By Sandra Gonzalez CNN <\/p>\n
(CNN) -- George Clooney used to suffer from insomnia, but these days, he couldn't be happier about his lack of sleep.<\/p>\n
In a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the \"Suburbicon\" director talks candidly about his new life as a dad (he's great at changing diapers), why audiences haven't seen him act in a while, and what he thinks awaits him in his \"third act.\" <\/p>\n
Here are five things we learned about Clooney: <\/p>\n
He used to struggle with loneliness and couldn't be happier those days are behind him <\/p>\n
Journalist Stephen Galloway interviewed Clooney at his home at Lake Como for the piece, published Wednesday, but he paints a very different picture of the actor he last spoke with at length five years ago. <\/p>\n
Galloway recalled Clooney being plagued with insomnia and, at times, lonely. Now, Clooney described his house as \"filled with the warm sounds of babies crying.\" <\/p>\n
\"I'm a very good diaper guy, which I didn't know I would be,\" Clooney said in the interview. <\/p>\n
Wife and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney revealed she doesn't anticipate the couple having more children. <\/p>\n
He has an ongoing text exchange with former president Barack Obama<\/p>\n
Obama stayed the night at Clooney's home in Sonning, England back in June, according to Clooney. And when they're not having five-hour meals and playing basketball, Clooney and Obama have an ongoing exchange via text that sometimes gets \"a little bit\" colorful. <\/p>\n
But, Clooney added, \"Not Scaramucci-racy.\" <\/p>\n
He's thinking about his 'third act'<\/p>\n
With \"Suburbicon,\" a drama that touches on racial tensions in the 1950s, earning awards buzz, Clooney is already working on two more projects, according to the article. <\/p>\n
Neither of them, however, are in front of the camera. Clooney, who hasn't acted in two years, said, \"As you get older, the parts aren't as interesting. I'm not a leading man anymore. Nobody wants to see me kiss the girl.\"<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he sees directing as something that still \"excites me.\"<\/p>\n
\"But at some point -- which happens with everyone -- they take the toys away, put them in the box and take it away. And I know it will go away,\" he said. \"I know how this works. I know how it ends. And when [it does], I will have another act.\"<\/p>\n
Possibilities for that next act include putting more time into his nonprofit, The Clooney Foundation for Justice. <\/p>\n
Speaking of philanthropy, he's investing $20 million in nonprofit work<\/p>\n
On the heels of donating $1 million toward fighting hate groups, Clooney said he and Amal have put $20 million toward their foundation for various causes.<\/p>\n
They have also \"quietly\" taken in a Yazidi refugee from Iraq, who is enrolled at the University of Chicago, according to THR. <\/p>\n
He has also continued his relief efforts in Darfur and South Sudan. <\/p>\n
Donald Trump once tried to give him a doctor recommendation <\/p>\n
Clooney has only met Trump once. It happened years ago at a restaurant. Clooney was recovering from neck surgery, and Trump offered to give him a recommendation for a doctor. <\/p>\n
\"He wrote me a couple of times with the name,\" the actor said. \"Then he went on Larry King Live and told him I was very short. I'm 5-foot-11 -- I'm not the tallest actor in the world, but I'm not short. That made me laugh.\"<\/p>\n
Politics is largely no laughing matter for Clooney, however. <\/p>\n
An outspoken opponent of Trump, Clooney told the magazine: \"It would be best for the country if some of these Republicans -- and some of them I'm very good friends with, actually -- stood up [to him].\" <\/p>\n
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