Jack Black
Jack Black
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Blackis an American actor and musician. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films. He is known for his roles in High Fidelity, Shallow Hal, School of Rock, King Kong, The Holiday, Nacho Libre, Kung Fu Panda, Tropic Thunder, Gulliver's Travels, Kung Fu Panda 2, Bernie, Goosebumpsand Kung Fu Panda 3. He has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Black is the lead vocalist of the comedic rock group Tenacious D, which he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 August 1969
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
When I was in High School I fell for pretty much any girl I ever met. But I was so desperate that I couldn't get any of them because they sensed my desperation! After many, many years, I learned to relax and just be myself.
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
I remember I prayed to God. I was like, "Just let me be on TV." Let my friends see me on TV in a good thing. I like, if I'm funny a little bit on a commercial and then I don't need to act ever again. "Just let them see me." And then it worked. I got the commercial. I was on TV. My friends all saw me. I was a kind of a star at school for like three days. And then it faded away and I was hungry and I had to like make another deal with God. I remember it still.
Are you ready to have your mind blown apart by the most awesome show in the universe. ... Tonight is your night to rage against the machine.
Never for a second did I think of myself as the sexiest guy in the world. When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
Don't be celebrities, because then you go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, You don't want that, do you?
It was really difficult to get any golf matches because everybody was already booked up.
Back in the '70s, like one of my favorite movies ever was 'The Bad News Bears', and that was a kids' movie, but I don't think of it that way. I think of it as just a great movie because Walter Matthau was so funny and so harsh with those kids.
You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
When it's a bad movie you want to release it quietly. You try to keep it a secret like an STD.
I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with.
I'm gonna drop fitty. I'm gonna drop fitty pounds. How many quarter-pounders with cheeses is that? I'm gonna drop 200 quarter-pounder with cheeses.
I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.
It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.