Gerard Butler, 39, talks to Katie Mala about falling in love, being homesick, and the ugly truth about men.
Gerard Butler is in that pleasant stage of fame where he balances, apparently happily, between superstar status and obscure rumors about him. Lavishly showered with starring roles over the past 5 years (Phantom of the Opera, 300, RocknRolla), the former Scottish lawyer - still a Scot, albeit with an American accent, has the opportunity to simply walk the streets of Los Angeles with his little pug, Lolita, ("little doggy for a big man"), already famous enough to be stopped by the paparazzi, the actor's pals, and a nutcase who offers him a candle of prosperity and a prediction that he will produce his next picture. "I produced my last one," he informs her sweetly.
Butler's life is not complete without dark side. According to press reports, he is awaiting a court date for an incident in which he allegedly attacked a photographer. By law, he cannot comment widely on this. He says that some paparazzi are "terrible" - those "who try to make you miserable in order to make money", and that's exactly the kind of person he has a problem with.
At 39, Butler considers his relatively recent success difficult to define (measurable). "Who do you think I am?" he laughs. But his stock will rise with the release of The Naked Truth, the romantic comedy he co-starred with Katherine Heigl. The plot is based on how differently men and women view relationships, he says.
Question: Do you think women have any idea about the ugly truth about men?
Butler: If women could hear what men are talking about when they are not around, it would all be over. You would all become gay or take a vow of celibacy. There is that sensual, superficial, carnal aspect that makes up the worst side of men. And this part is like, “Don't talk too much on a date, laugh at what I say and don't expect anything to come of it. But then they, too, can fall head over heels in love.
Question: And you?
Butler: Love is something I have definitely experienced a couple of times. Nothing came of it, it made me crazy, but I absolutely want to experience it again. It's all about this fucking time. A couple of years ago, people said, "You're young, you're single, you couldn't be in a better position." Two years later, they say, "Oh, you're that old already." What happened? Did I spill acid on my face?
Question: But you have a reputation for being the new Hollywood womanizer.
Butler: I really had a lot of fun. Now I'm more serious about things, I don't play the fool anymore, as I did before. It was much more fun when
I was not under surveillance (could get away from the radar). Now going on a date means it will get a lot of press coverage. I would be lying if I said that my personal life is on this moment gorgeous. Actually, she's pretty pathetic.
Question: Undoubtedly fame has increased your demand. If in real life everything goes to six points, then with popularity it is at least eight.
Butler(laughs): I think it's always been 8 and a half. In general, I think what helped me in the profession (game) was the lack of confidence in my appearance and attractiveness while I was growing up. I think it got me into trouble, but it also taught me how to be an idiot, to be funny. Good-looking guys were cool, but I definitely never felt like that.
Question: Perhaps this has changed now?
Butler: There is nothing better than when people appreciate you highly, but this is not the most. Fans are fantastic, they give value to your career, but that doesn't mean you want to marry them. They put you on a pedestal and it's very hard to date someone like that.
Question: And then there are the glory hunters.
Butler: Such people do not fit into my ideal girl at all.
Question: Before you went into acting, you were fired the day before you qualified as a lawyer because of your spree. Wild times behind?
Butler: Drinking was a huge problem for me. At that time, it seemed that all dreams were destroyed, and drinking served as a support (support). I was a crazy drunk - jumping off buildings, hanging off bridges. But they helped me - I do not drink for 12 years. I cleaned up, except for coffee and Coca-Cola.
Question: do you miss scotland?
Butler: More and more. Not being with your family leaves a feeling of emptiness, you are not as confident on your feet as you would like. It's good (quietly) to be at home.
Question: Are you still looking for something?
Butler: I always look ahead. But I have a secret inner confidence that everything will be very good.

thank you very much for the translation terra525

We publish an interview with Gerard Butler with Howard Stern, made in March 2013, in Russian.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE INTERVIEW:

Howard Stern: Gerard Butler in the new movie, wow, you're still as handsome as ever...
Gerard Butler: How are you?
GS: I'm tired after a vacation, I worked on vacation, and everyone thinks I was resting ... I worked, I now have two jobs ...
DB: What were you working on?
GS-DB: America's got talent…
Robin(co-host of Howard Stern): Do Americans have talent?
DB: No, I said America's got talent, I know the name of the show, I saw it.
GS: You know Gerard, people don't think it's a job, but it's a job and it's tiring...it took me 3 days to recover.
DB: And how does it tire, emotionally or how?
GS: You know what, my audience is tough, they don't want me to talk about it, so let's move on to you...
DB: It's about Judd Apatow.
GS: Yes, yes...they don't want me to talk about it, so let's make his wish come true.
JB: Maybe I can talk about it then, and I'll never get the chance to work with Judd Apatow...

GS: When talking about guests and you're always so manly and you're a big fan of Barbara Streisand.
R: Well, for that you have to be courageous to be a fan of Barbara Streisand..
GS: I'm a big fan of her films, she's a great director and because she's a woman and a strong woman, she's not appreciated I guess, but do you like her music?
R: Well Howard, how many films has she made as a director?
GS: So there were: Yentl, Prince of Tides, The way we were she wasn't the director there,
R: No.
GS-DB: A movie with Ryan O'Neal, I think.
R: about boxing?
GS: I don't think so?
R: No, I don't think so.
HS:(to someone in the studio) She was the director there, no? To Butler: Are you a fan of Barbara Streisand's music?
DB: Well yeah, I like her music, I like everything about her, I grew up with her music, even if you look at the singers now, the difference in voice quality, and her charisma that she had, she was like a ship.
GS: Well, let's see what kind of fan you are...
DB: No, you don't need to test me...
GS: I'll play one note.
DB: I never remember song titles...
GS: What song?
DB: Memories? …No, don’t, I don’t remember the names of the songs…
GS: You're really bad at this... Robin, do you know that?
R: No.
GS: Three notes.
DB: I'm telling you..
GS: You don't know it, even I know this song...
DB: Rudolph the rednosed reindeer
HS:(plays music) You don't bring me flowers
DB: Oh yeah… You want me to sing it, I can think of a song on the go…(sing)
GS: You don't know that, then let's play another song...
DB: No, no, I won't do that, no...
GS: What was that
DB: Drummers… Okay, let me explain something. The thing is, there were reasons, and I really grew up listening to Strysande's songs...
R: Where did you grow up?
DB: I grew up in Scotland and she was a big hero in Scotland..
GS: Really?
DB: Well yeah, because she's Barbara Streisand...
GS: Well, the whole world knew her..
DB: Yes, but when I went to her concert, everyone was there, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters .., everyone who is someone was there, and what was the reaction in the audience, it's like Michael Jackson, more like her no… She is a real artist.

GS: I don't know what's going on anymore, it's probably just the fashion to be a musician, you're going to release an album(muses) ?
DB: No...
GS: Did you go to Merylin Manson and Johnny Depp for advice?
DB: No… I don’t even know, I want to compliment these people, how they come up with everything, I don’t even know what to say…
GS: Are you a victim of fake tabloid articles?
DB: Yes, they write strange things about me ...
GS: Mainly about women, or about other things?
DB: Mostly about women…
GS: It's unbelievable how many women are attributed to you?
DB: Yes...
GS: You seem to be having sex all the time...
R: You don't have time for movies...
GS: They charged you with elevator sex...
DB: Well, yes, I did have sex in an elevator, of course, I'm not always innocent, but what do I hear, really?
GS: Well, aren't you that sexually busy?
DB: No, no, I'm so sexually active, I have to tell you though that since I live in LA, when I go to sleep alone, you turn on the TV and you think that somewhere there will be read about how I I sleep with three women, how I would like them to see me now ...
GS: Well yeah, you're single and why is my life so boring... well you know as a man i wasn't blessed with your good looks and machismo and i have to say...
R: Yes, I can say that he looks very good!
GS: Yes, he looks good.
DB: Thanks, yes...
GS: I have the same jacket and I look like #**t in it!
R: I never noticed that jacket on you.(everyone laughs).
JB: I like your jacket, maybe we should trade?
GS: It'll probably look a lot better on you... This jacket is mad that I have it, I have to give you all my clothes... You know, for AGT I borrow clothes from John Varvatos...
DB: I love John Varvatos..
GS: Yes, I use his clothes and John helps me. And you know what, at the end of the day, I still look like #$***t, you have to look like you... When you were growing up in Scotland, at that time women were interested in you? Or did it happen later when you became an actor?
DB: That's a tough question...

GS: How old were you when you lost your virginity?

