India, Jan. 13 -- George Clooney hit back at Quentin Tarantino's "cruel" criticism of multiple actors, including Paul Dano, during AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards in Los Angeles. While accepting the Best Actor award for his performance in Jay Kelly, the 64-year-old said he would be "honoured" to work with the There Will Be Blood star, Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard.

While the Wolfs actor did not name Tarantino, he made the remark in reference to the filmmaker's controversial statements during an appearance on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast last December.

While ranking his favourite films of the 21st Century, the 62-year-old placed Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 thriller starring Daniel Day-Lewis at No. 5 but called it "flawed" due to Dan...