( CNN ) -- On Monday night , CNN 's Larry King had an exclusive interview with actor George Clooney , who returned from the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan and just finished meeting with Vice President Joe Biden . George Clooney , left , talks with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday . King spoke with the activist actor live from the White House on the humanitarian crisis Clooney says we must confront , along with getting a couple of tidbits about what 's next for Clooney 's acting career . The following is a partial transcript , edited for brevity and clarity : . Larry King : We begin with George Clooney , the Oscar-winning actor and activist . He 's traveled to Darfur at the refugee camps near the Sudan/Chad border last week and met with Vice President [ Joe ] Biden today . He 's standing , as you see , in front of the White House , where it 's 12 degrees . And we thank him for doing this , because he 's freezing to death . George Clooney : I should have worn an overcoat tonight . King : You have no coat on ? Clooney : No -- and no pants either ... King : Well , you 've always been a little strange , George . Anyway , you met with the vice president today about Darfur . What did you tell him ? Clooney : Basically , we were just talking about coming back from Chad , right on the border of Darfur . And we were talking about there 's a moment coming up relatively soon , probably by the middle of next week , where the International Criminal Court is going to indict the president of Sudan for war crimes , which has never happened before -- a sitting president . And we talked about this being an opportunity , perhaps , not just for the United States , but all of us together to work with the international community in a real diplomatic effort to try and bring some sort of peace to this region . King : What scale of interest did Biden show ? Clooney : Vice President Biden has been incredibly vocal on the issue . We had a long talk about the idea of , first and foremost , appointing a high level , full-time envoy that reports directly to the White House so that it 's not just temporary . We need somebody working on this , you know , every day -- getting up every morning with their sole job to find peace in the area . King : What did you see last week ? Clooney : It was rough . You know , it 's always rough over there . You feel terrible for them . They 're hanging on by a thread . We saw an awful lot of fear . There was [ also ] a tremendous amount of hope . You know , there was a lot of hope that these indictments and this new administration are going to be able to help move the international community toward toward a real peace . King : How do you handle just meeting with these people and seeing this tragedy ? Personally , how do you handle it ? Clooney : I could tell you a million stories about how it actually affects you personally . But I do n't think people should be going there and coming back and saying how it affected them . I think somehow we should all know that these people are hanging on by the skin of their teeth . King : Was your safety in jeopardy ? Clooney : Oh , you 're talking about the U.N. story . King : Yes . What , they pulled your security , right ? Clooney : I was never in jeopardy . I was with journalists who wanted to go into some areas that were n't particularly safe . And we decided that we would go . And that was n't necessarily part of what the U.N. was looking to do . And so we just went on our own . It was fine . I wanted to say something , also , Larry , which I forgot to say about what I just did today . I delivered 250,000 postcards signed by people all across the country who wanted to help give some political capital to and remind this administration of how important this issue is . It was from the Save Darfur people . But it 's from all across the country . And we 're probably going to have another 700,000 by the end of the week . King : What specifically , George , do you want Secretary of State Clinton and the administration to do ? Clooney : It does n't appear that the United States is going to send troops in or that the U.N. Is going to send in an army to do this . What it really means is that we 're going to need diplomacy . And diplomacy has to start and it has to be aggressive and it has to start soon . We have an opportunity here . King : One other quick thing . Are you going to be in the final presentation of `` E.R . ? '' Clooney : Actually , I 'm doing a remake of `` Friends , '' which -- I did n't want to break the news . King : Oh , my gosh . Clooney : I 'm going be playing the Jennifer Aniston role . King : I 'm thrilled for you , George . Clooney : Thank you . It 's a career move . It 's a choice . King : Are you going to be in `` E.R. ? '' Clooney : I am . I 'm in the last episode with Susan Sarandon and Julianna Margulies . So it should be fun . King : Thanks , George . Get out of the cold . Clooney : Thank you . It 's good to talk to you .
CNN 's Larry King talks with George Clooney about his trip to see Darfur refugees . Clooney meets with Vice President Joe Biden , urges aggressive U.S. diplomacy . Actor on Darfur refugees : `` They 're hanging on by a thread '' Clooney says he 'll be back on `` E.R . '' ' TL;DR