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fembuckSo, I've been feeling pretty much like this since Sunday. But I just read this interview with Megan Fox and it totally made my day a little less sucktacular.
As star-is-born moments go, Megan Fox's was a doozy. About 25 minutes into 2007's Transformers, the curvy sex bomb, dressed in a denim miniskirt and a cropped tank top revealing miles of midriff, leaned over the engine of Shia LaBeouf's car. Folks might have walked in expecting to see the Autobots and Decepticons, but they walked out talking about...that girl. Now the 23-year-old Tennessee native is reprising her role as brassy Mikaela Banes in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (due June 24), and has two more films on the way. Off screen, she's graced numerous magazine covers in come-hither poses, unleashing the kinds of provocative quotes that give publicists cardiac infarctions. Not that that's shutting her up. When we met up with Fox poolside in Los Angeles last week, she greeted us in a bikini top under a white T-shirt, snug sweatpants, and dark aviator sunglasses.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Transformers turned you into an overnight star. Looking back, how do you feel about the movie?
MEGAN FOX: I'm terrible in it. It's my first real movie and it's not honest and not realistic. The movie wasn't bad, I just wasn't proud about what I did.
What percentage of your range have people seen so far?
Seven percent. On the new one, I tried. But unless you're a seasoned veteran, working with Michael Bay is not about an acting experience.
What was it like the first time you worked with him?
I was actually an extra on Bad Boys II [in 2003]. There's a club scene, and I was one of the club kids. I was in a stars-and-stripes bikini and a cowboy hat, dancing under a waterfall.
Wait, what?
Yeah, I was still in ninth grade. I liked it at the time, because I was getting out of school. So I was like, F--- yeah, I don't care! And I got paid extra because if you allow them to put water on you, you get paid extra. I got probably $600.
How did you feel about being sexualized like that when you were 15?
I thought it was awesome. I was going to a Christian high school and I wasn't a feminist yet. I hadn't sat back and analyzed society yet. I was 15! I just did what I was told to do.
What did your parents think?
My mom was with me! I was always übersexual, so she wasn't shocked. I was always wearing the smallest clothes I could find. I would go to the mall like that — in a short, short skirt and a giant wedge heel. That's what you do when you're a teenage girl in a small town.
Were you rebellious as a teen?
I would steal my mom's car because I was always grounded and she would never drive me anywhere.
When you were how old?
[Laughs] Fourteen.
You're a bigger star now than when you did the first Transformers. Did they beef up your role in the sequel?
The humans are still secondary to the robots because it's a movie about robots. I feel like the part is adequate. I feel like we do something that's watchable on our end and then ILM makes it phenomenal.
You don't sound convinced that this is the greatest movie on earth.
It's not trying to be the greatest movie on earth. It's going to be the best action movie of the summer. Hands down, it will win that. But it's not trying to be a Golden Globe-nominated film. It's a badass popcorn summer movie.
You up for a third Transformers?
Sure. I mean, I can't s--- on this movie because it did give me a career and open all these doors for me. But I don't want to blow smoke up people's ass. People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting. And once you realize that, it becomes almost fun because you can be in the moment and go, ''All right, I know that when he calls Action! I'm either going to be running or screaming, or both.''
Are you happy with the kinds of roles you're getting offered now?
I get offered some outrageous s---, like Bikini Summer Camp Island, or whatever.
Do you think you're a good actress?
I think I could be. If I really buckle down, I think one day I could be a very good actress. But so far, I haven't done anything yet.
Then why are people so obsessed with you and hiring you for movies?
I can't figure that out. I mean, Transformers made $700 million and that opened a door to introduce this ''new girl,'' and I happened to be such an outrageous personality that people wanted to start writing about me because it was deemed controversial. I think if I had been a typical Hollywood actress and I said all the right things and I had been a publicity android, it wouldn't have escalated to this level.
Is all the attention mysterious?
Yes. I don't feel like I had to climb a ladder, so it doesn't feel like I've earned it.
When you were growing up and wanting to be an actress, you must have wanted to be famous one day, right?
