After a rest on Lake Como, the actor was fascinated by the place and buy a house in Laglio, a villa of eighteen century called Villa Oleandra, later becoming an honorary citizen of a small lakeside town, and also adhering the committee for the defense of the integrity of the lake. The plaintiff in total owns four villas in the area of Lake Como. In an interview for The David Letterman Show, when asked “Why should you go to Como?” George answered, “Cause it is shorter and easier to say. Lake Como!”.