United Kingdom, Oct. 27 -- George Clooney is proud to have been "yelled at" by Frank Sinatra.

The Jay Kelly actor knew a number of iconic stars thanks to his late aunt Rosemary Clooney - who died in 2002 - and he recalled the legendary crooner calling him to rant about a press freedom demonstration he had instigated.

But rather than being upset by the confrontation with the late singer, George thought it was "great".

He told People magazine: "I remember he was mad at me once because I led this boycott about ... some press freedoms, and he called me because people thought he was sick and there were helicopters flying over his [home], and he called me going, 'It's not working what you're doing!'

"But he was great. I got yelled at by Fra...