Well, yeah, because that's how you measure success in Hollywood, really. But you have no idea what this life is like until you are living it. I used to sit back and think, ''Please, Britney Spears has the best life ever — she has everything she could ever want!'' But she has one of the worst lives. Her life is a living f---ing nightmare. I have panic attacks thinking about her life.
The paparazzi follow you, too.
Well, I don't have it as bad as some people. I'm thankful that it's still at this level. It will either get better or it will get worse. And hopefully by the time it gets worse, I'll be making enough so that I can have a f---ing security team to get me in and out of places.
That sounds depressing.
But that's what the industry is, and I got myself into it. I don't regret it because I couldn't be doing anything else.
You've only done a couple of movies, so you're still mostly known as a sex symbol rather than an actress.
It doesn't bother me. I don't know why someone would complain about that. That just means that the bar has been set pretty low. People don't expect me to do anything that's worth watching. So I can only be an overachiever. I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.
Do you think you're good-looking?
Well, I'm clearly not ugly.
And you've got a lot of confidence.
I think most people are extremely insecure. As far as girls go, I have a really badass personality. I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation. So I'm not afraid to speak, and I think that's what people read as this überconfidence. I have a mouth and I'm not afraid to use it.
You've said you don't have to use big words in interviews just to show you're smart, like Scarlett Johansson does.
That was taken out of context. It made it sound like I was suggesting she's pretentious. She's clearly book-smart and she allows people to see that every time she opens her mouth. And I was suggesting that for me to do that — people would receive it as though I was being pretentious. Not that she was! I would never talk s--- about her.
There are some actresses who started out as sex symbols and went on to serious careers. Is that your goal?
Like who?
Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron...
Angelina Jolie was always a Method actress. She'd been nominated for Golden Globes before she ever did Tomb Raider.
Okay, well, do you think you have a Monster in you down the road?
I think that I'm so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do something really interesting.
There have been a lot of comparisons between you and Angelina Jolie.
I think it's a lack of creativity on the media's part. Because I have tattoos and dark hair and I was in an action movie? That's as far as the similarities extend. I'm not the next anyone.
You've said you're afraid of her.
I was joking! She always seems otherworldly in her power and her confidence. I'm sure she has no idea who I am. But if I were her, I'd be like, ''Who the f--- is this little bulls--- brat who was in Transformers that's going to be the next me?'' I don't want to meet her; I'd be embarrassed.
Women seem to have an issue with you. Do you get that impression?
Sure, for the same reason they didn't like me in high school. I come across as confident and they assume that means that I think I'm hot s---. And that makes them feel bad about themselves and so they hate me.
How did you feel when topless photos of you from your next movie, Jennifer's Body, were published online?
Well, I wasn't topless. I had booby stickers on. They make these silicone stickers that go on over your nipple. If I'd been actually topless, I would have sued someone. But that's a really unfortunate thing that happened. I know who [alerted the paparazzi] and I never did anything about it. It's her karma to deal with, not mine.
There was also a photo of you in a crazy corset on the set of Jonah Hex.
That wasn't even laced up all the way.
Whoa.
Why? Because it looked crazy small?
Yeah. You looked like an alien.
[Laughs] When we did the screen test, it was laced up all the way and people were concerned for me because it looked like some circus-freak s---.
Are you missing ribs?
No. [Laughs] I just have a small-ass waist. My waist was 22 inches before we put the corset on, and we got it down to 19.
Earlier this afternoon, you mentioned Brian Austin Green. There are always rumors about you guys.
Brian and I are not engaged, because when you're engaged, your goal is marriage. And I don't think that's a realistic goal for me right now. I know I'm not capable at this point in my life of being a good partner or a good wife. That's like a joke. We're sort of trying to figure out what our relationship is.
He's older than you. And you've said younger guys are a waste of time.
I don't understand why people don't have a f---ing sense of humor. Always assume that I'm being sarcastic. Like when I said those things about High School Musical. I didn't really mean that it's about pedophilia. But if you get high and you watch it, that is what that f---ing movie is about!
Did you watch that high?
Yes, and it blew my mind.
You also said that when you go to Hollywood parties you feel like chum to these creepy older guys...
