Clooney, friend walk red carpet gingerly

Cracked rib doesn't keep George Clooney off the red carpet for 'Michael Clayton' premiere

NEW YORK -- George Clooney didn't let a motorcycle accident keep him off the red carpet at the premiere of his new film, "Michael Clayton."

Clooney arrived with his girlfriend, Sarah Larson, who also was injured in Friday's accident in New Jersey.

"I'm doing fine, yeah -- good, good, good," Clooney told Associated Press Television at Monday night's event. "I'm just, you know, dinged up a little bit."

Clooney, 46, and Larson were injured when their motorcycle and a car collided on a narrow road in Weehawken, across the Hudson River from New York. Larson was a passenger on the vehicle. Both were wearing helmets.

"I got a cracked rib, so I'm not jogging right now," Clooney joked. "No jumping jacks."

He wore a black suit and white shirt with no tie. Larson wore a knee-length black dress and was propped up on crutches. Her left foot was bandaged.

Clooney has been in the New York area to film the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading," co-starring Brad Pitt, John Malkovich and Frances McDormand.

Pitt also attended the premiere but bypassed the media on the red carpet.

When asked about how it seemed that he and Pitt coordinate everything, including projects, Clooney joked: "We do. We call each other -- we actually ask what we're wearing. He's wearing an all-white suit tonight."

Correction, Clooney: Pitt wore a black suit and shirt.