Justin Theroux
Justin Theroux
Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work with film director David Lynch, appearing in Mulholland Driveand Inland Empire. He is also known as a screenwriter for films such as Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, Rock of Ages, and Zoolander 2. Since 2014, he has starred in the HBO series The Leftovers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth10 August 1971
CountryUnited States of America
thinking shoes boots
I've always liked boots. I always think it's better to wear a boot, not a shoe.
airplane thinking down-and
I didn't really because I know myself well enough to know that if I actually sit down and think about sort of I can spook myself out like anyone, you know? It's sort of like you've got to sort of jump out of the airplane when you're skydiving. If you spend 20 minutes sitting on the lip you probably won't do it.
men thinking age
When I was 13, I kind of got into the punk scene. I realized it was easier to wear a pair of combat boots and jeans and a beat-up T-shirt. I think of it as a uniform: Ya know, if you're a Maytag man, you put on your bow tie. I still have T-shirts from when I was that age.
thinking grandparent people
When you hear about people in the '50s getting married at 20, you're like, What were they thinking? My grandparents were together for over 50 years.
mean ambition thinking
I didn't have a lot of ambition, which I think was a good thing. I mean, I was ambitious about quality, but I wasn't ambitious in the "I've got to get a pilot!" way. I never went out to L.A. for pilot season.
thinking our-world stories
I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.
thinking riding-your-bike cycling
I always go to bed thinking I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
thinking suffering trying
Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.
school play acting
I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that. But I wasn't doing well in any of the schools, so by ninth or tenth grade, I ended up going to a boarding school.
jobs smart giving
Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off of, and that script was very high up there. It was a very smart, tight script. There was a lot of improv, as well, once we got to the set, but a lot of the original script was also in there.
unique voice able
Being a fan of comedy, it's so unique, in their own voice. I was really stoked to be able to participate. They're so great at just coming up with stuff on the fly and making stuff funny.
morning night islands
I devoured TV - everything from Super Friends in the morning to Dukes of Hazzard and The Love Boat and Fantasy Island at night. I watched it all. There were only four channels, so you could actually consume all of television if you were good at changing the channel.
school play acting
I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that.
school rude parent
After my parents got divorced, I had to go right into public school in the fourth grade. The Steiner school had never really taught me how to read, so it was a rude awakening. I was playing catch-up the whole time.