George Clooney wants to spend more time behind the camera, OK reports.

"Ten years from now, I imagine people will be fairly sick of seeing a lot of us who are on camera now," George says. "My hope is I'll be directing more. That is my goal."

"I needed to do something completely different or I was going to become the 'issues director,"' George says. "That sort of ends your career really quickly when the issues change."

"The truth is I'm infinitely more successful than I ever thought I would be," he said. "I really didn't think I was going to be in this position, so I get to push the envelope and do the things I want to do — and not what I have to do — for as long as they let me do it."