I notice them circling me and deciding what their plan of attack is going to be, and I think that's because I have this image of this little sex kitten — this oversexed wild child. So they think that I'm ready to throw down. And so everybody wants to try and, like, get in there. And I'm actually not that way at all.
Your first film was the 2001 Olsen twins straight-to-DVD movie Holiday in the Sun. Have you watched it lately?
Oh, f--- no! I would kill myself!
You were also in 2004's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen with Lindsay Lohan. What was she like back then?
That was pre-nightmare. We didn't get along, but we were, like, 17, so of course we didn't get along. Girls are catty; they don't like each other.
Looking ahead, where would you like to see your career in five years? What's the best-case scenario?
If I'm still making Transformers five years from now, I might not be so überexcited. But there's nothing specific that I need to accomplish. I just want to still be working.
What's the worst-case scenario?
Umm...that I'd be on The Hills?
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I'm liking this new trend with Megan Fox. Her interviews are making sense, and she's looking classy as well as hot at the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen press conferences. All of this, in addition to the pretty kickass article above has made me take an official stance of saying that Megan Fox is pretty funny, self-aware and smart. I like her.
She dominates!
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As star-is-born moments go, Megan Fox's was a doozy. About 25 minutes into 2007's Transformers, the curvy sex bomb, dressed in a denim miniskirt and a cropped tank top revealing miles of midriff, leaned over the engine of Shia LaBeouf's car. Folks might have walked in expecting to see the Autobots and Decepticons, but they walked out talking about...that girl. Now the 23-year-old Tennessee native is reprising her role as brassy Mikaela Banes in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (due June 24), and has two more films on the way. Off screen, she's graced numerous magazine covers in come-hither poses, unleashing the kinds of provocative quotes that give publicists cardiac infarctions. Not that that's shutting her up. When we met up with Fox poolside in Los Angeles last week, she greeted us in a bikini top under a white T-shirt, snug sweatpants, and dark aviator sunglasses.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Transformers turned you into an overnight star. Looking back, how do you feel about the movie?
MEGAN FOX: I'm terrible in it. It's my first real movie and it's not honest and not realistic. The movie wasn't bad, I just wasn't proud about what I did.
What percentage of your range have people seen so far?
Seven percent. On the new one, I tried. But unless you're a seasoned veteran, working with Michael Bay is not about an acting experience.
What was it like the first time you worked with him?
I was actually an extra on Bad Boys II [in 2003]. There's a club scene, and I was one of the club kids. I was in a stars-and-stripes bikini and a cowboy hat, dancing under a waterfall.
Wait, what?
Yeah, I was still in ninth grade. I liked it at the time, because I was getting out of school. So I was like, F--- yeah, I don't care! And I got paid extra because if you allow them to put water on you, you get paid extra. I got probably $600.
How did you feel about being sexualized like that when you were 15?
I thought it was awesome. I was going to a Christian high school and I wasn't a feminist yet. I hadn't sat back and analyzed society yet. I was 15! I just did what I was told to do.
What did your parents think?
My mom was with me! I was always übersexual, so she wasn't shocked. I was always wearing the smallest clothes I could find. I would go to the mall like that — in a short, short skirt and a giant wedge heel. That's what you do when you're a teenage girl in a small town.
Were you rebellious as a teen?
I would steal my mom's car because I was always grounded and she would never drive me anywhere.
When you were how old?
[Laughs] Fourteen.
You're a bigger star now than when you did the first Transformers. Did they beef up your role in the sequel?
The humans are still secondary to the robots because it's a movie about robots. I feel like the part is adequate. I feel like we do something that's watchable on our end and then ILM makes it phenomenal.
You don't sound convinced that this is the greatest movie on earth.
It's not trying to be the greatest movie on earth. It's going to be the best action movie of the summer. Hands down, it will win that. But it's not trying to be a Golden Globe-nominated film. It's a badass popcorn summer movie.
You up for a third Transformers?
Sure. I mean, I can't s--- on this movie because it did give me a career and open all these doors for me. But I don't want to blow smoke up people's ass. People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting. And once you realize that, it becomes almost fun because you can be in the moment and go, ''All right, I know that when he calls Action! I'm either going to be running or screaming, or both.''
