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Jason Bateman lost a Verizon commercial to a random actor. Three weeks later, it led to the role that saved his career “I’ve said it before, I read to be the Verizon ‘can you hear me now’ guy, and I really wanted it because things were not great for... me financially or otherwise.” “A friend of mine was directing that commercial campaign and they were looking for kind of a pseudo-celebrity to do it.” “I thought I’d really nailed the audition, and I actually saw him at a party later that night, and he said, ‘We’re going to go with just an actor.’ I was like, ah, I was really disappointed.” “Three weeks later, Arrested Development.”show more

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Yourocarditis2 months ago

The Verizon commercial was such a time commitment he couldn’t do a TV show? I don’t buy it.

NW Iowa Hawk fan2 months ago

He's a great actor

katsu2 months ago

ft Jason Bateman @joshuahorowitz

Philly Phil2 months ago

Then he did State Farm as Bat(e) Man

The Real Rodney 🇺🇸2 months ago

I used to want to really like this guy. Turns out, he's a dick.

ClipReaper2 months ago

unexpected turn of events

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DepressedBergman

56,916 views • 9 months ago

Will Smith reveals how he landed The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air at a party in Beverly Hills “Benny Medina is actually the real life Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Benny had gone from Watts to Beverly Hills. He pitched me the show and I was like, yeah okay, that's cool” “He invited me to Quincy's house. It was Quincy's birthday. I was in town and I was just going to meet Quincy. So we go and Quincy said, 'Hey, did Benny tell you about the show?' I said yeah, Benny told me, it's really cool” “Quincy had been drinking a little bit that night and he was like, 'Alright, we're gonna do an audition.' I was like, what? There were a bunch of people in the room and Quincy wanted me to do an audition in the middle of his living room at a party” “I was like, 'Yo Q, I can't do an audition. I haven't studied anything.' He took me in the other room and he was like, 'Okay, tell me what you need.' I was like, 'Q, I need a couple weeks. I'm not even really an actor. Let me get a script and then I can get something to work on’” “He said, 'Oh, so you need two weeks?' I said yeah. He said, 'Well what's gonna happen in two weeks is Brandon Tartikoff, who's the head of NBC, something's gonna come up and he's not gonna be able to do it, so he's gonna postpone’” “But right now everybody that needs to say yes to this show is sitting in my living room waiting for you to audition’” “I was like, fuck it, give me 10 minutes” “It was such a valuable lesson. There's very few things more powerful than just leaping. Just go. You have the dream, the opportunity is there, just go” “I have no recollection of what I said and what I did. It was a total blank spot in my memory. It was just a standing ovation. Everybody stood up and clapped” “Quincy pointed to the head of NBC and said, 'Did you like it?' He said yeah. Quincy had everybody's lawyers come to the house that night. He said, 'I need a deal memo tonight.' He understands magic”

Will Smith reveals how he landed The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air at a party in Beverly Hills “Benny Medina is actually the real life Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Benny had gone from Watts to Beverly Hills. He pitched me the show and I was like, yeah okay, that's cool” “He invited me to Quincy's house. It was Quincy's birthday. I was in town and I was just going to meet Quincy. So we go and Quincy said, 'Hey, did Benny tell you about the show?' I said yeah, Benny told me, it's really cool” “Quincy had been drinking a little bit that night and he was like, 'Alright, we're gonna do an audition.' I was like, what? There were a bunch of people in the room and Quincy wanted me to do an audition in the middle of his living room at a party” “I was like, 'Yo Q, I can't do an audition. I haven't studied anything.' He took me in the other room and he was like, 'Okay, tell me what you need.' I was like, 'Q, I need a couple weeks. I'm not even really an actor. Let me get a script and then I can get something to work on’” “He said, 'Oh, so you need two weeks?' I said yeah. He said, 'Well what's gonna happen in two weeks is Brandon Tartikoff, who's the head of NBC, something's gonna come up and he's not gonna be able to do it, so he's gonna postpone’” “But right now everybody that needs to say yes to this show is sitting in my living room waiting for you to audition’” “I was like, fuck it, give me 10 minutes” “It was such a valuable lesson. There's very few things more powerful than just leaping. Just go. You have the dream, the opportunity is there, just go” “I have no recollection of what I said and what I did. It was a total blank spot in my memory. It was just a standing ovation. Everybody stood up and clapped” “Quincy pointed to the head of NBC and said, 'Did you like it?' He said yeah. Quincy had everybody's lawyers come to the house that night. He said, 'I need a deal memo tonight.' He understands magic”

