Together, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jodie Foster have more than a century of Hollywood experience.

Which is why it can sometimes be hard to remember a time when theywerentall stars.

And they go way, way back.

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Credit: CARTER SMITH for EW

Dont you sometimes feel like they were with you when you were a baby?

I sort of feel like they were with you when you were a baby.

JESS CAGLE: You all started in the industry at different ages.

Do you remember when you first became aware of each other on screen?

JODIE FOSTER:Mystic Pizzafor Julia, definitely.

And I saw her at a barbecue.

GEORGE CLOONEY:I auditioned forMystic Pizzaand didnt get it.

JULIA ROBERTS: For George, itsSisters.

You were Sela Wards boyfriend, Falconer.

You were so handsome.

CLOONEY: Shes so lying.

She watchedThe Facts of Life.

ROBERTS: I did, but I didnt clock you.

OnSisters…

CLOONEY: I had a mullet then.

But Jodie, compared to you [Julia and I] are the young ones in the game.

Youve been doing it since you were…

FOSTER: Since I was 3.

ROBERTS: She was Becky inTom Sawyer.

I watched that with my kids recently.

FOSTER:Did you really?

George and Julia, did you first notice Jodie inTaxi Driver?

CLOONEY:I wasnt allowed to see that one.

She was allowed to be in it, but I wasnt allowed to watch it.

No, it was beforeTaxi Driver.

[To Foster] You were onThe Partridge Family, right?

FOSTER: Ive been onThe Partridge Family.

She was onThe Paul Lynde Show.

FOSTER: [Laughs] Yes, I was!

I did all those three-camera shows.

ROBERTS:My first job ever was on the TV showCrime Story, with Dennis Farina.

That was a Michael Mann show.

And then I didMiami Vice.

What was that like,Miami Vice?

I look up, and theyre gone.

Nobody gave a s that I was trying to figure that out.