Quentin Tarantino was anything but a “Little Miss Sunshine” when he decided to publicly shred one of that movie’s stars — Paul Dano.

In December, the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” writer-director slammed Dano’s talent, calling him “the weakest fucking actor in SAG” amongst other pretty crude remarks.

Dano has kept quiet about the brutal bashing, but ahead of a 20th anniversary cast reunion and screening of “Little Miss Sunshine” at the Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday, Dano was asked about Tarantino’s criticism and delivered a pretty great response, Variety reports.

“That was really nice,” Dano told Variety. “I was also incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me so I didn’t have to.”

Dano’s response comes in stark contrast to the trash Tarantino spat out.