Jack

229,571 views • 3 months ago

Mia Malkova reveals the celebrity actor she was obsessed with growing up who couldn’t get a BONER when they finally met "Yeah, so obviously I'm not gonna mention names, but there was an actor who I was obsessed with growing up." "He was like probably my top five." "And I've masturbated to him many, many, many times growing up 'cause I was, like, I've always been a masturbator." "But I had, you know, been going through my Twitter and looking at the verified people who follow me, and I noticed that he followed me, so I was like, 'Holy shit...' And I ended up going to the DMs, and he was a really big fan, and he wanted to meet up." "And he was so cute, and we got along really, really well." "But he was really tired... He was actually really shy and nervous, and he couldn't get it up." "And so like, nothing really ended up happening, and I slept over, and like, we still had like a great time, but I never heard from him again... I still wanted to fuck him and try again, 'cause like, I really wanted to like seal it. I just didn't feel like I should be the one to reach out first, considering the situation, and he just never reached out to me again, so I just missed out on that opportunity." "He was definitely tired. But nervous too. He was one hundred percent nervous." "I think some people, it really is like a big deal, like with a porn star, because they expect us to be like really experienced and we're like worried that they have to perform to some impossible standard." "I get it, like, it doesn't bother me because it's a human body. Like, women, we're easy, we can fake it, we can use lube. Like, a guy can't fake it." "If he's not feeling well, if he's tired, if he gets like too inside of his head, then, you know, it really does happen. I'm very understanding......."

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Mia Malkova reveals the celebrity actor she was obsessed with growing up who couldn’t get a BONER when they finally met "Yeah, so obviously I'm not gonna mention names, but there was an actor who I was obsessed with growing up." "He was like probably my top five." "And I've masturbated to him many, many, many times growing up 'cause I was, like, I've always been a masturbator." "But I had, you know, been going through my Twitter and looking at the verified people who follow me, and I noticed that he followed me, so I was like, 'Holy shit...' And I ended up going to the DMs, and he was a really big fan, and he wanted to meet up." "And he was so cute, and we got along really, really well." "But he was really tired... He was actually really shy and nervous, and he couldn't get it up." "And so like, nothing really ended up happening, and I slept over, and like, we still had like a great time, but I never heard from him again... I still wanted to fuck him and try again, 'cause like, I really wanted to like seal it. I just didn't feel like I should be the one to reach out first, considering the situation, and he just never reached out to me again, so I just missed out on that opportunity." "He was definitely tired. But nervous too. He was one hundred percent nervous." "I think some people, it really is like a big deal, like with a porn star, because they expect us to be like really experienced and we're like worried that they have to perform to some impossible standard." "I get it, like, it doesn't bother me because it's a human body. Like, women, we're easy, we can fake it, we can use lube. Like, a guy can't fake it." "If he's not feeling well, if he's tired, if he gets like too inside of his head, then, you know, it really does happen. I'm very understanding......."

Dunmola♋

1,792,887 views • 1 month ago

Matt Damon says he wrote Good Will Hunting instead of his Harvard assignment, and his professor gave him an A "I was an English major, and in fact I started writing Good Will Hunting for a class. I just had wonderful professors, and that professor really encouraged me to keep going with it" "We were supposed to write a one-act play, and I wrote the first act of a three-act movie. I went to the guy and said, ‘I think I failed your class, but this is the first act of a movie’" "He read it, gave me a straight A and just said, ‘Don’t stop. Keep going.’ That was when I took it out and showed it to Ben"

Matt Damon says he wrote Good Will Hunting instead of his Harvard assignment, and his professor gave him an A "I was an English major, and in fact I started writing Good Will Hunting for a class. I just had wonderful professors, and that professor really encouraged me to keep going with it" "We were supposed to write a one-act play, and I wrote the first act of a three-act movie. I went to the guy and said, ‘I think I failed your class, but this is the first act of a movie’" "He read it, gave me a straight A and just said, ‘Don’t stop. Keep going.’ That was when I took it out and showed it to Ben"

