Overview

• Clooney detailed the episode in an Esquire interview published Oct. 6, recalling his return home from Radio City Music Hall with Amal Clooney.
• He said he largely avoided alcohol for roughly six months while rehearsing and performing Good Night, and Good Luck, allowing only an occasional Sunday glass of wine.
• The performance earned him his first Tony nomination, though he lost best actor to Cole Escola of Oh, Mary! before partying at an afterparty.
• Reflecting on past substance use, he said he has had stretches of heavier drinking without seeing it as an addiction and he recalled trying cocaine in 1982.
• He said he cut back to protect his voice and sleep during the play, which received five Tony nominations and was co-written with Grant Heslov under director David Cromer.