In the new issue of Rolling Stone, writer Mark Binelli got a chance to sit down with Brad Pitt, currently starring in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a movie anticipated to get its share of Oscar nods, to talk about life with partner Angelina Jolie, their children, and the diverse movie roles he’s chosen over the years.
In this part of the Q & A, Binelli asks Pitt about his character Tyler Durden in the 1999 cult classic “Fight Club”:
Benjamin Button is your third film with Fincher. Going back to Fight Club, though, I found a quote where he talks about how you’re actually sort of similar to your character, Tyler Durden.
In that I don’t bathe?
He didn’t mention that specifically. He said, “It’s probably a character closer to Brad in real life than most people would be comfortable knowing.”
[Pitt laughs]
“There is a childlike sense of anarchy….He is kind of a shit-stirrer and one of those people who is ‘Huh? Is that the current thinking? I don’t really buy that.’”
Well, that probably comes from growing up in a religious community. I just found it so stifling, my religion. I know it’s very comforting for other people.
Did you go to church every Sunday?
Yeah. And it was too much of what you shouldn’t be doing instead of what you could be doing. I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives. It drives me mental. This Prop. 8 thing just drives me mental.
Read the complete Rolling Stone interview here.
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posted January 7, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I don’t know what to think about Brad’s anger with the passage of Prop 8 in California. I know that he and Angelina have decided not to marry until gay couples can, but I don’t know how to approach the psychology of it.
Perhaps they see it as the basic civil rights issue that many proclaim? I wonder if either of them has a gay relative that really brings this all home. Most celebrities have not taken such a line-in-the-sand stance with this issue.
Kudos to them for standing up for something that doesn’t seem to immediately affect them…unless they’re just DYING to tie the knot!
posted January 8, 2009 at 9:45 am
I think I can understand a bit. I am a christian, but wasn’t always that way. I was judged when I was at the lowest point in my life by other christians and it was hard to ever find a place to be comfortable and admit my sins and still feel loved afterward. Because of my own bad judgement in the past, I can relate to those I try to help now. I do not see them as bad people, or sinners, I see them as lonely and needing an honest friend. I have certain beliefs about abortion and other eyebrow raising issues. I also do not think that I have the right to govern someone else’s body, or life. I am not that high and mighty, and who am I to judge? I hope people make certain decisions, but I also know that if two people want to be seen as married by “law” and not necesarrily “under god” then who am I of all people to say they can’t. They may not share my views, which is the whole point of America-Different Views Welcome. I can only control my actions, and for people who shut out people who don’t think the same way they do…you are missing the chance to know some wonderful people my friends.” Bravo for someone standing up and saying “You shouldn’t have to believe what others believe just to be happy with who you feel is your soul mate”.
posted July 31, 2010 at 5:34 am
The interview has been deleted there – the link is broken.
It’s a pity.