Yonan

4,040,135 views • 3 months ago

Anfernee Simons said he was really happy to join a competitive Celtics team: “I was just excited because I could finally be in the playoffs. I’ve been watching it for the past 3 years, and I want to be a part of that.” Later added that he “never thought” he’d get traded here

Anfernee Simons said he was really happy to join a competitive Celtics team: “I was just excited because I could finally be in the playoffs. I’ve been watching it for the past 3 years, and I want to be a part of that.” Later added that he “never thought” he’d get traded here

Daniel Donabedian

284,951 views • 8 months ago

#SEONGHWA about the making of Skin 🩶 ⭐️: My solo song? When the idea of doing solo songs first came up.. there were opinions about how to do the songs and. I thought, I absolutely want Hongjoong to do it because he knows me best. And because I trust Hongjoong’s ability, even though we could have gotten something (produced) from outside, I thought that what would satisfy me the most would be the version of Skin that Hongjoong could make. So at first, Hongjoong asked me what kind of mood I wanted to go for and I said that among my nicknames, you know I have “poisonous snake” as one, right? So I wanted to take the keyword and go with the snake vibe. So when I said I wanted to go with the snake concept, Hongjoong thought about it for like 10 seconds right there and said, “Then let’s go with Skin for the title”. So, that was really great and I told him I liked that that idea, that it was nice. Then I actually sent him about six? ㅎㅎ reference links and said I wanted to go with that kind of mood (I referenced), so ㅎㅎ I really bugged Hongjoong a lot. He was a bit nervous too, he kept sending me updates on it, like, from the early guide stages. He sent messages/comments like, “For now the instrumental will probably be like this. It would be great if it hit hard here and for the chorus, if we go with a sexy vibe it would be awesome.” And when the full guide was first finished I listened to it and just clapped, because I liked it so much. Also, since it’s the first solo song I’m doing, having Hongjoong do it was great. And I really like it, so… it is going to be even better when the song is officially released. #성화

#SEONGHWA about the making of Skin 🩶 ⭐️: My solo song? When the idea of doing solo songs first came up.. there were opinions about how to do the songs and. I thought, I absolutely want Hongjoong to do it because he knows me best. And because I trust Hongjoong’s ability, even though we could have gotten something (produced) from outside, I thought that what would satisfy me the most would be the version of Skin that Hongjoong could make. So at first, Hongjoong asked me what kind of mood I wanted to go for and I said that among my nicknames, you know I have “poisonous snake” as one, right? So I wanted to take the keyword and go with the snake vibe. So when I said I wanted to go with the snake concept, Hongjoong thought about it for like 10 seconds right there and said, “Then let’s go with Skin for the title”. So, that was really great and I told him I liked that that idea, that it was nice. Then I actually sent him about six? ㅎㅎ reference links and said I wanted to go with that kind of mood (I referenced), so ㅎㅎ I really bugged Hongjoong a lot. He was a bit nervous too, he kept sending me updates on it, like, from the early guide stages. He sent messages/comments like, “For now the instrumental will probably be like this. It would be great if it hit hard here and for the chorus, if we go with a sexy vibe it would be awesome.” And when the full guide was first finished I listened to it and just clapped, because I liked it so much. Also, since it’s the first solo song I’m doing, having Hongjoong do it was great. And I really like it, so… it is going to be even better when the song is officially released. #성화

Everything Seonghwa

85,972 views • 1 year ago

Bradley Cooper says he was ready to quit acting before The Hangover changed his career “I was going to quit. I remember I was doing a play, and I was like, ‘It's just not happening.’ I really wanted to be an actor. I loved it so much. I was making a living, which was a miracle. For the first three years, I was like, ‘This is amazing.’ Then I was like I just want to be three days on a movie, then you’re not, and then you're gone” “I wasn't really getting any other roles that were substantial. I met with Todd Phillips six months before for The Hangover, and then it was gone. The truth is, I think they had a cast, but the budget was too high. They said if you make it with a smaller budget, we'll do the movie” “Then I was doing a play in Williamstown called The Understudy by Theresa Rebeck. I remember I got an email from Todd Phillips, and I was like, ‘Whoa, how'd he get my email?’ He was like, ‘Let's do this, bitches’” “Then we went from there and started shooting. We went to Vegas that fall. I never would have gotten Limitless if I wasn't part of The Hangover. That changed everything”

