This is just painful.
This is like the time a somewhat bitter reviewer for Variety couldn’t be bothered to find out my name so called me a smug Woody Harrelson-type. (There is such a type, apparently.)
| This is Woody… |
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| And this is me… |
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I mean, come on!
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1 Botchinator on Jan 2, 2008 at 11:36 am
You didn’t happen to have a sweater vest and a star bucks coffee when you did the interview did you?
Maybe a monocle?
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2 Clint on Jan 2, 2008 at 11:39 am
Jeez, Mike, your skin looks a little ashy in that second picture. Must be all that cannabis you smoke.
P.S. Do you still talk to Wesley Snipes?
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3 Tim on Jan 2, 2008 at 11:51 am
I think the Woody Harrelson comparison had more to do with your passion for all things hemp-related, Mike.
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4 Bill Corbett on Jan 2, 2008 at 12:05 pm
But your oxygen bar was much cooler than Woody’s.
I mean, sauerkraut-flavored oxygen?…Cutting edge stuff!
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Reply from Chico on January 2, 2008:
“I mean, sauerkraut-flavored oxygen?…Cutting edge stuff!”
I thought that what all the Packer fans have been breathing for years?
5 Cliff on Jan 2, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Noooo, what they meant by “Woody Harrelson-type” is you always look high and smell like granola.
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6 Rufus T. on Jan 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Wasn’t Kevin Murphy in American Beauty?
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Reply from Kei on January 2, 2008:
Omigosh, that totally was him! I swear it was!
(I hope to God this doesn’t elicit a “sexy cheerleader” costume in the future…)
Reply from Bill Corbett on January 3, 2008:
Fear not. Kevin’s bare body will be tastefully covered in roses. Most of it, anyway.
7 Robert Denby on Jan 2, 2008 at 12:48 pm
It’s an easy mistake to make, as John Cusack is the owner of the largest collection of plastic shopping bags in the Western Hemisphere.
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8 Adam on Jan 2, 2008 at 1:02 pm
What she meant was that John Cusak *IS* an American Beauty. I mean, just look at him, he’s even hot when he picks his nose.
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9 Bob on Jan 2, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Why would Kevin Spacey lie? I checked IMDB and he was really in American Beauty. Poor girl.
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10 Tempus Fugit on Jan 2, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Mike, you were incredible in The Cowboy Way. Once I get my TCW geocities fanpage up and running (gotta finish the one for Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man first), I’ll link you to it.
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11 Queen Bee on Jan 2, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE behind a podium in a college classroom.
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Reply from Chris P. on January 2, 2008:
I would think a course called “How to avoid making an ass of yourself while interviewing celebrities 204: YouTube and You” would fit perfectly into any liberal arts curriculum these days.
Apparently this girl skipped a few days…
12 PatrickS on Jan 2, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I just googled Mike Nelson images and I think the following examples clearly show, generally, Mike Nelsons don’t look like Woody Harrelson. However, these photos do seem to indicate a certain light smugness is typical of the Mike Nelson genus. Except maybe the last one, which just seems to indicate bewilderment or bowel trouble :
http://www.kopenhagen.dk/interviews/interviews/interview_mike_nelson/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/gallery/2007/may/08/turner2007?picture=329813915
http://www.sfisaca.org/pastpresidents.htm
http://www.srlt.org/nelson/images/phpslideshow.php?directory=.¤tPic=14
http://media.nwcurrent.com/images/mike+nelson_main.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83916675@N00/286208400/
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13 Natureboy on Jan 2, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Well, in the girl’s defense…..no one should ever watch American Beauty…..ever!
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14 Roper on Jan 2, 2008 at 2:53 pm
A smug Woody Harrelson-type? Perhaps they mistook you for Matthew McConaughey, were you playing bongos in the nude at the time?
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15 Neb on Jan 2, 2008 at 3:18 pm
“smug Woody Harrelson-type”? I predict this will soon be the name of a garage band. Honestly. How about “smug, jaded, dismissive, Variety reporter-type”?
And how about that Kevin Cusack? So stoned he doesn’t know his own resume. Sad.
Queen Bee: I feel your pain. Embrace the Prozac.
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16 Eddie Colton on Jan 2, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Johnny, NOOOOOO!
Why couldn’t you be in American Beauty? WHY?
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17 Chris Fronczak on Jan 2, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Kevin Spacey was in American Beauty… John Cusak was in Se7en, everyone knows that
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18 SaucyRossy on Jan 2, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Another reason why film school is overrated.
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19 Katie M. on Jan 2, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Kudos to Cusack for not being more condescending (and, oh, he can be).
Who exactly was she getting him confused with anyway?? Thora Birch??
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Reply from “Sticks” on January 2, 2008:
Well, they’re both pretty busty.
20 MarkAndrew on Jan 3, 2008 at 9:18 am
So…apparently just ANYONE can interview movie stars. That’s comforting, that means I can go forward with my plan to endlessly interview Molly Sims.
And by interview, I mean, well you know what I mean.
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21 Eddie Colton on Jan 3, 2008 at 2:58 pm
What’s weird is that Q-sack was in America’s Sweethearts. Which could easily be confused with American Beauty. But then she asks what’s the one with the rose petals. That blows my whole theory right there. What’s weirder is that there’s a junket scene in that movie, which could be confused with this clip. I don’t blame the interviewer though. When I first saw Mena Suvari covered in rose petals, I thought it was John Cusack. It wasn’t till the third viewing that I realized my error.
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22 Beth Ann on Jan 6, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I think if someone who is an actor tells you ONCE they were not in a movie, it is best to roll on to the next question.
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