Are you happy with the kinds of roles you're getting offered now?
I get offered some outrageous s---, like Bikini Summer Camp Island, or whatever.
Do you think you're a good actress?
I think I could be. If I really buckle down, I think one day I could be a very good actress. But so far, I haven't done anything yet.
Then why are people so obsessed with you and hiring you for movies?
I can't figure that out. I mean, Transformers made $700 million and that opened a door to introduce this ''new girl,'' and I happened to be such an outrageous personality that people wanted to start writing about me because it was deemed controversial. I think if I had been a typical Hollywood actress and I said all the right things and I had been a publicity android, it wouldn't have escalated to this level.
Is all the attention mysterious?
Yes. I don't feel like I had to climb a ladder, so it doesn't feel like I've earned it.
When you were growing up and wanting to be an actress, you must have wanted to be famous one day, right?
Well, yeah, because that's how you measure success in Hollywood, really. But you have no idea what this life is like until you are living it. I used to sit back and think, ''Please, Britney Spears has the best life ever — she has everything she could ever want!'' But she has one of the worst lives. Her life is a living f---ing nightmare. I have panic attacks thinking about her life.
The paparazzi follow you, too.
Well, I don't have it as bad as some people. I'm thankful that it's still at this level. It will either get better or it will get worse. And hopefully by the time it gets worse, I'll be making enough so that I can have a f---ing security team to get me in and out of places.
That sounds depressing.
But that's what the industry is, and I got myself into it. I don't regret it because I couldn't be doing anything else.
You've only done a couple of movies, so you're still mostly known as a sex symbol rather than an actress.
It doesn't bother me. I don't know why someone would complain about that. That just means that the bar has been set pretty low. People don't expect me to do anything that's worth watching. So I can only be an overachiever. I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.
Do you think you're good-looking?
Well, I'm clearly not ugly.
And you've got a lot of confidence.
I think most people are extremely insecure. As far as girls go, I have a really badass personality. I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation. So I'm not afraid to speak, and I think that's what people read as this überconfidence. I have a mouth and I'm not afraid to use it.
You've said you don't have to use big words in interviews just to show you're smart, like Scarlett Johansson does.
That was taken out of context. It made it sound like I was suggesting she's pretentious. She's clearly book-smart and she allows people to see that every time she opens her mouth. And I was suggesting that for me to do that — people would receive it as though I was being pretentious. Not that she was! I would never talk s--- about her.
There are some actresses who started out as sex symbols and went on to serious careers. Is that your goal?
Like who?
Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron...
Angelina Jolie was always a Method actress. She'd been nominated for Golden Globes before she ever did Tomb Raider.
Okay, well, do you think you have a Monster in you down the road?
I think that I'm so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do something really interesting.
There have been a lot of comparisons between you and Angelina Jolie.
I think it's a lack of creativity on the media's part. Because I have tattoos and dark hair and I was in an action movie? That's as far as the similarities extend. I'm not the next anyone.
You've said you're afraid of her.
I was joking! She always seems otherworldly in her power and her confidence. I'm sure she has no idea who I am. But if I were her, I'd be like, ''Who the f--- is this little bulls--- brat who was in Transformers that's going to be the next me?'' I don't want to meet her; I'd be embarrassed.
Women seem to have an issue with you. Do you get that impression?
Sure, for the same reason they didn't like me in high school. I come across as confident and they assume that means that I think I'm hot s---. And that makes them feel bad about themselves and so they hate me.
How did you feel when topless photos of you from your next movie, Jennifer's Body, were published online?
Well, I wasn't topless. I had booby stickers on. They make these silicone stickers that go on over your nipple. If I'd been actually topless, I would have sued someone. But that's a really unfortunate thing that happened. I know who [alerted the paparazzi] and I never did anything about it. It's her karma to deal with, not mine.
There was also a photo of you in a crazy corset on the set of Jonah Hex.
That wasn't even laced up all the way.
Whoa.
Why? Because it looked crazy small?
Yeah. You looked like an alien.
