George Clooney

And then this show hit.

And that had nothing to do with my brilliance as an actor.

It had to do with the fact that we had a great time slot, which was Thursday night at 10 o'clock on NBC, which for 16 years only had two shows, L.A.

Law and...

Hill Street Blues.

And so for us to get that time slot was a big deal.

And then the show was a transformative show.

And suddenly I had a career overnight.

And then literally within a month, we were on the cover of magazines and people suddenly knew your name, which is a very different thing than recognizing you.

You know, you can recognize me from the

But once they know your name, that was a difference.

It's sort of like a bug light.

You know, you run as fast as you can towards fame because it means options and work and no longer having to audition and all those things that are really exciting.

And what you don't realize along the way is that there are also drawbacks to it.

And those things you have to, you know, come to terms with along the way.

Well, I knew my aunt mostly by rumor.

You know, I lived in Kentucky in a little small town.

She lived in L.A.

in Beverly Hills.

And she'd come to Kentucky three or four times in my growing up.