Ashton Kutcher is the cover star of Esquire USA’s March 2013 issue. He will soon be seen on screen depicting late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in the hotly anticipated Jobs.
Talking about the reaction to the film, Kutcher claims that he knows when a movie isn’t going to do well as he has some very honest critiques in his life.
“I know exactly what films I’ve done that f**king suck donkey. And I know the ones that are good, that people like,” he tells Esquire. “And I know it not because of the box office, because the box office is not going to tell you the truth. I know it because I have friends that don’t hold back. They don’t depend on me for money or employment. They’re just friends. Friends tell the truth. My big thing is, Fail fast. If you’re going to f*ck up, get it over with.”
Talking about his role as Steve Jobs, it seems Ashton knew they were some big shoes to fill. “Jobs was an extraordinary guy, but a very ordinary guy in many ways,” he says. “There was a speech that I found where he said, ‘So when you grow up, if you spend your life trying not to bounce into walls, just inheriting what you get, you’ve got to know your life can be a lot broader than that. Once you realise one simple thing: Everything around you that you call life was made by people who are no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use.’ And I heard that and I knew exactly what the niche for making that movie was, what the social need for making the movie was. For people seeking purpose. I remember growing up and looking at the world and going, ‘Okay, how do I live in this?’ Instead of ‘How do I create it? How do I build it? How do I make something?’ And the empowerment of these ideas, I think they make an important story.”
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Posted by Amy Power.