Clooney turns 65 on May 6; the actor received the Chaplin Award in New York City in recognition of his contributions to film on Monday, April 27
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- On the red carpet at the 51st Chaplin Award gala in New York City, George Clooney tells PEOPLE he tends not to spend time watching his older movies
- Stephen Colbert, Julianna Margulies, John Turturro and Sam Rockwell celebrated Clooney at the annual gala benefiting N.Y.C.’s Film at Lincoln Center
- Clooney turns 65 on May 6
George Clooney has starred in nearly 100 movies, but he's not necessarily interested in watching them.
"It's a weird thing," Clooney, 64, tells PEOPLE on the red carpet at the 51st Chaplin Award gala at Alice Tully Hall in New York City on Monday, April 27. "As you get older, it's hard to watch movies when you were younger because you're like, 'Holy s—, that doesn't even look like me anymore.' "
Clooney appeared at the annual N.Y.C. gala to receive an award from Film at Lincoln Center that "recognizes an individual's significant contributions to the art of cinema," named after Charlie Chaplin, who was the organization's inaugural honoree back in 1972.
Clooney notes that he recently watched his 2009 stop-motion animated movie with Wes Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox, with his 8-year-old twins Alexander and Ella, whom he shares with wife Amal Clooney. "So I was watching Fantastic Mr. Fox, which is a little easier because it's not really me, it's just my voice," he says. "That's kind of fun because the kids are slowly figuring out what I do for a living, you know? But the rest of it … Listen, it's hard because I tend to not want to look back, but now that I'm gonna be 65 in a week, looking forward's a lot shorter view, you know what I mean? So maybe I'll look back later, you know."
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Clooney and Amal, 48, posed together on the red carpet before the gala, where the actor was celebrated by friends and collaborators Stephen Colbert, Julianna Margulies, John Turturro and Sam Rockwell.
"I think he's a very special guy," Turturro, 69, tells PEOPLE of Clooney on the red carpet. He and Clooney costarred in the 2000 movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? and have remained friends over the years. "He's a very warm person, very generous person. He's a good person, you know, who's done a lot of things for other people. Humanitarian work, speaking out, philanthropy," Turturro adds. "He's picked really good projects, and I think he's someone who's really growwing throughout his career. I think it's hard to have a career [with] longevity, and he's been able to do that. I think that's not to take that for granted. I'm always impressed. And he didn't make it as a young kid, and I think he understands that opportunity. He was able to make the most of that opportunity."
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As Clooney noted on the red carpet, he turns 65 on May 6. He most recently appeared in a movie when he played a movie star not unlike himself in 2025's Jay Kelly. In recent months, Clooney has said that he is working on Ocean's 14, a sequel to his three heist movies with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts. Variety reported in December 2025 that the production intends to begin filming in October.
According to an October 2025 Deadline article, Clooney will also appear in the upcoming French movie Call My Agent (Dix Pour Cent, in French), a spinoff of the French television series of the same name starring Camille Cottin. The movie is scheduled for release on May 23.
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