/george-clooney-sudan-starvation/?iid=sr-link7) and campaigning [for Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4263871/hillary-clinton-george-amal-clooney-fundraiser/?iid=sr-link1). In a new interview with France’s Canal Plus, the actor (and husband of [human rights lawyer](http://time.com/4363578/amal-cloone-yazidi-genocide-survivors-isis/?iid=sr-link2) Amal Clooney) called out President Trump for his [dismissal of Meryl Streep’s](http://time.com/4628378/golden-globes-2017-donald-trump-meryl-streep/?iid=sr-link1) much-publicized [acceptance speech at the Golden Globes](http://time.com/4628378/golden-globes-2017-donald-trump-meryl-streep/?iid=sr-link1). (He later added he was not surprised by comments from “[liberal movie people](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/movies/trump-meryl-streep-golden-globes-speech.html).”) “Donald Trump has [22 acting credits](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874339/) in television,” Clooney reminded his interviewer of Trump’s own Hollywood credentials. Clooney also claimed the President was affiliated with the Screen Actors Guild. “He is a Hollywood elitist,” he said. Clooney also said that Trump’s [top advisor, Steve Bannon,](http://time.com/4657665/steve-bannon-donald-trump/?iid=sr-link1) is no stranger to Hollywood associations. “Steve Bannon is a failed filmmaker and director. That’s the truth. That’s what he’s done. He wrote a Shakespearean rap musical about the L.A. riots that he couldn’t get made. He made a lot of money off of _Seinfeld_. He’s an elitist of Hollywood,” Clooney said. Watch the interview (with French dubbing) [at Canal Plus.](http://www.canalplus.fr/cinema/emissions-cinema-sur-canal/pid6307-rencontres-de-cinema.html?vid=1436656) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/"},"headline":"George Clooney Just Called President Donald Trump a 'Hollywood Elitist'","datePublished":"2017-02-22T18:20:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:18.314Z","description":"Trump has 22 acting credits, Clooney reminds us.","url":"https://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/","name":"George Clooney Just Called President Donald Trump a 'Hollywood Elitist'"}}]}] ```