DB: I was 17.
GS: I was 16..
R: What, women couldn't approach you, what happened?
DB: I just didn't know what I was doing...
GS: Were you considered a handsome guy?
DB: Well, I don't know, I was quite popular in school and I remember the first time I flirted with a girl... She was coming up the stairs and I said something to her, she said something to me and we just watched at each other and I held her gaze and she smiled back at me and my heart nearly exploded. And I thought: so that's it, hold your eyes, smile ... And this was the first time I felt the first excitement from the waist down ...
GS: At 17 you already had a girlfriend, a serious girlfriend...
DB: No, not a girl, she was just walking up the stairs and I was flirting with her, and I have such an addictive nature that I flirted with everyone endlessly ...
GS: No, before you slept with anyone, did you have oral sex and all that when you were 13, 14...
DB: No, no, other things, but not this…
GS: I, for one, had sex with scary girls, and it was for a long time between girls, months, it was terrible... I was not like you... Everything worked against me, you know, right?
DB: I remember a girl in chemistry class, and I remember there were beakers and burners in front of us, she wore black stockings, and it turned me on so much ... And we touched each other's legs for an argument, and the hand went up higher, and it makes me more excited than the loss of virginity ...
GS: Really? Well, yes, of course, if you were caught, then it's bad, and it's exciting.
DB: And every time you go further...
GS: You slept with her...
DB: No...
GS: Was it only in class?
DB: Yes, and once in the toilet at my place, but never once ...
GS: Like, she came to your house and you...
R: What?
DB: I had people at home (crowd at my house - party?) and we kissed and hugged each other, and it was...
GS: And why do you think you never made love to her?
DB: I had no idea what to do
GS: Did pornography help you learn?
DB: No...

GS: And I learned everything about pornography...
DB: Porn?
R: Yes, that's why he was arrested several times...
GS: Yeah, I tried to take off women's clothes and stuff and I didn't know you knew about it...
DB: I was visiting my brother when he was studying in Edinburgh. He was a student and I had just started to study myself. And the guy he shared a place with, he had boxes full of porn magazines. And they threw them away, and my brother asked if I wanted some. I was there with some friends and I took a few and we got into our cars and drove back to Glasgow. I have to go to the university and they wanted to drop me off on the street where everyone crosses it. I was crazy then and I decided to show my French Connection parody (film "The French Connection"), I opened the car door and jumped out of it while it was in motion.
GS: Are you crazy, how fast was the car going?
DB: Well, she was already stopping, like 40 miles an hour, no, just kidding, she was almost stopping, and I did somersaults, and I think the guys will like it, it's crazy. And my friend D. gets out of the car with porn magazines, throws them on the ground and says: “Stay away from us, you ***ing pervert! And they left me alone, with almost 20 porn magazines on the street, and everyone was looking at me, and I had to pick them up one by one ...
GS: Wow, what a shame...
DB: It was the most humiliating experience.
GS: Well, yes. (name not understood)magazine…
DB: It was even worse, there were the most hardcore magazines, I had to pick them all up.
GS: It reminds me of what happened to my wife… We get free porn and sex toys here and she has a friend… And she says to me: “Howard, you have so many different vibrators there, bring them, she she doesn’t meet anyone ... I brought them to her, she put them in a paper bag and walks down the street. And it so happened that the package was torn and she had to collect these vibrators in front of so many people... Black vibrator, 25 cm long, it's so embarrassing... When you pick up porn magazines in the street, women look at you like you are dirt, it terrible…
DB: By the way, I was at the bar, that was another time, and I had it in my pocket… Well, it’s not like I carry condoms with me all the time, but then I had a few, and I put them in my inside pocket . And I'm sitting in a bar, but the jacket was old, with a hole in the pocket, which means I'm sitting in a bar, talking to a guy, a lot of girls around, and a girl comes up to me and says: "Sorry, friend," and she bends down and picks up 5 condoms from the floor and it was terrible, not the most best moment of my life…
GS: Well yes, Gerard Butler carries 5 condoms in his pocket because he knows he'll be lucky...
DB: Yes, and when I think about it, yes, I probably even looked nothing, hot, well, what's the matter, as it were ...
GS: Do you use a condom when you're with a new girl?
DB: Yes...
GS: Yes?
DB: Yes.
GS: You have no idea when I'm interviewing young guys, handsome guys, and they don't use condoms... And they make fun of me because I use...
DB: Do you still use...
GS: Yes...
DB: (laughs)
R: Well, he's laughing at you too...
GS: Well yes I do, how about pregnancy...
DB: Oh yes...
GS: Yes, seriously, I don't want to have more kids...
R: Does Gerard have kids somewhere?
DV: No, it doesn't seem to, I always thought that after 300 came out, I always waited for the bell to ring, but nothing so far, so if anything, now is the time ... Yes. But I didn't hear anything.

GS: Are you worried about your looks?.. So many women think you're handsome and the main roles are all because of your looks. If you play sports, do you worry that something will happen to your face? I would be paranoid about this...

DB: I don't know, sometimes I look in the mirror and think I look like #$**t, today I either need Botox or something...
GS: Have you had Botox?
DB: No...
GS: Will you ever do it?

DB: No, I don't think so, it's funny, I said to someone: look how many wrinkles I got, and he said to me: man, this suits you. It's normal for me, suits me, gives me character ....

GS: I've always considered myself lucky because I will never lose my appearance since I never had one... Guys like you must still worry... But seriously, if the producer tells you that they have the role of your life for you, but for this you need to do Botox around the eyes, would you do it?
R: Can they say that?
JB: Well, if it's for a role, I'd be just as happy to make myself scary, or gain weight, if it's for a role, or whatever, then I'd do it, but not for myself. I don't care about myself enough to think about it. Some truth about being from Scotland, I'm not built to think about it..
GS: Yes, the Scots are real men, they don't sit and think about Botox.
DB: When I got here and heard about men talking about trimming (haircut in the area ...), I thought what the hell...
GS: Trimming bush = male grooming = manscaping?
DB: No...
GS: Neither do I...

R: Are you circumcised?

DB: No... We don't do that, I still have the umbilical cord with me...

GS: you have a huge giant belly button...
DB: That's why I didn't lose my virginity for so long, because I tried to do it with my umbilical cord...
GS: I grew up in a very poor area, some of the kids - they had a navel, like a stake was sticking out there ... Someone removed their umbilical cord incorrectly, I saw strange things ... It was like it was a tail, I'm not kidding ... So if you are not circumcised, and by the way, I am against circumcision, well, it probably matters, reduces sensitivity ...
DB: Exactly...
GS: I'm circumcised, I grew up in America, that's the way it is here, it must be wrong...
DB: Since I'm not circumcised, I can't say anything, but it's very sensitive for me. When I have sex, it's amazing.
GS: And the girls don't get surprised, they don't say, oh, he's not circumcised, some women don't know how to approach it...
DB: Well, yes, sometimes they say - look at this, and sometimes ...
GS: They've never seen anything like it.
DB: Well, yes, they have never seen such a small ...
GS: Do you have to teach a woman how to be with you? Because they don't know what to do with an uncircumcised penis?
DB: No, I don't think there's much of a difference...
GS: But they need to push back… what to do….
JB: No, I don't know... I've never dealt with an uncircumcised penis myself...
GS: Would you cut your hair for a role in a film?
DB: No, that was too much...
GS: I have a friend who is uncircumcised and he talks all the time about how to wash him and stuff.
DB: Well it can happen if you're not careful, you have to be careful with hygiene...
GS: Yes, it's true...
DB: We have an interesting conversation...
GS: Robin, for example, if you told her that you wanted to sleep with her, but you haven't showered in a week, she would still...
R: No, no...
GS: Yes, you would be with him…
R: No, no.
DB: Really Robin? Ok, we'll talk later...

GS: When you were growing up in Scotland you were studying to be a lawyer... And then you decided to be an actor and I look at you now and I remember you in the movie 300 where you must have put on about 30 pounds(about 13 kg)pounds muscle mass because you said earlier that you would put on weight for a role and now you're skinny...

