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Here's What George Clooney Thinks About His Kids Pursuing the Arts (Exclusive)

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George Clooney is adamant about creating more opportunities for teens in film and television. ET's Cassie DiLaura spoke with Clooney Wednesday at the Roybal School of Film and Television Production Magnet, downtown Los Angeles' newest magnet high school, about why it was so important for him to spearhead the school's opening.Housed within the Edward R.

Roybal Learning Center, the magnet school aims to build a pipeline of students from underrepresented backgrounds who are interested in entertainment but may lack the opportunity to break into union jobs on film sets, like camera operators, set decorators and makeup artists.«We're excited about this,» said Clooney, founder of the Roybal School of Film and Television Production Magnet.

He was also joined by Don Cheadle, and Mindy Kaling, Roybal Advisory Board Members, who were on hand for the school's debut. «We feel like there's a real opportunity here, and it's something that I think we missed in our industry, and I think it's something that it's pretty obvious what the solution is — and it's starting earlier.»He continued, «I just felt like, if you see a hole, you try to fill it, and this is one that it just seemed like — I was in London, and we were staffing up, and because it's been a very busy time in the industry, it's hard to find crew, and we need to do a lot better about inclusivity.»While Clooney won't be taking on a full-time teaching role at the school, he will be a resource for the students and plans to visit their classes and lend some of the knowledge he's gleaned over his storied, 44-year career.«Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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