George Clooney Responds to Tarantino’s Paul Dano Criticism
- George Clooney publicly defended Paul Dano, Owen Wilson, and Matthew Lillard a month after Quentin Tarantino criticized the actors.
- "By the way, Paul Dano and Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard, I would be honored to work with those actors.Honored," Clooney said Saturday while accepting his best actor...
- Tarantino made his initial comments about dano, Wilson, and Lillard in December 2025.
George Clooney publicly defended Paul Dano, Owen Wilson, and Matthew Lillard a month after Quentin Tarantino criticized the actors.
“By the way, Paul Dano and Owen Wilson and Matthew Lillard, I would be honored to work with those actors.Honored,” Clooney said Saturday while accepting his best actor award for “Jay Kelly” at AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards. he described “Jay Kelly” as being “made by people who love actors – that’s an important part. People I’ve known most of my life… actually, most of them are actors. I have a great affinity [for them], and I don’t enjoy watching people be cruel.”
“We are living in a time of cruelty,” Clooney added. “We don’t need to be adding to it.”
Tarantino made his initial comments about dano, Wilson, and Lillard in December 2025.