Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxvilleis an American actor, comedian, film producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He is best known as a co-creator and star of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass, which aired for three seasons from 2000–2002. A year later, Knoxville and his co-stars returned for the first installment in the Jackass film series, with a second and third installment being released in 2006 and 2010, respectively. In 2013, he starred in Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa as his Jackass character Irving Zisman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth11 March 1971
CountryUnited States of America
After that movie I wasn't very proud of my performance I got an acting coach, ... He's just helped me a lot, so much, and the past five or six films I feel like I'm getting better with every film.
Of course I've had a bunch of broken bones, sprains and I've had five or six concussions, with three serious ones. I also got a real heavy duty blood clot and internal bleeding from where I was shot in the stomach with a beanbag bullet that the police use for crowd control. I've also had six stitches in my head.
You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?
We're just trying to make ourselves laugh. We realize critics are going to hate it, but it just makes fans like it more.
I think he meant to be there for a few days, but I gave him some moonshine after the first day and didn't see Quentin for a few days,
Unfortunately, you know, it's been a while and he, you know, ... Kind of like oatmeal, you know?
Yeah, well, I'm not gonna be in theaters for a while. You'll have a whole year without me.
Each night (Scott) would sit at home obsessively pouring over the script while I'm down at the bar knocking drinks back. Our styles complemented each other.
Is this the worst you've ever had to go boom-boom?
We were doing side-straddle hops, ... and, you know, deep knee bends.
It's just such a good town. I always get sad when I leave, ... I play really sad music all the way out to the airport -- tons of outlaw country and western like Willie, Waylon, Johnny.
It's just such a good town. I always get sad when I leave,
I should quit, but man we have so much fun.
The worse the reviews, the better for our demographic.