Adrian Grenier, bintang of hit drama Entourage, on feminism, Hollywood values, and why he's backing Barack Obama
Thursday March 20, 2008
The Guardian
How would anda describe your character, Vincent Chase?
Besides being a really huge movie star, he's also a humble down-to-earth guy who blends into the crowd.
It seems to be a Hollywood tunjuk that is anti-Hollywood.
Fundamentally, it has good values. It may be about a very superficial world, with deplorable values but, ultimately, it's about friendship and loyalty and being humble. And anda get to live vicariously through these guys who are on the ride of their lives.
I heard anda didn't want to play Vince, that anda thought the script sucked.
I thought that the character didn't exist, which is not untrue. When they were Penulisan the script, they were creating a character who was lurking in the background, facilitating the entourage, but anda never actually saw him. And after meeting with Doug Ellin [creator of the show], I was able to convince him I could create a character that anda could actually believe was a movie star.
Do anda worry about being typecast?
I did think about it, but to be typecast as an actor is OK, because I am one.
Do anda think the other guys get all the best lines?
My character and Kevin Connolly's character [Eric Murphy] play very valuable roles in grounding the tunjuk and supporting the broader, lebih gregarious characters. anda always need the straight man.
Does Vince embarrass you?
How so? anda mean when I'm naked and they put a bunch of sweat on me and I'm in katil with a girl and we're doing reverse cowgirl? Yeah, that can be quite embarrassing. anda know, it's part of the job, to be there in the most unromantic scenarios and somehow have to perform like it's exciting; it's a task, for sure, and that's where the Berlakon comes in.
What do anda think of the portrayal of women in the show?
I'm a feminist, so if there was anything that was untrue I would be on it. But anda should see some of the girls out in LA. Entourage is remarkably honest. I don't think it pulls its punches, let's say. There are a wide range of different types of women characters. It's not just the superficial bimbo, although we do have a coupleof them: that's part of what the LA experience is. But then anda have strong characters like Carla Gugino, who plays Amanda - she's smart, and strong, and a great actress - those are the women that stand out to me, the rest are superficial backdrop.
Are those women disposable?
I probably wouldn't hang out with those girls as much. I hang out with the ones who are smart and interesting.
Who are anda supporting for president?
I like [Barack] Obama.
Why?
He speaks to me; he says things that I agree with, it's as simple as that. Look, I voted for [Ralph]Nader, and I'm ashamed of it. In 2004, because I was so afraid of Bush, I ended up betraying [John] Kerry, because I thought [Nader] could win. This time, I genuinely like the Democratic candidates. With someone like Obama, we could save a lot of face with the rest of the world and maybe start to make amends.
What was your upbringing like?
I grew up in New York, Manhattan. I was an only child, my mother was a single mom. I had lots of love. The most important parenting trait is to have a lot of love.
anda did a documentary in which anda tracked down your father. For someone who seems quite private, that's a very public thing to do.
I'm not so private. One thing anda have to do when anda are an actor, atau performer, atau artist, is to allow yourself to be exposed, to be vulnerable, so that's what I do in my film. It's important not to take yourself too seriously. The new series of Entourage starts on ITV2 on Thursday March 27.
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Thursday March 20, 2008
The Guardian
How would anda describe your character, Vincent Chase?
Besides being a really huge movie star, he's also a humble down-to-earth guy who blends into the crowd.
It seems to be a Hollywood tunjuk that is anti-Hollywood.
Fundamentally, it has good values. It may be about a very superficial world, with deplorable values but, ultimately, it's about friendship and loyalty and being humble. And anda get to live vicariously through these guys who are on the ride of their lives.
I heard anda didn't want to play Vince, that anda thought the script sucked.
I thought that the character didn't exist, which is not untrue. When they were Penulisan the script, they were creating a character who was lurking in the background, facilitating the entourage, but anda never actually saw him. And after meeting with Doug Ellin [creator of the show], I was able to convince him I could create a character that anda could actually believe was a movie star.
Do anda worry about being typecast?
I did think about it, but to be typecast as an actor is OK, because I am one.
Do anda think the other guys get all the best lines?
My character and Kevin Connolly's character [Eric Murphy] play very valuable roles in grounding the tunjuk and supporting the broader, lebih gregarious characters. anda always need the straight man.
Does Vince embarrass you?
How so? anda mean when I'm naked and they put a bunch of sweat on me and I'm in katil with a girl and we're doing reverse cowgirl? Yeah, that can be quite embarrassing. anda know, it's part of the job, to be there in the most unromantic scenarios and somehow have to perform like it's exciting; it's a task, for sure, and that's where the Berlakon comes in.
What do anda think of the portrayal of women in the show?
I'm a feminist, so if there was anything that was untrue I would be on it. But anda should see some of the girls out in LA. Entourage is remarkably honest. I don't think it pulls its punches, let's say. There are a wide range of different types of women characters. It's not just the superficial bimbo, although we do have a coupleof them: that's part of what the LA experience is. But then anda have strong characters like Carla Gugino, who plays Amanda - she's smart, and strong, and a great actress - those are the women that stand out to me, the rest are superficial backdrop.
Are those women disposable?
I probably wouldn't hang out with those girls as much. I hang out with the ones who are smart and interesting.
Who are anda supporting for president?
I like [Barack] Obama.
Why?
He speaks to me; he says things that I agree with, it's as simple as that. Look, I voted for [Ralph]Nader, and I'm ashamed of it. In 2004, because I was so afraid of Bush, I ended up betraying [John] Kerry, because I thought [Nader] could win. This time, I genuinely like the Democratic candidates. With someone like Obama, we could save a lot of face with the rest of the world and maybe start to make amends.
What was your upbringing like?
I grew up in New York, Manhattan. I was an only child, my mother was a single mom. I had lots of love. The most important parenting trait is to have a lot of love.
anda did a documentary in which anda tracked down your father. For someone who seems quite private, that's a very public thing to do.
I'm not so private. One thing anda have to do when anda are an actor, atau performer, atau artist, is to allow yourself to be exposed, to be vulnerable, so that's what I do in my film. It's important not to take yourself too seriously. The new series of Entourage starts on ITV2 on Thursday March 27.
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