DB: Yes, I put on about 30 pounds… And it was months and months of training… And I'm not sure if I have that drive now, but then I was very determined. When I got this role… It was funny how I got it because the director and producers wanted me for the part, but they were in a difficult position since the film had just been greenlit, but at Warner Bros Studios. were very nervous about it and they wanted to introduce me to the head of the studio...
GS: They were nervous because your name was not known...
JB: Yes, and they didn't know what Alan Horn, the then president of UB, would say, and they couldn't tell him that this was the actor we wanted for the part. And they decided that they would do it differently: you yourself will call Alan Horn, he is super. And I knew him, and I called him, but it was so awkward, it's not done that way, you can't call the president of the studio. And he didn’t know, they didn’t tell him that I would call him, and when I called him, he told me that we don’t do business like that, but thanks for the call, usually these guys take the actor (director and producer), they must first come to me. And I told him that I know, but please, let me come ... And before that I had never done this, usually I would just say yes of course, but then ...
GS: You're not usually like this...
DB: No, but the roles I've ever gotten were usually given because I was active...But this time I just took a chance...
GS: So it's good lesson for actors that sometimes you have to be aggressive, even if it's against your nature?
DB: Yes, I was just talking about the offers you get and you kind of forget that the quality will always be higher if you have to fight for a role... And those roles that don't go to you, you don't care you have to look higher, not on a parallel level, and I think for a while I was looking at a parallel level ... Actors have an ego, you stop going to auditions, you just wait for offers, and you get scripts, and you can wait, but only when I really wanted something, my perseverance manifested itself ...
GS: Well, and if there are a few scripts that you like, you start thinking, oh well, I don't have to go to the audition, go to ask someone, and you're right, you can't lose this thirst, because good roles are those that everyone is fighting for...
And with whom do you have to fight for the roles ...? who are these guys...
DB: It all depends on the role. Sometimes when they're looking for someone older it could be Russell Crowe and if younger it could be Jeremy Renner or Tom Hardy... And those guys are phenomenal and sometimes those roles come to you and sometimes they don't and whatever it is , I always think that this is how it should be, otherwise you can go crazy. And I learned from the very beginning. I really wanted a role, but Max Beasley got it, and he got the part of a Scot, and he is an Englishman. And I thought: I can look at it from two sides, I can be evil, or I can say that it's good for him, he could get this role, with a different accent, and this should make me work even harder, and one day I will this guy, and one day I'll be the guy with the name, and the one who gets roles...
GS: How hard is it for you to clean up your Scottish accent? When you get a role, or want to get it, is it difficult for you?
DB: No, no, I've done that before, plus I hardly speak like a Scotsman anymore, sometimes I think I'm a hybrid because I've played with an American accent in so many films...
GS: How did you learn to speak American, so to speak, who do you imitate?
DB: Basically, in the movies, everyone speaks neutral English with an American accent, and I try not to focus on one person, otherwise you will just adopt their manner of communication. And it's not so much watching movies or TV, but you work with a dialect coach, and you just sit and practice on the sounds, because, for example, in Scotland we say "bRight lEigt", and in America they say "bright light", and so on, each dialect has its own rules, and the sounds are pronounced in a peculiar way ...
GS: Well, if I tell you to say now the sentence "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain", can you? They say it's very difficult.
DB: turning….
GS: Yes, it was good.
DB: Yes, but usually you have time to practice for American, you have to relax your lips, relax your tongue, and then you can start talking.
GS: If someone cast me as a Scot and stay in the role with that accent...
R: That's what I wanted to ask, do you always speak with an American accent during filming?
DB: Yes, and that was the hardest thing for me as an actor because I was very shy to improvise. I realized that it doesn’t work when you go to the audition and start speaking with an American accent, and when this happens, you can’t play well, you can’t do it with an accent, it comes out too unnatural ...
GS: Yes, not naturally.
JB: And so I just switched to a full American accent, and it didn't matter if it was bad, because people don't care, they think that I've been living here for several years, I already probably know all the accents, and my my best friend (he's a director) told me I looked like an idiot. And I told him that you should support me and not tell me that it doesn’t look like American, it doesn’t matter now, what matters is that I learn to speak, laugh, sigh, so that later it becomes a habit ... And it was very important for me…
GS: When I hear about Daniel Day Lewis and he was walking around as Lincoln all the time on set, this guy*** On the one hand, I get that you have to get into the character, the voice...
R: And he's British and he also has this problem?
DB: Yes, he can say about himself I am "" "" who won an Oscar!
GS: He's an incredible actor, but imagine walking all day like Lincoln? And suddenly you take out your phone, and you think, what is it? I am the president, I have never seen such a device!
DB: you can ask him why you don't answer my calls, he will say... what is a call...
GS: And what is a telephone... Are you playing an American in the new movie?
DB: Yes, I'm American...
GS: It was hard, it's an action movie, isn't it?
DB: No.
GS: You play a guy who... Everyone knows that new enemy- this is North Korea, and you play the one who guards the President?
DB: Yes
GS: Are you CIA or FBI?
DB: I don't know, no, I'm the Secret Service...
GS: Oh, that's cool...
DB: Yes, he is from the former special services, who went to work in the secret service ...
GS: And what is it about? The North Koreans are attacking, and you have to protect the President?
JB: Basically it is, but the movie starts with me being a special agent who was in charge of protecting the President, his right hand...
GS: And who is the President?
DB: Aaron Eckhart.
GS: Really?
R: Oh yes, this is a very young President!

DB: Well, you know, in films, usually the standard presidents are so elegant, and a little bit old, and we wanted to make ours younger, with character, because this is a film about heroes, and how in such situations, the most hard times and how we respond to such a challenge, and we wanted a president who could fight back. At the beginning of the film, in the boxing scene, I'm in the ring with Aaron, and the film is about always being on your guard...
GS: Do you teach him how to box there, or just practice...
JB: No, we're really in the ring, all the presidents try to be in shape, they run, they train, they play golf, especially Bush... that's all he did
GS: Yes, Bush, he couldn't have been kicked off the golf course. I'm afraid that Obama is becoming the same, he, too, will soon be impossible to kick off the golf courses.
DB: "You need to go back to White House» — And what is it? (like a dialogue about a president who plays golf and doesn't want to leave the field).
GS: You're bringing Ambassador Dennis Rodman to meet the President, that would be a full moon... (laugh).
DB: Yes, but the political climate in the film is tense, between South Korea, North Korea, America, but the North Koreans are not only here bad guys, but also unpredictable heroes, we don’t know what they are capable of, it’s like black hole, it is not known what they will do ... If you look at the global situation, and we would make a film about the Spanish terrorists, no one would go for it, what? Or Jamaica...
GS: Is there a guy from Gangham style in your film too?
R: He's from Korea...
DB: Oh, Gangham style… (it's just that everyone is talking at once, it's not clear).
GS: I can't wait to watch the movie...
JB: The terrorists in the film, they are like a group of military, something like Bin Laden's factions, than government forces, there is also a personal vendetta of one of the Koreans ...
GS: Costner played a great Secret Service agent when he defended Whitney Houston...
DB: Do you want to hear something funny?
GS: Yes.
DB: I was an extra in this movie...
GS-R together: Are you kidding?
DB: I lived for a year in America, lived like a bum, this is when I worked in a carnival ...
GS: Is that when you became an actor and when your parents wanted to kill you because you wanted to be an actor?
JB: No, that was before that, that was when they wanted to kill me, when I took a year after I graduated from university, but I still had to go back and get a diploma, get an internship in a law office. I came on an exchange program and worked in America during the summer and I had to go back, that day I called my mother, and then I was still the president of the Law Association at the university, and I told her that I was not coming, and ...
GS: When did you start working in the circus? And your mother probably wanted to kill you at that moment ...
DB: Yes, it almost did…
HS: "And why are you wasting your time on this?"... (his mother would probably say so) T you are the biggest madman... (also like the words of my mother)
DB: Yes, but on the other hand, I think she knew that when I would come back, the life of a lawyer was waiting for me, and I know what that sounds like…
GS: Would it be hell for you?
JB: Not only hell, but it would be like you were tied to a career where you only have two weeks off and I just wanted to blow off some steam...
GS: I imagine you as a lawyer, with your looks, and if you had so many corporate girls ...
R: Do they have to wear wigs in Scottish court?
DB: I don't know about corporate girls), Yes ( about wigs in court).
R: So you would wear a wig?
HS (for Butler): I don't need a wig, I have... looks.
R: You have fluffy hair...
GS: So what were you doing, in a traveling circus?
DB: No, it was a traveling carnival, so I was working on a device called wacky wire, it's kind of spiral, and ...
R: Did you work on swing rides, or what?
JB: No, it was like a kiosk, people paid $2 to play without touching the spiral... It's almost impossible because there is a lever on the back of the device, and if you stand behind the device, you can walk along the spirals without touching them , but if you are standing in front, then this is not possible, but in order to attract attention to ourselves, we touted people shouting, “we are the most large group in the world, only 2 dollars to try, or 3 for 5 "!
GS: Was that you? You lied to me! (laughing) AND while you were doing this, you decided to check out how the movie business was and decided to audition for roles?
DB: Yeah, not exactly checking, but a friend of mine that I met many years ago in Spain, his father turned out to be Alan Marshall, he was a famous producer, in films like Basic Instinct. And he is now the deputy director, or the 2nd director, 23 years ago I met him in Spain, when we traveled as a family for two weeks, and then he told me to stay, and we had no money, and I painted his house, his mom paid me to paint so I could stay in Spain and he worked with me on this film, Olympus Has Fallen!
HS: Wow, full circle (like everything is back to normal).So when is this movie coming out?
DB: March 22
GS: Yeah, what date is it today?
DB: I don't know...
R: Today is the 11th.
GS: 11th, so what, are you nervous?
JB: You know, I'm always nervous when a movie comes out, but the reason I'm nervous about this movie is...
HS: speaks incomprehensibly...
DB: I'm nervous because we did about 80 interviews yesterday.
GS: Do you like it?
DB: No, I don’t like it, but what we did is a film, it’s very exciting, smart, challenging, emotional, patriotic…
GS: There are already reviews.
JB: Yes, but only short reviews, full reviews only come out the day after the screening, and so far everyone loves it, and we showed it in almost 300 theaters and people were excited ... Shouting at the screen (strongly empathized with what is happening).
GS: Is this an action movie?
DB: Yes
GS: Nude scenes?
DB: No.
GS: Naked girls?
DB: No.
GS: No? Ohhh. And who decided it?
DB: I tried, but...
GS: And what, there are no women in the film? You don't make love to anyone?
DB: No.
GS: It's weird, it's like that now, no one is James Bond anymore, basically all these guys in action movies don't make love to women, they kind of don't want to worry or something, it seems only in the movie Lone Star...
DB: Well, that's the whole point, then it turns into a romantic genre, and this ...
HS: hardcore.
DB: Yes, but it's also emotional, my character has a wife, after the tragedy, when we get into an accident, I have to save the president, but in saving him, I practically have to tear him away from his wife, and they fall ...
GS: Would you like to be James Bond? I can imagine you as James Bond... Can this film be compared to James Bond?
DB: Any movie where you work for the government and you have to work against the bad guys can compare to James Bond, but no, it doesn't feel like James Bond at all.
GS: Would you like to be...
DB: I don't know what to be Bond number 17...
GS: Because you will be compared to others?
DB: Yeah, and besides, it's really hard to compare to Sean Connery or Daniel Craig... I really liked the last movie...
R: Yes, a lot of people liked the last movie...
DB: The last film is already a classic…
GS: I think you could do it too...
DB: Yes, I absolutely agree with you, I could too ( laughs).
GS: When you pull the Buchou off his wife, is she naked?
DB: No...
GS: No, what's a movie if she's not naked...
DB: Well, what is it called when you tug on clothes and they immediately come off ...
R: breakaway = like something on the buttons, like basketball players.
DB: Yes, I suggested that, but…
GS: Well, you pull it off her and she's not naked?
DB: No...
GS: wtf why not when you make love to the Buchou?
DB: He said wtf, my wife just died, you jerk! It doesn't matter, but in the film, after that, I work in an office, I'm like a caged animal, I trained all my life to be in the service ...
GS: Did you audition for this role?
DB: No, I produced this film.
GS: Ok, this is your film, your role.
DB: Yes, and Antoine Fuqua who directed Training Day, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, who won an Oscar for Fighter, Ashley Judd, Dylan McDermot, Cole Houser...
GS: Did you sleep with Ashley Judd, she recently divorced?
DB: No, I slept with Dylan McDermot..
GS: He didn't care that you weren't circumcised (laugh) ? I heard that you have a small penis from all the women you've slept with.
DB: Yes, little...
R: And you believe him?
DB: Can I say that he is thin.
GS: Wow, and small and thin, wow.
R:OMG
GS: On the one hand, I'm glad to hear that, well, you must have flaws somewhere...well, you still have looks...and women don't laugh that...Gerard Butler oooh oooh?

