Washington D.C., May 23 -- : American actor and filmmaker George Clooney, who met with an accident last July in Italy, didn't believe that he would survive it.

"If you get nine lives, I've got all of them used up, so I can let go of motorcycle riding for a while," People quoted Clooney as saying as he appeared on The Hollywood Reporter's First Look.

"I hit him at 70 miles per hour, so it was bad. I split my helmet in half. It knocked me out of my shoes, it hit hard," Clooney explained.

Sharing his near-death experience, the Oscar-winning actor said, "It was bad and I was waiting for the switch to turn off because I broke his windshield with my head. I thought, 'Okay, well, that's my neck'," he jokingly added.

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