[Laughs] When we did the screen test, it was laced up all the way and people were concerned for me because it looked like some circus-freak s---.
Are you missing ribs?
No. [Laughs] I just have a small-ass waist. My waist was 22 inches before we put the corset on, and we got it down to 19.
Earlier this afternoon, you mentioned Brian Austin Green. There are always rumors about you guys.
Brian and I are not engaged, because when you're engaged, your goal is marriage. And I don't think that's a realistic goal for me right now. I know I'm not capable at this point in my life of being a good partner or a good wife. That's like a joke. We're sort of trying to figure out what our relationship is.
He's older than you. And you've said younger guys are a waste of time.
I don't understand why people don't have a f---ing sense of humor. Always assume that I'm being sarcastic. Like when I said those things about High School Musical. I didn't really mean that it's about pedophilia. But if you get high and you watch it, that is what that f---ing movie is about!
Did you watch that high?
Yes, and it blew my mind.
You also said that when you go to Hollywood parties you feel like chum to these creepy older guys...
I notice them circling me and deciding what their plan of attack is going to be, and I think that's because I have this image of this little sex kitten — this oversexed wild child. So they think that I'm ready to throw down. And so everybody wants to try and, like, get in there. And I'm actually not that way at all.
Your first film was the 2001 Olsen twins straight-to-DVD movie Holiday in the Sun. Have you watched it lately?
Oh, f--- no! I would kill myself!
You were also in 2004's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen with Lindsay Lohan. What was she like back then?
That was pre-nightmare. We didn't get along, but we were, like, 17, so of course we didn't get along. Girls are catty; they don't like each other.
Looking ahead, where would you like to see your career in five years? What's the best-case scenario?
If I'm still making Transformers five years from now, I might not be so überexcited. But there's nothing specific that I need to accomplish. I just want to still be working.
What's the worst-case scenario?
Umm...that I'd be on The Hills?
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I'm liking this new trend with Megan Fox. Her interviews are making sense, and she's looking classy as well as hot at the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen press conferences. All of this, in addition to the pretty kickass article above has made me take an official stance of saying that Megan Fox is pretty funny, self-aware and smart. I like her.
She dominates!
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Date: 2009-06-11 06:13 pm (UTC)Well, I'm clearly not ugly.
Did you watch that high?
Yes, and it blew my mind.
What's the worst-case scenario?
Umm...that I'd be on The Hills?
God I love her.
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Date: 2009-06-11 06:20 pm (UTC)Personally, this line killed me: So they think that I'm ready to throw down. And so everybody wants to try and, like, get in there.
*sigh* I would so totally try and like, get in there, too! Being all funny, and smart in addition to being foxy as hell is only making me want in your pants more Megan.
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Date: 2009-06-11 06:28 pm (UTC)humor+ your body+your brain= the ultimate package?
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Date: 2009-06-11 06:43 pm (UTC)It's the holy trinity of hotness. I am powerless to resist.
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Date: 2009-06-11 06:38 pm (UTC)(Also, I hope you're feeling better. Would it help to know that I've been working on the Alice/Bella video? I've done like a minute and a half of it, plus I've sorted out most of the effects :D)
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Date: 2009-06-11 06:49 pm (UTC)This. She's cracked me up for a long time, and after reading this interview I am comfortable saying that the humor in intentional, and I love her. I love reading Megan Fox interviews because she always says something outrageous and hilarious.
I hope you're feeling better.
I no longer feel like I'm dying. But I don't feel good by any stretch of the imagination :(
Would it help to know that I've been working on the Alice/Bella video? I've done like a minute and a half of it, plus I've sorted out most of the effects :D
This is nice to know. Bellice does a body good. I can't wait to see the end product :D
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Date: 2009-06-12 07:54 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-06-11 07:07 pm (UTC)Now, I'm not gonna defend *everything* that comes out of Fox's mouth (pun not intended) 'cuz she does say some stupid shit. But, I'm SOOO tired of the hypocrisy, and people taking the most innocuous of quotes out of context and nitpicking them to death for no other reason than because Megan Fox said it. When, you know, if it were Robert Pattinson (who's also said some stupid shit) it's suddenly hilarious and self-deprecating.