DB: Yes, I do it to make them feel comfortable, well, I'm not perfect... you want to see my hemorrhoids...
GS: We had a woman in the studio that you slept with recently, but I heard you got really pissed off when she told you about it, Brandi...
R: You were very angry.
GS: Brandy from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? Oh, you immediately got serious ...
DB: Yes.
GS: She's hot, there's a photo of her...
DB: She's hot, but I've never watched that show...
GS: I watch it all the time...
DB: I was at the beach party, you have fun, well, the girls are there, I asked her what you do, she said that it doesn’t matter. Well, we spent time, we had some fun, and suddenly one day I'm walking down the street with Antoine Fuqua, with the director of the film, with a person who is important to me, and paparazzi all over the place, and they like to ask stupid questions, and he is with a camera in my face and says Brandi Glanville said you were good in bed...
GS: She gave you 10 out of 11, no she gave you 11 out of 10...
DB: Oh, and you know what I said, who is Brandi Glanville? Because, firstly, I didn’t know her last name, secondly, I didn’t know that she was a celebrity, and thirdly, I didn’t know that she would go and tell about it ... and then, I regretted that I put her…
GS: like a prostitute...
DB: And then I figured out who it was and I called her and told her that I'm not very happy that you did it, there are things to keep to yourself, and I'm sorry, but I told them, that I don't know you. And she was in tears, she said she had a press conference about her show and no one wants to hear about it: and everyone asks me that Gerard Butler said that he didn't even know you when you said that you slept with him! I know it's embarrassing, but what did you expect?!

GS: Well, yes, she brought it to light herself!

DB: Yes.

GS: Did she have a chance with you to continue it, or do you only have it for one night...
DB: I'm dating someone now, but that was when I was training for the Mavericks, I had a house in Malibu, well, sometimes you can afford to have fun, and of course she good girl but it wasn't serious...
GS: For one night...
DB: No, it was during the day, one day.
GS: Well she was on our show and the way she rated you 11 out of 10...
DB: Yeah, it was fun.
GS: Oh yeah, she's F*** wild!
DB: Yep.
GS: I like wild women!
R: Well, yes, of course, Howard, I know who you are married to!
GS: How do you know she's not my wife's hot in bed, but oh well, she's not wild… She was like that before she met me… Have you by any chance slept with any of the other housewives?
DB: Well, I don’t know anymore, maybe I was sleeping ..

GS: The Mavericks movie is about surfing?
R: Yes.
GS: Was it on the set of this movie that you nearly drowned?
DB: Yes, almost.
GS: What happened? Did you have to ride the waves yourself for this movie?
DB: Yes, and it was my dream to ride these waves, and you have no idea how much training is needed for this, and how dangerous it is!
GS: Have you ever surfed before?

DB: No, I just learned and I'm not even that good, I first learned to surf on big waves, and then on small ones, and I knew that if I was towed, I first learned in tow, because it is very difficult to get on the board if you are being towed ...
GS: And what does it mean - towed ...
R: Well, there's a rope there.
DB: Yes, you hold on to the rope, you lie on the board, and then you have to stand on the board and you have to do it in time to catch the wave.
GS: So it's just helping you, because it's a high difficulty.
JB: And it's very difficult to paddle, and I thought if they could get a few seconds of me on that big wave, I would be... And by the way, when I was working on 300, I told them that they wouldn't regret that they gave me this role and I set the bar so high for myself and I was so pumped up in the movie.
GS: Yeah, it was... Do you think you don't have the motivation to get back in shape anymore?
DB: I don't know...
GS: It will be difficult.
DB: Yeah, and for the Mavericks I did the same thing, I thought if I could ride the Mavericks... And I was told that if something happens on the Mavericks, there's nothing we can do, we can't save you, because the waves are too big and we will have to wait and it will probably be about 12 waves, about 3-4 minutes, but in that time you are already done ... But in reality I was able to ride the waves 3-4 times with the best surfers in the world, not well of course, I was only able to get on the board, I was there, and just that I was there….

GS: Let's pretend you didn't know how to ride the waves, I was on the Mavericks, but I've never surfed in my life. And if I had to act there, how would they do it? Would they be able to use an understudy and that's it, or did you have to be able to ride the waves to get the part?
DB: They offered me to do a movie, they said if I didn't want to do it, they wouldn't make the movie. And they told me: do what you want - study on your own or use an understudy, and if you can't, we'll think of something, but there is a slight difference ...
GS: You wanted to do it yourself...
DB: Yes, and then after all, if you watch a movie and you see the actor himself, or the same thing in action scenes, if you do small scenes with an understudy, then it's not the same, but the incident happened a week later. We were shooting the rowing scenes and this is the scene when Jay sees the Mavericks for the first time and he watches me rowing, it was incredible and we rowed.

And these huge waves appeared, and we were in the worst place, and we saw this wave half a mile from us (0.8 km), and even with small waves, you kind of have butterflies in your stomach, and here, and the guy who was with me , screaming at me: "Row, Jerry, row!" Well, in general, you paddle, row, about 70 meters, trying to get away from the wave, and it gets bigger and bigger, the size of a three-story house, and then you realize that you took a chance, and now you're tired, and the wave will cover you, and will take you underwater.