Bradley Cooper says he was ready to quit acting before The Hangover changed his career “I was going to quit. I remember I was doing a play, and I was like, ‘It's just not happening.’ I really wanted to be an actor. I loved it so much. I was making a living, which was a miracle. For the first three years, I was like, ‘This is amazing.’ Then I was like I just want to be three days on a movie, then you’re not, and then you're gone” “I wasn't really getting any other roles that were substantial. I met with Todd Phillips six months before for The Hangover, and then it was gone. The truth is, I think they had a cast, but the budget was too high. They said if you make it with a smaller budget, we'll do the movie” “Then I was doing a play in Williamstown called The Understudy by Theresa Rebeck. I remember I got an email from Todd Phillips, and I was like, ‘Whoa, how'd he get my email?’ He was like, ‘Let's do this, bitches’” “Then we went from there and started shooting. We went to Vegas that fall. I never would have gotten Limitless if I wasn't part of The Hangover. That changed everything”

dank

323,138 views • 3 months ago

John McTiernan on how he learnt moviemaking by watching 'Day for Night' (1972): "I remember when I decided that that's what I was going to do. I went about it like it was reverse engineering. I knew that I had to go and learn what a movie was, not just my experience of going and watching a movie. So I went and sat in Truffaut's Day for Night (1972), watched it for three days straight, eight hours at a time and memorized it shot-for-shot. I got past the story, all the original and secondary experience, so I could study what it was that I was really watching. Film is really sort of a chain that's really linear. Yet when it's all strung together, it just sort of feels like an experience. It takes quite a while to be able to deconstruct that experience to figure out what you really saw." (John McTiernan's interview with Alex Simon, The Hollywood Interview, 1999)

John McTiernan on how he learnt moviemaking by watching 'Day for Night' (1972): "I remember when I decided that that's what I was going to do. I went about it like it was reverse engineering. I knew that I had to go and learn what a movie was, not just my experience of going and watching a movie. So I went and sat in Truffaut's Day for Night (1972), watched it for three days straight, eight hours at a time and memorized it shot-for-shot. I got past the story, all the original and secondary experience, so I could study what it was that I was really watching. Film is really sort of a chain that's really linear. Yet when it's all strung together, it just sort of feels like an experience. It takes quite a while to be able to deconstruct that experience to figure out what you really saw." (John McTiernan's interview with Alex Simon, The Hollywood Interview, 1999)

DepressedBergman

108,847 views • 1 year ago

— nani talking about sky 🥹 🐱: there's one other thing that really touched nani's heart. it's about nani's own friend... it's sky 🐱: nani is going to tell a story about sky but nani won't say what my friend gave or what made (what nani's gonna say) happen or what he gave, because nani wants it to be... to be... to be... 🐱: well if my friend wants to tell it, let him tell it himself. nani doesn't dare to say it– like it might make him uncomfortable or sth, so let it be… what do you call it? let it be a personal right for sk– for my friend. okay? na? 🐱: nani is telling this story– because i just want to share a moment that made me feel really good 🐱: actually i want to really thank my friend because i didn't think he would surprise me like that, and the gift my friend gave me– it was something that nani was so impressed by! like, truly, totally impressed! it was like... 🐱: like he gave it, and i was like "heuii!!" and after that, nani went and asked my friend. my friend was like– he told me the steps, like "i went and did this and that and i did this and that" and it was like... 🐱: he had planned it all out, and i just felt like– yeah it's– it's the intention (that he had to have done all that for me). i want to say thank you (to him) and everything 🐱: and there was one more thing– he told me that actually he wanted to give me one more thing– he wanted to give me another thing! but everything was already gone/sold out and he missed his chance 🐱: and then he said said one sentence that was like– like i was looking– looking– like i was looking into his eyes and he was like looking– looking– like looking into my eyes, and then he said– he said one thing that was like– hooooo! i had goosebumps all over then! like... 🐱: i ask for permission to use an exclamation 🙏 pls let me say something a little bit inappropriate (//curse word), in case kids are listening na 🐱: let me only say one word. like at that moment in that situation, i was like– i thought to myself "shittt!" 🐱: and like... at that time i was like damn– and i was like– i just didn't think my friend would say that thing! like damn– it was so good! and i felt like... 🐱: *nods* nani has total respect for that thing that he said. i– i'm so happy~ *applauds* 🐱: thank you friend! today i'm sharing this– maybe i can't share 100% of what happened but i wanted to share the good thing that– that– that my friend intended to give. i was so happy. thank you to... my friend one more time~ 🐱: like it was such a surprise, and it was a thing (//what sky said) that felt like a dream– something that... i didn't think he would speak out from.. from... from his heart! and he said it to me and i was like "shit!"... "respect" 🐱: it really touched my heart and i really want (what sky said) to come true. thank you so much~ //omg 😭 skynani's relationship is the most beautiful and most precious one ever 🥹🩵🩷 #TheBlessing28thNani #skynani #สกายนานิ