In conclusion? Incredibly hot! I'd hit it like the planet's survival depended on it! Or you know, just continue imagining Fox, Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth locked in a room having the ultimate 'gorgeous eyes'-off!
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Date: 2009-06-12 12:06 am (UTC)This! Mikaela is such much better than Sam in every way. I mean, honestly I don't get the appeal of Shia. He's alright in smaller supporting roles I guess, but he's not a leading man. I don't think he has enough charisma/screen presence to carry a movie. Every time I've seen him try he's been out-shined by his co-stars. Also, from what I've read of interviews with them, Megan is much funnier than Shia as well. He kind of creeps me out with his Oedipal obsession with his mother. *shudder*
But, I'm SOOO tired of the hypocrisy, and people taking the most innocuous of quotes out of context and nitpicking them to death for no other reason than because Megan Fox said it. When, you know, if it were Robert Pattinson (who's also said some stupid shit) it's suddenly hilarious and self-deprecating.
OMG SO TRUE! I've rolled my eyes at a few things Megan has said, but it's a swing and a miss type thing. More often then not however, I find her funny and think that she's got some pretty interesting things to say. And like I mentioned above, when you compare the things she says to things Shia says, Megan is the funnier and more coherent of the two, but people love "The Beef" *shudder* and hate all over Megan. Sexist double standard, that is being perpetuated by straight girls hatin'. It's the same reaction you get if you say ANYTHING against either of the guys in Supernatural.
I'd hit it like the planet's survival depended on it!
Nice. *nods in approval*
Or you know, just continue imagining Fox, Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth locked in a room having the ultimate 'gorgeous eyes'-off!
I'll be in my bunk ...
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Date: 2009-06-12 01:03 am (UTC)I'm honestly beginning to believe that Megan's getting so much press this time around to keep Shia from opening his mouth! Because I'll take Megan and her oogly relationship with BAG over Shia talking about his fucked up relationship with his parents ANY DAY!!
And, yes, he's a good character actor but leading man? Um, how about no!
It's the same reaction you get if you say ANYTHING against either of the guys in Supernatural.
It's like I wanna grab the Supernatural fandom by the shoulders, shake it and scream WHY DO YOU LOVE A SHOW THAT SO OBVIOUSLY HATES YOU!?! I do not get that fandom at all!
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Date: 2009-06-12 07:47 pm (UTC)If this is the case, good job Hollywood! I don't like Megan/BAG, but they don't horribly creep me out like Shia and his fucked up relationship with his parents does. Bonus, she doesn't often talk about BAG so you don't even have to worry about that much these days. As far as I'm concerned the quote train can keep on rolling, cause I'm getting tons of laughs out of Foxy's interviews.
And, yes, he's a good character actor but leading man? Um, how about no!
mte.
It's like I wanna grab the Supernatural fandom by the shoulders, shake it and scream WHY DO YOU LOVE A SHOW THAT SO OBVIOUSLY HATES YOU!?! I do not get that fandom at all!
I know, I can't handle it. I stay far, far away from SPN fandom. It's hard to avoid it completely however since I like reading fandom secrets, and it's full of SPN bullshit. I just don't understand the appeal of that show. After seeing the pilot I was honestly convinced that it was going to get canceled. That it's going onto it's fifth season now boggles my mind.
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Date: 2009-06-11 07:16 pm (UTC)ETA
Date: 2009-06-11 07:16 pm (UTC)Good fucking god.
Re: ETA
Date: 2009-06-12 12:11 am (UTC)Unf.
Megan Fox, get in me now!
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Date: 2009-06-12 12:10 am (UTC)Megan is way more fun to watch, she's much better eye-candy, she's a better interview (seriously, Shia's Oedipal obsession with his mother creeps me out), from what I've seen Shia's certainly NOT a better actor than Megan, and I think you're spot on about her being able to ad-lib better since she's actually funny.
*sigh* Hollywood you continue to disappoint.
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Date: 2009-06-12 01:03 am (UTC)I like her a lot more after reading this. I'm glad she's not in denial and thinks she's the next Blanchett. It's cool that she knows she's got a lot of work to do.