And I was blown away and I still couldn't get to the surface, and I kept thinking why I can't get up, and we were so deep, and there's so much gas in the water, and about 5 feet of foam, and it carries you down, and you can’t climb on top of it, plus I was spinning, and I realized that my board was torn off and it didn’t lift me up, I was already almost out of air, it was terrible, and then a new wave came up, and I didn’t even manage to surface , and then…
GS: You thought you were going to die?
DB: I then began to think that that's it, I'll die, or maybe they will find me and resuscitate me, and the guy who filmed us, he was resuscitated 3 times.
HS: OMG
DB: And he's in now wheelchair, he has decompression sickness, after diving, he dived to a depth of 120 feet, and one of the divers got into trouble, and he had to and ...
GS: And he's in a wheelchair now for life?
DB: Looks like it.
GS: When you have decompression sickness, do you end up in a wheelchair?
DB: Yes, because he was paralyzed from the waist down, now he has a little mobility, but…
GS: Because it was so deep?
JB: Yes, deep and because he had to resurface too quickly because his colleague was in trouble and he was saving him. And this guy, he's just super, I really liked him, after they pulled me out of the water, he continued to shoot, despite the fact that I was barely breathing, I thought my head would explode ...
GS: Were these shots used in the film?
DB: No, they didn't use them in the movie, I wasn't supposed to drown in the movie, I was supposed to play a super surfer.
GS: It's a pity, all these shots go nowhere...
DB: And I didn't mind that he filmed me, because I knew that he would switch places with me at any time. And when I surfaced, there was no one around, only Grant, he was on a jet-ski ( Water bike). And this guy, he's 6 foot 5 inches, and seeing him, he was scared, and I knew that I was definitely in trouble, because he could not get to me, I was blown down again, and up again, and then they me picked up.

And at that time, another wave was coming up, and we were near the rocks, and there the wave comes quickly, and they are very high, and they had to pull me out very quickly, he held my hand, and the water poured on my face, and I I realized that if they don’t pull me out now, and they dragged me about 200 meters like that.
GS: Imagine if you died because of this movie? Died! That's crazy!!!
DB: That's when I started thinking about it, it's a story between us, but now it's a disaster. GS: Yeah, and sometimes when someone dies during filming, just recently, some guy fell with a helicopter, what was his name?
R: Vic Morrow
GS: Yes, during the filming of these action movies, everything happens, they demand more and more crazy things from you!!!
DB: Yes.
GS: You don't know what's going to happen...
JB: Yes, there was a movie not too long ago where 12 stunt doubles died in a helicopter crash...

GS: Yes, you have to be careful... Nevermind, ok, better tell me again about your small penis... First of all, the last time I saw you, it was here in the studio, you went to rehab, I didn't know about it.
DB: Yes, almost immediately after that.
GS: You didn't tell us about it, you hid it from us...
R: Well, he seemed to be fine...
DB: Yes, I was fine until I came here ...
GS: Did you start taking pills after us? What happened? I thought when I talked to you, were you sober?
JB: Yes, I've been sober, I don't drink, and I don't really do drugs. But speaking of films, and injuries: I was in an accident on film set, injured my back, the same thing happened during the fight scene in Coriolanus, a back problem, it was very, very bad, for 4 months I lived with pain, as if someone was stabbing me in the back with a needle, and during filming, every day such pain and there was nothing I could do...
GS: And you started taking painkillers...
DB: Yes, I started taking painkillers…
GS: Oxy?
DB: No, no.
GS: What?
R: Aspirin...
DB: Heroin, no, morphine drip ( joke, laugh)…
GS: Well, what did you take, did you smoke weed?
DB: No, just taking vicodin pills...
GS: Yes, but Vicodin doesn't get high... Once I was in the company of some people, I drank 2 Vicodin pills and was still drunk, and still no high...
JB: Well, I don't drink myself, but there was an amazing doc on CNN about how many people die from mixing alcohol and painkillers.
GS: Yes, it's dangerous.
JB: Every year someone goes to bed after that and their heart stops...
R: How did you take Vicodin yourself?
DB: I crushed it and inhaled it. No, I didn't take that much, by the time I went to rehab I signed up for a pain management program. The doctor there was great, they use Qigong (Qigong (Chinese trad. 氣功, ex. 气功, pinyin: qìgōng) is an ancient Chinese art of self-regulation of the body, a traditional health system, the basis of internal styles of martial arts.

It is built on a complex of philosophical concepts and applied technologies for coordinating motor activity, respiration and states of consciousness). And they practically don't touch you, and they use energy-collines, and they teach you this philosophy that stress is associated with pain, even if you have real injuries, but the more stress, the more you feel pain, and the more you are weakened by pain, the more …
GS: You weren't a real drug addict, so you just took pills because of the pain?
DB: Yes, it was...
GS: How long were you there?
DB: Approximately 20 days - 23 days
GS: Were you there along with those who were really avid users?
JB: I was surrounded by completely crazy people...
GS: And what were you saying, hey man, I'm here for a painkiller addiction because I have a back problem!
DB: No, but to be honest, in the program I was on, you had to stop, look at your life, you sit listening to other people talking about their lives, it's incredible, it's such a unifying experience, if it wasn't called rehab, it would be more of a spiritual experience, getting to know people from various areas life...
GS: You're so wrapped up in your life that you don't think about anything...
DB: Yes, but I try not to.
GS: How is the food there, is it good?
DB: Yes, normal.
GS: Like summer camp?
R: Do they have special departments like SPA?
DB: The funny thing is that while you are there, you do not have the right to talk to women, and all the women wanted to talk to me, they come up to me, and then the employees cursed with me that it was impossible. I couldn't believe I was being scolded! What, you don't know who I am?!
GS: You broke all the rules!
DB: Yes, I have a small penis, but instead of....( didn't understand here)
GS: And what, women slipped notes under your door while you were there?
DB: Yes, I got a note...
GS: That's life, you're in rehab, you're trying to think about life, and all of a sudden they put notes under your door! Was there a temptation?
DB: Yes ( very quiet).

GS: What was written in the note?

DB: ( very stuttering) Well, there was something, well, like, you are very hot, and I would like to do something ... But it's not so easy, rooms for two, I shared a room with a man, OMG, he was very funny ...
GS: He probably read the note and thought oh this girl thinks I'm hot, I'm going to sleep with her...

DB: Now I'm thinking, what if these notes were not for me ...
GS: I met Gerard Butler in rehab, found a note under the door, and the girl wants to sleep with me. I go there and she sues me because she thought I was Gerard Butler in the dark (like the neighbor's thoughts).

DB: And now Gerard Butler comes to sleep with me, and I'm suing him too, because I wrote a note to another guy ( in the face of a girl).
GS: So who was the man you shared a room with, an ordinary man?
DB: Yes, this man was older, he was about 40 years old, and then, it seems, he got bored, and he began to drink ... Oh, I really liked this man, such a cool man .... When I first met him, he was so annoying: we have to go there, then we have to do it, and I told him: man, leave me alone. H oh in the end I really liked him, but he snored so much ... so loudly, even earplugs did not help, the room vibrated ...

GS: I'd need Vicodin just for that, I'd kill him. So what, are you still in contact with this man?
JB: Yes, I'm in contact with a lot of people from there, and I have to tell you that everyone should try something like that...
GS: For this I go to a psychotherapist, and you went ...
DB: Yes, but not now...
GS: Is it possible to masturbate in rehab, don't the rules prohibit it? Do they tell you not to touch yourself?
DB: Yes, but I was told that this should be done in the room ( jokes). No, they don't say anything like that. And I don't remember if I did or not...
GS: Did you have to clean the toilets with a toothbrush?
DB: No, nothing like that.
GS: Were there celebrities besides you?
DB: Yes, there were a couple of other celebrities, I'll tell you who, no I'm kidding...
GS: Well, a couple of names, but it's so fun, celebrities together in rehab, you became friends there, or how, I guess, it's great after all.
DB: Well, yes, but I could go there and say: I don't have such big problems. But I didn’t, I thought that since I’m already here, I’ll take the opportunity, there is so much to learn, to know yourself. Have you ever heard of power sun force ( This is about Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior) about energy. If you are in a room where people meditate, then the room vibrates from the energy of people, and the book says that Jesus was at a frequency of 650 or something else, about Mother Teresa, and the emotions of evil, envy at a frequency of 100, and ...
GS: Didn't you tell the story that after going to Israel you felt like a god and you could make fire come out of your penis?
DB: Yes, but I was just talking about my ass...
GS: Well, you said it yourself, you had a spiritual experience, you traveled, what was it called?
JB: No, I was in India, and I was very into meditation, but no, not transcendental meditation, but simple, and I met a monk in Los Angeles and he told me interesting stories. And I thought: well, this is the same thing that is wrong with my life.

