The Best Quotes From John Malkovich's Revealing Reddit AMA
Jul 11, 2013, 21:04 IST
John Malkovich / imgur Yesterday, John Malkovich did an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit. Next week, his new film "Red 2," featuring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, comes out in theaters. The 59-year-old actor discussed everything from his feelings on privacy, to the worst scripts he's ever read. He also debunked a famous Internet rumor about a beer can thrown thrown at him in "Being John Malkovich." We've gathered his best responses below. Check out the full AMA here. Privacy no longer exists. "I think, sadly, that privacy is finished. no such thing. if you're a known person, you learned to live without it long ago. that's very,very unfortunate, but such is life. i think there's no going back as that particular horse has left the barn. i have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors union about why we're not paid when we appear in say a tmz production, but there seems to be no real interest in combatting it. for the nsa, i've always assumed they listen to everything and read everything and see everything. France, where i've also lived for a number of years is exactly the same-possibly worse. i think it's too late." His feelings on fame: "It used to be fine, but it gets wearing at my age. too many cell phone cameras and doofuses who need a facebook photo with their thumb up. a few hundred a day over a 15 year period is, well, not that much fun. of course, most the people one actually gets to talk to are as interesting and fun as ever." The worst script the actor has ever read: "I was given a script in france, by a seemingly rather disturbed young man. let's just say it was not good. also, one night, a woman came in to our yard in france around 2:00 am. i was outside on the phone talking to my producing partners in los angeles. she gave me a script called elle tue,(she kills!) which was about the lead character killing a movie star. it was written like it had been done with a butcher knife in red ink. also, it wasn't very good." He debunked the rumor about a "drunk extra" throwing a can at the actor on set of "Being John Malkovich." Evanderson: Were you actually pissed when that extra threw that can at your head? "On the contrary, spike jonze wanted to cut it because we were late that night and he felt no one would be able to hit me on the head with a half full can of beer from a passing car, and about 70 or 80 sets of hands shot up on the crew saying they would like to try. eventually the task fell to johnny cusack's writing partner and he nailed it on the first try." Here's the scene.