If only I could have like an ounce of her confidence.
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Date: 2009-06-12 07:50 pm (UTC)This. If she was trying to convince people that she was a serious actress at this point, I'd be rolling my eyes out of her head. But she seems to have a really good sense of what exactly it is that she's done in the past work wise, what she's doing now, and what she needs to do if she wants to be a serious actress instead of a hot girl who acts.
If only I could have like an ounce of her confidence.
This. OMG, this. The woman has balls and I really respect that. I don't always agree with what comes out of her mouth, but I wish I had the confidence to speak my mind honestly more often like Megan does all the time.
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Date: 2009-06-12 07:56 am (UTC)I think I'm in love with her, I want to have her babies.
This interview really clears a lot of things up about her interviews posted on ontd, you were totally right about her.
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Date: 2009-06-12 07:56 pm (UTC)Thanks :D I need all the positive energy I can get. Though I think I'm going to officially be on the bench this weekend. *sigh* Weekend Warrior is NOT happy about this :(
I think I'm in love with her, I want to have her babies.
lol, that's totes how I'm feeling right now as well.
This interview really clears a lot of things up about her interviews posted on ontd, you were totally right about her.
Like she's still gonna say stupid stuff every now and then (see: After Ellen update), but overall I still think she's pretty funny. It's like she said in this interview, you can't really take 90% of the things she says seriously. I mean, at my office me and this other guy make some of THE most tasteless jokes you could imagine, but it doesn't make us bad people or stupid people. Megan's problem is that she makes jokes like that in the press, lol. Save it for your friends, Foxy. They'll appreciate it more than the humorless masses.
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Date: 2009-06-12 10:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-12 11:13 am (UTC)Hang in there and stay strong! This too shall pass ;)
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Date: 2009-06-12 12:41 pm (UTC)Did you read that quote from her about how she became a motorcycle-riding dyke for six months? That was a "what" moment ...
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Date: 2009-06-12 08:08 pm (UTC)This. I've found her really, really hilarious since I've come to realize that she knows exactly what she's doing. You don't have to like her, but the woman isn't dumb.
Did you read that quote from her about how she became a motorcycle-riding dyke for six months? That was a "what" moment ...
Yeah. I'm not taking it that seriously. You can't take it that seriously. She probably just means that she got a haircut and a leather jacket or something. A bit tasteless, yes. The most offensive thing ever, no.
Honestly, if there's one thing I wish she (and a lot of other female celebs would shut up about) it's their "bisexuality". Bisexual does not make you edgy. Stop using it as a cred card. Bi-chic is stupid. Like, unless they're dating a woman, they should just shut up about it. And if you've recently gotten married to a dude or are about to, doubly shut up about it. Of the five thousand female celebs that have "come out" as bisexual, only Lindsay Lohan actually seems to be and she doesn't even talk about it! Yeah, I'm looking at you Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Pink, Fergie, Megan, Drew Barrymore and a host of others. I like my bisexual female celebs Saffron Burrows style, in other words actual bisexuals who will/do date other women.
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Date: 2009-06-13 01:12 am (UTC)I'm so sick of people over reaction and taking offense to everything.
But i totally agree with you, you don't have to currently be with a chick but at least have been with one.. gah. Celebrity bisexuals is why normal bi girls get so much shit. I feel bad for them sometimes.
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Date: 2009-06-13 01:38 am (UTC)This! I barely spend any time on that site anymore. I really only read Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. and most of the time I only skim that. It's like, dudes, it was a joke. Granted it wasn't particularly funny, but there's definitely no reason to be up in arms or gathering together a mob to go after her.
I don't understand why people insist on taking the things she says seriously. It's like, she's Megan Fox, not Rachel Maddow. She talks about farts, High School Musical, robots, Russian strippers she wanted to bone and how it's fun to get paid to take your clothes off. Do not look at her for deep insight into the human condition or sexuality.
I'm so sick of people over reaction and taking offense to everything.