And they closed that school because one guy once, he had a spiritual experience and he passed it on to another, and they kind of had an out-of-body experience, they told their parents what was happening (you went there, you were wearing this), and some crazy stuff, they closed the school and opened the temple and Oneness University. You go there, one on one with a monk, they teach you the philosophy of self-perception, to understand your emotions, instead of being evil, but I shouldn't be, because it's kind of futile, and it's about absolute self-acceptance.

And every day they gave blessings by putting their hand on your head, but at the beginning I thought it was stupid, and then three days later I felt a small tingle on my head, and they transfer this energy to you, and in the end you yourself can kind of convey it. I know it sounds silly, I thought the same thing, and this tingling only happens in a specific part of the head...

And they explain it to you, they worked with some kind of neurosurgeon, and it affects some glands, you go through this ritual and you learn to transfer your energy. And I came back, and I began to give these blessings myself, and passed on to my then girlfriend ...

GS: Of course...
JB: And she immediately went to the bathroom and she vomited and then she felt good...
GS: In other words, did you become a healer yourself after returning from India? You began to touch people and they felt sick ... Did you think that you could release lightning from your hands?
DB: No, you're transferring energy...
GS: Okay, touch my head, let's see if I get sick or not?
R: Try it on Howard!
GS: Do you still treat girls?
DB: I know I made a fool of myself, but it was really incredible, and one girl told me that when she worked at a charity event, during Easter, with children, she was full of energy. I got a blessing from one guy, he was just sitting in the room and I was waiting for him to start. He was Brazilian, so he was sitting there, I was sitting in the room with him, and 30 minutes later it was all over. And I thought: it was stupid, but after two days I felt happier than ever, or energetic ....
GS: What was he doing there, just standing there, that's all?
DB: Yes, he was standing there, but he is completely focused on you ...
R: Maybe this is the same guy that I went to, he just stands in the room ... and just looks at you intently ...
GS: I want a job like that too, just looking at somebody.
DB: He was in London, a Brazilian, even my director friend, and he went to a spiritualist, and he said to him: you have a huge energy, but you don’t even know about it, and he began treatment, and he came to my back and after a while he became very ill ...
GS: Does your back still hurt? We'll talk after the show.
DB: Many people suffer from back pain, but when he treated me, I could not believe how much better I felt after that. My friend could not train for a long time, and after his treatment he went to the gym and could lift weights ...
GS: You should meet Dr. John Sarno (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Sarno) and you will be fine... I saw you have a new girlfriend, a model.
JB: Model, actress, she did a movie with Jude Law, she did a few movies in Italy...

GS: Are you in love?
DB: I am in deep like.
GS: You're in love.
DB: No, she's amazing.
R: Look at him, he's starting to blush!
GS: What's going on? Have you tried that treatment on her already? What would make her sick?
GS: Look at him, OMG.
DB: Where?
GS: How old is she?
DB: She's 14?!
GS: I want to treat her! Where did you meet her?
DB: No, she's 25, she's the prettiest girl I've ever met... I met her in NY after opening art gallery. M oh friend was talking to her, and I said hello, and I thought, and he said, sit down. And I asked: I won’t interfere, but he said no, come on, sit down, and he introduced me to her.

We started talking and she texted Paul Haggis, we all work for the same APJ charity, we talked until 7am. We went for a walk along the Brooklyn Bridge, but first we went to get jackets from my house.

And I collect hats, I have about 200 of them, we didn’t even kiss, we were in the apartment, trying on hats, there was something magical with this girl. And she flew out the next day, and I told her that I would come to see you in Milan. And three days later I was at her door in Milan. And she was in a panic, and she called her assistant...

GS: So you met her where, in NY.
DB: Yes, in NY, but it was already an after-party, at Darby, my friend's club...
GS: Why didn't your friend sleep with her, or the one she texted?
DB: He has a girlfriend and he's just friends with her, she doesn't live here, she just came to visit...
GS: She's a model, she's in Milan, an actress, and she's going there, and you thought you should go there too...
DB: Yes...
GS: Great night, trying on hats but having sex, walking on the Brooklyn Bridge until 7am...
DB: We never made it to the Brooklyn Bridge.
GS: What, you didn't even kiss? Why not!
DB: No, it's very rare for me, but just having a good time...
GS: Does she speak English? Does he speak well?
DB: She speaks 5 languages!
GS: WOW, she speaks 5 languages, you try on hats, you say: I won't have sex with you, let's be friends, that's better, and then she leaves..?
DB: Yes.
GS: She's in Milan and you think: I'll go Milan, she's a very beautiful girl, and when she sees what you've done, then you slept with her?
DB: No, we spent 3 days in Milan, we both just spent time trying not to get caught by the paparazzi, there are a lot of paparazzi in Milan.
GS: Are her breasts real? Yes?!
DB: I don't know, I never touched them!
GS: How did you touch her, of course, her size D?
DB: Me too, after so much Coke ( didn't understand what he was talking about), then we went to Cannes, to the festival, and somehow we were not particularly noticed, and then I played in a charity game, in Manchester, she went with me, we spent 8 days in Scotland, stayed in B&B, castles ...
R: Were you able to do it all?
GS: Wait, knowing your reputation, she made you conditions that: I'll be with you, but if you're with someone else, then it's over? Did she ever say this to you: if you mess it up, it's all over?
DB: Well, she didn't have to say that.
GS: Ahh, so you're going to marry her?
R: Don't push like that, take it easy!
DB: I don't know, you're talking to me!!!
GS: Do you think you'll ever find the love of your life, live with one woman?
DB: No, I think I can do it, it's hard to believe I'm saying this, but I think I can
GS: You don't want kids, do you?
DB: Yes, I want to have children! I really want to have children.
R: At what age is it good to have children when you are 60?
GS: Yeah, Steve Martin is 67 and just had a baby!
DB: True!
GS-R: Yes!
DB: It's even early! Some people say they want to have kids early so they can play basketball with them and all that. Firstly, I don’t know how to play basketball, and secondly, how good it is when you are sitting in a wheelchair ( did not understand further).
GS: I guess you'll never settle down, look at her and you know there's someone even prettier around the corner and how can you settle down with that?
R: Will you be like George Clooney - a new model every year?
DB: Well, George Clooney is a cool guy, I think he is very happy in his life, but what is, is, and I really would like to have children, settle down if that happens, okay, if not, then I I will just live on.
GS: Well, what will happen to this girl, will she move in with you?
DB: I don't know when I met her here, she was looking for an acting school and she wants to go to Lee Strasberg's school and she still wants to, but where will she go, LA or NYC...
GS: You've got so much free time, you're here, she's somewhere else, you could very well be in a seductive situation with someone else and bring you home to try on hats, you know, right? It must be a constant temptation for you! Women are slipping notes under your door!!!
JB: After a few years of living like this, it loses its appeal, I've been a bad boy all my life, but it's always the same. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but...
GS: Robin says you're the perfect dude... OK, new movie, let's talk about it! Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen and it's an action movie. I can't stand these Les Misarables, I'm not even going to watch them!
R: He also acted in a musical!!!
GS: Yes?
DB: Yes, in Phantom of the Opera…
GS: Ok, I saw it, it's okay, it's ok, at least you had sex there..
R: Not true!
DB: Yes, she was sleeping.
GS: Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen, in theaters March 22, you can follow him on twitter, I might have to follow you just to know what's going on. I just saw a pretty girl performed by Butler). You were in Miami partying with Mel Gibson, I heard? You and a bunch of other guys, you, Leo DiCaprio...
DB: Bradley Cooper, who else was there?
GS: Women probably flocked to your table? Was it strange to be in Mel's company, after all!
DB: No, Mel's cool!
GS: I think he is ***! Are you saying that he is a normal man, you can have fun with him?
DB: I swear, he's very funny, very cool... I'm a normal guy, I make a lot of mistakes, but the time I spent with him, I was very impressed, he has a good soul.
GS: But he's a crazy anti-Semite! You're not circumcised, so he probably liked you right away!
DB: No, but he is very interesting to listen to, he is amazing..
GS: So you liked him? Jonah Hill was still there..
DB: Yes, Jonah Hill was there!!!
GS: And girls came to him! And who is in charge of the company?
R: Probably Leo.
DB: Well, not the main one, but where is Leo, usually around 600 women, he is very smart, knows everything that is happening around, he is a phenomenal actor ...
GS: Have you ever been jealous of him and his career? Do you spend time together, are both in different places in show business?
DB: No, I try to turn off all negative energy don't think about it. Of course, there are sometimes moments when you think: I should have done this, but if you think like that about other people, it will come back to you like a boomerang ( not lit. - come back and bite you in the ass - I don’t know the Russian translation for sure). Firstly, if someone is talented, I wish them success, for example Jeremy Renner, Tom Hardy, they are very good, talented ...
GS: You have internal rivalries, like sitting there and thinking that this girl came up to him. Oh, Leo was approached by 5 girls, but only two approached me? Are you beginning to doubt your own worth?
DB: No, I'm glad that 5 women go to him, and only two - to me!
GS: Really?
DB: To tell you the truth, when a lot of women come up to you, it just seems like all your dreams have come true, in fact, it can be very annoying, because sometimes you just want to talk, and every time you turn around, they try get into the conversation. I am sometimes surprised, men, of course, pigs sometimes, but what women allow themselves is terrible, they insult each other and all that ...

