George Clooney has spoken about how he deals with the ‘suffocation’ of fame.
Speaking at an international forum on genocide prevention, the actor said he deals with being constantly followed by cameras by trying to highlight injustices across the globe.
“Fame has an interesting element to it but if you tend to be followed round by a camera then you can feel suffocated at times.
“I thought it might be effective if I went to those places and got those cameras to follow me and try and amplify these stories of people who were doing such hard work, such dangerous work.”
Clooney was speaking at the forum in Yerevan, Armenia, which is part of a series of events including discussions around the global refugee and migrant crisis.
“I was lucky to be born where I was and not born as a young woman who was taken by Boko Haram,” he said.
"It was lucky - luck is genetic and time and place.
“That luck needs to be spread. There is an awful lot the world needs, not a handout but a hand-up.”
Clooney’s wife Amal is well-known in Armenia for her campaigning and work for international recognition of the Armenian genocide, so Clooney joked that he was known in the country as “Amal’s husband”.
The actor has long been a force for good in the world, and co-founded the international charity Not On Out Watch with fellow stars and all-round decent blokes Matt Damon and Brad Pitt.