I can't handle overly serious people. To quote Megan, "I don't understand why people don't have a f---ing sense of humor." It's why I could never be a member of the equity committee at my work. It's just people being humorless 24/7. It doesn't make you a lesser person to laugh every now and then.
you don't have to currently be with a chick but at least have been with one.. gah.
This! It's like, at LEAST have actually dated a girl. No I don't mean drunkenly hooked up with one, or drunkenly made out with one, but like actually dated. If you haven't, then just be the cool liberal who's totally supportive of gay rights. Not everyone's gay, that's cool. You don't have to be. Just don't toss the word bisexual around because it makes you think you are cool, if you would never really seriously contemplate a relationship with a woman.
Celebrity bisexuals is why normal bi girls get so much shit.
It's true. Nobody takes female bisexuals seriously because idiot female celebrities just make it seem like something cool to say about yourself in your early twenties. Or worse, they say they are bi and then later on say they were misquoted and like simply appreciate the female form or some bullshit AFTER they've already gotten a shitload of press for it. It is aggravating to the extreme.
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Date: 2009-06-14 07:36 am (UTC)It's true. Nobody takes female bisexuals seriously because idiot female celebrities just make it seem like something cool to say about yourself in your early twenties. Or worse, they say they are bi and then later on say they were misquoted and like simply appreciate the female form or some bullshit AFTER they've already gotten a shitload of press for it. It is aggravating to the extreme.
*cough* Megan Mullaly *cough* Nelly Furtado *cough*
Frustrating as hell
If you don't mind me asking, fembuck, how do you yourself identify?
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Date: 2009-06-14 08:56 pm (UTC)I love that you named though two in particular, because they're who I was thinking about while I was writing that little rant.
If you don't mind me asking, fembuck, how do you yourself identify?
Bi. With a leaning towards women. So, yeah, waffling celebs irritate me in the extreme.
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Date: 2009-06-15 08:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-14 07:33 am (UTC)Honestly, if there's one thing I wish she (and a lot of other female celebs would shut up about) it's their "bisexuality". Bisexual does not make you edgy. Stop using it as a cred card. Bi-chic is stupid. Like, unless they're dating a woman, they should just shut up about it. And if you've recently gotten married to a dude or are about to, doubly shut up about it. Of the five thousand female celebs that have "come out" as bisexual, only Lindsay Lohan actually seems to be and she doesn't even talk about it! Yeah, I'm looking at you Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Pink, Fergie, Megan, Drew Barrymore and a host of others. I like my bisexual female celebs Saffron Burrows style, in other words actual bisexuals who will/do date other women.
Exactly! I think a lot of them are trying to be supportive and hypothetical and whatever, but seriously: shut. up. As you pointed out, most of them are all talk. If you're married (or even just partnered with a dude), there's just no point in talking about it. (Possible exception: Kristanna Lokan, but she was out long before she got engaged and had had f/f relationships). Let's have more of the Lindsay Lohans, Saffron Burrows, Cynthia Nixons: people who just go and date women without making a song and dance about it.
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Date: 2009-06-14 09:01 pm (UTC)Yeah, it's like. Just voice your support. It doesn't make you lesser to just be all, "I support gay rights" instead of "I'm bisexual, I messed around with a woman once ten years in college!" Not everyone gets to be a gay, it's okay. You're still a beautiful person, don't sweat it ;)
(Possible exception: Kristanna Lokan, but she was out long before she got engaged and had had f/f relationships).
Yeah, I give Kristanna a pass. She still kinda broke my heart, but I give her a pass. As you said, she came out before she was with her future husband, and I'm pretty sure she was with a woman when did, even though that didn't work out. *sigh* I miss Kristanna. I wish she would get a project that didn't suck.
people who just go and date women without making a song and dance about it.
This.
P.S. Do you know if Saffron is still with Fiona Shaw? The two of them made me happy together, and I'll be a bit heart broken if they've split. And, on a shallow note ... Mm, Saffron.
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Date: 2009-06-15 08:10 am (UTC)P.S. Do you know if Saffron is still with Fiona Shaw? The two of them made me happy together, and I'll be a bit heart broken if they've split.
I wondered that too. From my quick googling, it looks like all the references to them being coupled are a few years old now.