Sexiest Man Alive 2007

Nov. 15, 2006 | 08:00 AM EST

The Sexy Interview: George Clooney

The Sexiest Man Alive tells all – what's on his iPod, what he learned from his family and whether he really won't marry again

Before he was sexy: "There's my buddy Max, and that's my 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88," Clooney says of this '89 photo in Beverly Hills. "I gave that car to Noah Wyle. I was living with Kelly Preston and doing the *Roseanne* show then, and Max was a little baby pig. And now he's a hog." Photo by: shooting star

How does it feel to grow older in Hollywood? I feel as if I'm gently working my way into being a character actor along the way. I like it. You've got to figure I'm not going to be the leading man anymore. And I vacillate whether it's something I can pull off or not. You look at Brad [Pitt] and Matt [Damon] and Don [Cheadle,] and they all look pretty much the same after six or seven years [of shooting the Ocean's series]. I'm probably the least mature of all of them, but I'm still the dad figure. They always give me sh–. It's always like, "Okay, old man."

Will you ever run for office? No. I can get more done from where I am on issues than I could trying to make policy. I don't have to compromise on anything. I don't have to worry about alienating anyone. I can go in headfirst.

Being George

On his screen saver: A picture of my two bulldogs Bud and Lou, both of whom have passed away. They're gone, but I keep them on my screen saver because they're my buddies.

On his iPod: I'm really fond of this kid Peter Cincotti and of Michael Bublé. They sing some of the same arrangements that my Aunt Rosemary used to do. I just downloaded 25 or 30 songs from iTunes from a bunch of Rosemary's albums because I didn't really have my version of her greatest hits. There are certain songs she did better than anybody. She has a version of “Don't Fence Me In” that is mind-bogglingly good.