— nani talking about sky 🥹 🐱: there's one other thing that really touched nani's heart. it's about nani's own friend... it's sky 🐱: nani is going to tell a story about sky but nani won't say what my friend gave or what made (what nani's gonna say) happen or what he gave, because nani wants it to be... to be... to be... 🐱: well if my friend wants to tell it, let him tell it himself. nani doesn't dare to say it– like it might make him uncomfortable or sth, so let it be… what do you call it? let it be a personal right for sk– for my friend. okay? na? 🐱: nani is telling this story– because i just want to share a moment that made me feel really good 🐱: actually i want to really thank my friend because i didn't think he would surprise me like that, and the gift my friend gave me– it was something that nani was so impressed by! like, truly, totally impressed! it was like... 🐱: like he gave it, and i was like "heuii!!" and after that, nani went and asked my friend. my friend was like– he told me the steps, like "i went and did this and that and i did this and that" and it was like... 🐱: he had planned it all out, and i just felt like– yeah it's– it's the intention (that he had to have done all that for me). i want to say thank you (to him) and everything 🐱: and there was one more thing– he told me that actually he wanted to give me one more thing– he wanted to give me another thing! but everything was already gone/sold out and he missed his chance 🐱: and then he said said one sentence that was like– like i was looking– looking– like i was looking into his eyes and he was like looking– looking– like looking into my eyes, and then he said– he said one thing that was like– hooooo! i had goosebumps all over then! like... 🐱: i ask for permission to use an exclamation 🙏 pls let me say something a little bit inappropriate (//curse word), in case kids are listening na 🐱: let me only say one word. like at that moment in that situation, i was like– i thought to myself "shittt!" 🐱: and like... at that time i was like damn– and i was like– i just didn't think my friend would say that thing! like damn– it was so good! and i felt like... 🐱: nods nani has total respect for that thing that he said. i– i'm so happy~ applauds 🐱: thank you friend! today i'm sharing this– maybe i can't share 100% of what happened but i wanted to share the good thing that– that– that my friend intended to give. i was so happy. thank you to... my friend one more time~ 🐱: like it was such a surprise, and it was a thing (//what sky said) that felt like a dream– something that... i didn't think he would speak out from.. from... from his heart! and he said it to me and i was like "shit!"... "respect" 🐱: it really touched my heart and i really want (what sky said) to come true. thank you so much~ //omg 😭 skynani's relationship is the most beautiful and most precious one ever 🥹🩵🩷 #TheBlessing28thNani #skynani #สกายนานิ

𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙤 ✧

153,931 views • 11 months ago

Tom Holland reveals he was a fan of “Twilight” Interviewer: “were you ever a fan of Twilight?” Tom Holland: “no” “no that's not true, actually I was a fan of Twilight” “I went to the Twilight premiere… which one was it it was, I think it was the the second to last one when they split it in two” “I went with my mum and her friend faith and I went out to Topman and I bought an outfit” “and I thought I was like a proper celebrity and I actually really enjoyed it and I had a great time”

Tom Holland reveals he was a fan of “Twilight” Interviewer: “were you ever a fan of Twilight?” Tom Holland: “no” “no that's not true, actually I was a fan of Twilight” “I went to the Twilight premiere… which one was it it was, I think it was the the second to last one when they split it in two” “I went with my mum and her friend faith and I went out to Topman and I bought an outfit” “and I thought I was like a proper celebrity and I actually really enjoyed it and I had a great time”

5sta reze

24,832 views • 1 month ago