Sunday, February 14, 2010
8-8-08
There's an article at EW.com with the three stars of Tropic Thunder. But I never thought that of all actors, I relate to Robert Downey & Jack Black the most.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: One thing you all have in common is a total lack of inhibition about putting yourselves in potentially embarrassing situations on screen. Do you have a high tolerance for humiliation or is it something you can tap into just in your work?
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.: I have been so wantonly, flagrantly humiliated [in my personal life] that anything that could happen as a result of a movie doesn't even register.
BEN STILLER: [To Downey] Does that give you more fearlessness working — because you're just, like, Who gives a s---?
DOWNEY: It's pretty effective.
JACK BLACK: Look, humiliation hurts. So on the one hand, you have the pain of humiliation. But on the other, you have the delicious guava nectar of laughter. You have to balance it out: How much of this are you willing to endure to get that? Certain people have that thing where they need that guava so badly they'd do anything for it.
DOWNEY: Ben? Humiliation?
STILLER: Yeah, it's definitely been a part of my career. We've all gone for that guava. But I don't know if anybody has a high tolerance for it personally or enjoys it.
DOWNEY: I do. I like it.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: One thing you all have in common is a total lack of inhibition about putting yourselves in potentially embarrassing situations on screen. Do you have a high tolerance for humiliation or is it something you can tap into just in your work?
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.: I have been so wantonly, flagrantly humiliated [in my personal life] that anything that could happen as a result of a movie doesn't even register.
BEN STILLER: [To Downey] Does that give you more fearlessness working — because you're just, like, Who gives a s---?
DOWNEY: It's pretty effective.
JACK BLACK: Look, humiliation hurts. So on the one hand, you have the pain of humiliation. But on the other, you have the delicious guava nectar of laughter. You have to balance it out: How much of this are you willing to endure to get that? Certain people have that thing where they need that guava so badly they'd do anything for it.
DOWNEY: Ben? Humiliation?
STILLER: Yeah, it's definitely been a part of my career. We've all gone for that guava. But I don't know if anybody has a high tolerance for it personally or enjoys it.
DOWNEY: I do. I like it.
# posted by Vince L. @ 5:17 PM 
