Kudos for doing your job?

Joaquin Phoenix ble visst pling i bollen for noen måneder siden, og vil heller rappe og ha skjegg enn å være skuespiller. Jeg har alltid likt ham. Som i dette kjappe intervjuet med Time Out New York for et og halvt år siden.

What question are you most sick of reporters asking you?
The one question I’ve been getting is: “Do you take this home with you?” And the truth is, no. But people don’t want to hear that. So it’s a weird situation, because you either tell people the truth, which is that there isn’t a whole lot going on, and then they don’t think highly of you. Or you just lie, which I do a million times.… “Oh yes, it’s really hard to sleep at night.” Yeah, it’s real hard to sleep when you have production assistants who will get you anything you want. You’re on a set where people are constantly taking care of you. It’s a piece of cake.

In We Own the Night, you play a hedonistic, drug-loving nightclub manager. That sounds like a fun role to prepare for.
I never prepare. I think that’s completely overrated. It’s a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don’t really believe in preparation.

But you prepared for Ladder 49 by training with a fire academy.
I just said that because I thought it would sound good to the press. Look, there are preparation changes every time. I don’t know why it seems to be of note that actors do any kind of preparation. It’s just what you’re supposed to do in your fucking job. Do you think that because you did some research that you deserve some special credit?

Så deilig arrogant.

Og det må være deilig å få gjemme seg litt bak skjegg, solbriller og store klær etter å ha vært prettyboy.