GS: When you go out together, the one who pays for everything is Leo, because he's kind of in charge, no, well, who paid for everything that night in Miami?
JB: No, none of us paid that night!
GS-R ( together): everything was free?
DB: We were all there for some kind of event and everything was sponsored ...
GS: open bar - Open bar?
DB: Yes, free Coke all night for me!
GS: You're dating this girl, you can't do anything!
DB: Yes, it was difficult for me!
GS: You should have made Mel pay for everything!
R: But there was nothing to pay for!!!
GS: Even for dinner? He had to pay for everything! It's him who wants to please everyone, you don't need these problems!

GS: This is the life, this is the life!
DB: What do you mean, whose?
GS: Yours, of course!
DB: Do you have anything to drink, water or something?
GS: Now I'll bring you water!
R: You know, I'm sitting here and thinking that his life is like in the program Bachelor Bachelor!
GS: Yes, you're definitely a bachelor, it's unbelievable, it's like 40 girls are competing for this guy!
DB: I should probably write it down, sounds funny!
GS: I can talk to you all day long! You have such a life, we just talked for 1.5 hours.
DB: It can't be!
GS: Yes, yes it's 9:24 and we started at 8.
DB: OMG!
GS: Let's go to your house, let's try on hats! Come on, we're with you, two men!
R: He doesn't want to try on hats with you!
GS: Yes, yes... yes, it's certainly great when the relationship is great, especially in the beginning, you just met a girl, trying on hats at 7 in the morning! And then there comes a time when everything goes wrong, and you start thinking: well, how I tried on hats with her until seven in the morning!
DB: Yes, yes
GS: Let's hope that doesn't happen!
DB: I hope so too, but we've already had cases!
GS: Already? Oh my God!
JB: She's hot! She's very smart, very proud...
GS: Well you understand that a girl who looks like her will come to you and say that I don't want to waste time with you! We are dating whole year Now I want to get married! Why should I sit and wait for you... and this is going to be the hard part...
DB: Well it's been 10 months and she hasn't spoken about it yet!
GS: Well she's 25, but maybe she doesn't want to get married yet!
DB: Yes.
GS: You know what you're doing! Crap! You interrupt the whole...
R: Well, yes, he is already taught!
GS: He must have been visiting Clooney and learned there! Clooney is a coach! We can talk all day! Movie! I will definitely watch this movie!
DB:( laughs)
R: I'm really looking forward to this movie too!
DB: Yes, the film turned out fantastic, we have almost 100% positive reviews ...
GS: And how much will you get after the rental?
DB: I won't tell you!
GS: Of course you received sums for the role, and how much do you usually get paid?
DB: I won't tell!
GS: What do you mean you won't tell?
DB: I can't believe how much I've been telling you here and I almost told you! And it's a radio!!!
GS: Well, yes, but the quota is everything, isn't it?
DB: Probably not as much as you think!
GS: 2 million something?
DB: No, more than...
GS: Well, that's what I thought!
R: You insult him!!!
GS: Well, I don't know, 5 million?
DB: I'm not saying...
GS: I would think that for Gerard Butler, at least 5 million per film!
DB: Maybe...
GS: Good...
DB: Ahh, after commissions and taxes….
GS: How many houses do you have?
DB: Actually 4, but...
GS: You see!!!
DB: 2 small houses, and also the land on which my parents' house is built is also mine! They have a house, and I have land, so I can put them out of there at any time!
Oh, today is my mother's birthday, she is 70 years old!!!
GS: Happy birthday mom!
DB: She's in Florida now!
GS: Boca Beach Club?
DB: No, she goes there with my stepfather every year. They usually go for 2 months, for almost 6-7 years, they go to the Villages, everyone over 65 is there, all kinds of clubs for entertainment, they have aerobics, golf, and much more ...
R: Why do older people want to do all this?
DB: They want to do something!
GS: And all I want to do is sleep and not get out of bed and eat, that's what I want to do...
DB: And you know what they did, they went kayaking and I get a message: Me and Cathy ( Kathy Butler's aunt) go kayaking, 5 miles. And I didn't answer, but I thought, 5 miles is crazy, and the next day, we got a long e-mail, they almost drowned. They rolled over and my aunt had a panic attack, the kayak was swept away by the water, they were holding on to the rope, my mom was yelling: Cathy, do something, and within 5 minutes she was in a panic...
GS: Villages will kill your parents!!! And your aunt!
DB: They went down the river, you can imagine.
GS-DB: crazy!!!
Someone: I saw a video on CBSNews about this place, everyone there has a golf cart and they remake them all, they look unique...
GS: And it's called Century Villages?
somebody<ДБ: Нет, они называются The Villages, и сейчас они перестали арендовать дома на 2 месяца, минимум теперь 3, и моя мама, которая терпеть не может быть там дольше 2-х месяцев, говорит: если я плачУ за 3 месяца, то я останусь на 3! Я ей говорю: я плачу, а она говорит, нет, это из-за принципов, раз платим за 3, значит, останемся на 3!
GS: So she's torturing herself now, great! That's it, you told me about everything, about a beautiful girlfriend, about rehab, even about Brandi, we learned that you are 11 out of 10 as a lover!
DB: Yes...
GS: And I hate you for it!
R: And all this with a small, thin penis!
GS: Lots of very oral sex with women then!! 11 out of 10 means you are doing something right!
DB: My tongue is not very long, but thick...
GS: I got an 11 once from a woman, but it was 11 out of 100, I'm not kidding, it's the only 11 I've ever got...
R-GS: That was the highest mark in your life!
GS: Gerard Butler is a good guy, great guy, funny, friends with Mel Gibson, Leo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, see what's going on! They are all together, the drinks are free, the women are annoying, he can heal you, and if he touches you with his hand, your head will tingle…
DB: I don't think I ever said that on your show. Coming from India, after having so much energy poured into you, you know what seems crazy? I started to feel very strange, the next day I went to Hawaii for a press tour, and I felt sick, the doctor came and checked me, checked my pulse, and my heart, what is it called when the heart rate is disturbed?
R: Arrhythmia?
DB: Yes, my heart rate went up to 170, because of all this energy, it never happened to me, not before and not after that, and they had to take an injection ...
I told the nurse that I couldn’t have such a pulse, and she said yes, blah blah, she gave me an injection, I even felt weak, even sitting, and many would say this is nonsense, but this has never happened to me ... This story not ( something but something like that doesn't paint a good picture of India).
GS: Oh no, I would never go there ( to India), they bathe in the water there, go to the toilet, die in the water, and then they drink water there ... Did you drink this water?
DB: Yes, I rode a motorcycle in the Himalayas, along the Ganges. And when we went up, the water was fresher, more beautiful, the tigers were on the other side of the river, one man came up to me with a bottle of water, offered me ... I said that I couldn’t, and he said no, no, this water is good , it must be an Indian accent, and I drank it.

And that night we went up the mountain, we put up a tent and I felt so bad I won’t tell you what happened in the car, it took me 1.5 days to get home, I was sick for a whole month…
R: Oh, what a horror...
GS: You should never drink that fucking Indian water!!!
DB: Yes, but we were already high in the mountains, the higher we climbed, we met Indian villages along the way, and they go to the toilet in the water, but ...
GS: Yeah, you can't drink water.
DB: Yes, but we were in the Himalayas… We also swam in Varanasi, where the troupes are burned, and the river slows down, but it is very dirty, it was an unusual experience, you go to Varanasi, it seems that you took ecstasy, it was the best day in my life...
GS: Really?! Omg! You better slow it all down a bit...
R -> GS: And you laugh at me, laugh at him, he needs to control himself!!
JB: Basically I'm kind of slowing down with everything right now..
GS: Yes, it's better to stay at home! OK, OK, we can talk for another two hours, just to find out what happened in the car in India.
R: Yes, exactly!
GS: What happened, you passed out and women jumped on you ( did not understand further). I can't even imagine! Yes, I need to spend more time with you, with Leo and others ...
DB: Yes, I do, I like you, you're super ...
GS: Well, at least I'll come to you, try on hats... Look at your collection of hats. What happened?
DB: Gerard has to go...
GS: Of course he has to go, he's been here for two days... Let's just mention the movie, Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen, this is where those f***ing North Koreans attack us, our president, and who saves him... Gerard Butler! In theaters on March 22! And you can follow Gerard on Twitter!
R: Do you need more followers?
GS: He doesn't need more!
DB: I have to say that I am very proud of this film!
GS-R: We are very much looking forward to it!
DB: You really witness the attack, everyone who watched said that when you watch this movie, it's amazing, I couldn't breathe until the end of the movie. I would like you to watch this movie.
GS: I'll see...
DB: And thanks for supporting Machine Gun Preacher, that was….
GS:-R: Loved that movie! Okay, let's go back to your ideal life, back to Leo, I'll be sitting here hosting this stupid show!
DB: Well I've been here, now I'm going to Kelly and Michael's where I'm already late, and then I'm going to Piers Morgan! So it's a crazy day!
GS: Well, have fun! Don't be too pretty and touch my head before you leave! Maybe you can do something with my face!
R: Give him blessings...
GS: Gerard Butler gives me a blessing, touches my head and his face goes over to me!!! And he will look like me! Here! And there will be no more films, no more 5 million royalties, Gerard Butler, thank you!
DB: thanks!

