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Hollywood icon George Clooney<\/a>, 64, has found peace with aging.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0aging or death. Those are the two options, right?\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0OK with it,\u201d he explained in an interview with CBS News<\/i><\/a>. \u201cYou know, I feel more grounded.\u00a0Certainly,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0less angry.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n At the start of the interview, journalist Seth Doane asked the Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/i> star if he wanted to check his appearance before they began, and he replied, \u201cI don\u2019t care about that. I\u2019m too old.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to let go of that,\u201d he said. \u201cIf\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0hanging on to any kind of vanity at 64 years old, you\u2019re\u00a0chasing your tail, man.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0going to bite you.\u00a0I am who I am. I look like what I look like.\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0be\u00a0all right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n In t\ufeffe\ufeffrms of his illustrious movie career, the AARP 2025 Movies for Grownups <\/i>Hottest Actors Over 50<\/a>\u00a0honoree said that as he ages, \u201c\ufeffparts have changed significantly,\u201d but \u201cI\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0mind that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe guys you want to pattern yourself after is like\u00a0[Paul] Newman, who did it right, who decided he was a character\u00a0actor by the time he did The Verdict<\/i><\/a>,\u201d Clooney said. \u201cHe was always a character actor even though he was\u00a0a leading man. And finding that thing and going, \u2018OK, I\u2019m going to move\u00a0into\u00a0this.\u2019\u2009\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Clooney also said he\u2019s interested in \u201cseeing what the next steps will be for me,\u201d confirming he\u2019s \u201cgonna keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n