George Clooney doesn't think he'll win any Oscars this year.
Despite having three nominations, the heartthrob actor expects to go home from next month's ceremony empty handed.
He revealed: "I don't think I'm going to win any.
"There's been a lot of 'Brokeback Mountain' stuff."
Despite having no hopes of a win, Clooney thinks his Academy Award nominations will help promote his films.
He said: "Oscar nominations are as important as anything. The hope is that people will see 'Syriana' - I don't know about wins."
In 'Syriana', Clooney plays a CIA agent assigned to assassinate the heir to the throne in an oil-rich Persian Gulf country.
The 44-year-old grew a beard and put on 35 pounds for the role.
He said: "I put the weight on so quickly I was anxious to get it off.
"The depressing thing was that I could put so much weight on in 30 days."
Meanwhile, the star recently revealed that 2005 was the worst year of his life.
Clooney said: "On my way to Morocco - where Syriana was filmed - leaving my house, there was a rattlesnake wrapped around my dog with its teeth in the back of his head.
"It was just one thing after another. My brother-in-law, who was 46 years old, stood up and had a heart attack and died."
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