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Gerard became the third child in the family of Margaret (née Hunton) and Edward Butler (he has a brother and sister). When he was 6 months old, the family moved to Montreal (Canada), where his father made several attempts to create his own business. However, all his efforts ended in failure, and he blamed his wife and children for all failures. Margaret could not stand it and filed for divorce. In 1971, together with her children, she returned to Scotland in her hometown of Paisley, where she soon remarried. Paisley was the place where Gerard Butler grew up throughout his childhood. Since they lived not far from the cinema, Gerard loved to go there with his mother, and Magic world cinema fascinated him. Once he managed to persuade his mother to take him to a couple of auditions. After some time, Gerard began to play in the Scottish Youth Theater, and at the age of twelve he received no big role street boy Oliver in the production of the same name Royal Theater Glasgow. But Margaret did not approve of her son's passion for the stage and believed that he should get a good profession. However, playing on stage did not prevent Gerard from being the best student in the class. But, when the question arose about choosing a specialty, Gerard, in order not to upset his parents, entered the college at the University of Glasgow at the Faculty of Law. Here, too, he turned out to be one of the best students and was elected president of the student law society . But immediately after graduation, he goes to Los Angeles to try his luck in the acting profession. But the dreams of a fast acting career have remained dreams. The only thing that he managed to achieve in a year and a half of screen tests was the role of an extra in the film "The Bodyguard". At this time, he learns that his father has cancer and goes to Canada. It has been 14 years since Gerard last saw his father. Edward Butler dies in his son's arms, and after the funeral, Gerard returns to Scotland. He joins Morton Frazer, one of Edinburgh's largest law firms, for a two-year internship. There he met Alan Stewart, who became his friend and played a very important role in his life. Gerard was making progress in his work, but he never got a taste for it. Work from nine to five, routine and hopelessness oppressed him. Even participation in the rock group Speed, organized with the help of Alan, did not save. A prolonged depression began, and Gerard became addicted to alcohol [source?]. Friends more than once pulled him literally from under the wheels of cars and repeatedly saw him banging his head against the wall in impotent rage. He often woke up with severe cuts, bruises and lacerations on his body, but could not remember how he received them. One day he woke up on the roof of a skyscraper from the shouting of his friend Alan. Gerard couldn't remember how he got to the top, and the arrival of his friend saved him from the last step into the void. At some point, he became interested in nothing but drinking and he drank with everyone who could keep him company. Drinking almost ruined his life and career. A week before the end of the internship, Gerard was fired from his job. In Edinburgh, on the stage of the Fringe Festival, Gerard saw the play "Trainspotting" and finally realized that he had chosen the wrong profession. Two days after his dismissal, he went to London in search of acting happiness. But even in London, no one was in a hurry to open doors for him. He had to change several professions, from a waiter to a wind-up toy demonstrator, before he got a job at London's Marmaid Theater, but even then only as a casting assistant for a production of Shakespeare's play Coriolanus. This production was directed by Steven Birkoff, who was approached by Butler one day in a cafe to ask for an audition. Impressed by his boldness, Birkoff agreed, and in doing so, Butler landed his first professional acting role. And after some time, he plays a leading role in Ireland in the production of Trainspotting, which he had previously admired from the auditorium. Filmography. Mrs Brown Brown Archie Brown 1997 "Tomorrow Never Dies" Tomorrow Never Dies sailor 1997 "The Mummy: Prince of Egypt" Tale of the Mummy Burke 1998 Fast Food Jaco Fast Food 1998 Little White Lies Peter 1998
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star Marty Claymore 1998 The Cherry Orchard Yasha 1999 One More Kiss one more Kiss Sam 1999 Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married Gus 1999 Harrison's Flowers Chris Kamack, photojournalist 2000
Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 Count Dracula 2000
Attila Attila Attila 2001
Diamond of the Sahara Jewel of the Sahara Captain Charles Bellamy 2001 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Tim Bolton 2001
"Power of Fire" Reign of Fire Creedy 2002
Shooters Shooters Jackie Jr. 2002 The Jury The Jury Johnny Donny 2002 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Terry Sheridan 2003 Timeline Timeline Andre Marek 2003 Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera Phantom 2004 The Game of Their Lives Frank Borgi 2005 Dear Frankie Dear Frankie Stranger 2005 Beowulf & Grendel Beowulf & Grendel Beowulf 2006 "Redemption" Butterfly on a Wheel Neil Randall 2007 "300 Spartans" 300 King Leonidas I 2007 "P.S. I love you P.S. I Love You Jerry Kennedy 2007 Nim's Island Jack Russo, Alex Rover 2008 RocknRolla One-Two 2008 Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter Sailor (voice) 2009 The Ugly Truth Mike Chadway 2009 "Gamer" Gamer Cable/John Tillman 2009
Law Abiding Citizen Clyde Shelton 2009 How to Train Your Dragon Stoick the Vast (voice) 2010 Bounty Hunter Milo Boyd 2010 Burns Burns Robert Burns 2010 Coriolanus Tullus Aufidius 2010 "Peter Farrelly/Charles Wessler Unknown Project" Chaun 2010 "The Untouchables: Capone Rising" Untouchables: Capone Rising Jimmy Malone 2012 Personal life For many years, Butler does not take alcohol (even beer) in his mouth. He loves coffee and coca-cola. He also never returned to a legal career and says that even now he never reads his contracts, but simply signs them. Which, however, in his own words, does not prevent him from being "a Hollywood actor who has the least shooting hours in the contract." Despite his current over-demand, Gerard is lonely in his personal life, although rumors about his romances with various stars constantly arise. Butler's only official girlfriend so far is his former assistant Tonya, their romance lasted for two years.
Gerard receives millions of royalties and does not suffer at all star disease. In addition, he is amazingly careful and kind to his fans. He is always ready to give an autograph and take a photo for memory, even if the fan turns out to be the 100th in a row that day. In October 2008, together with Mark Ronson (producer Amy Winehouse) and Julian Casablancas (vocalist of The Strobes), he opened the restaurant "Sheen" in Los Angeles.

Gerard Butler - famous actor cinema from Scotland. The family, biography, personal life and children of Gerard Butler are many reasons for gossip and interesting facts that you can find in this article.

• Real name: Gerard James Butler
• Date of birth: 11/13/1969
• Zodiac sign: Scorpio
• Height: 188 centimeters
• Weight: 91 kilograms
• Shoe size: 44 (EUR)
• Eyes and hair color: Blue, brunette.

Despite the fact that the actor was born in Scotland when he was six months old, Gerard Butler's family moved to Montreal. The boy's parents wanted to organize their own business there, but soon divorced. Little Gerard stayed with his mother, and they soon returned to their homeland.

Since their family lived not far from the local theater, the grown-up Butler regularly dropped in there and even participated in some productions. At school, he was also a diligent student and did well in various subjects. Despite this, the mother was not enthusiastic about her son's hobbies. When it came time to choose a further place of study, Gerard agreed to study law so as not to upset his family.

As in school, at the university Butler was one of the best students and even became the head of the student society of lawyers.

First failures

Despite the successful completion of the university, he still decided to go to Los Angeles to try to become an actor. Unfortunately, Gerard's dreams did not come true. After spending a year and a half of his life on numerous screen tests, he achieved only one role, in the film "The Bodyguard".

A string of career failures continued with terrible news for the young man: his father was diagnosed with cancer. By that time, our hero had not seen own father. After the funeral, the failed actor went to Scotland.

Although a legal career and a nine-to-five job did not bring him much pleasure, he got a job in a large firm and found an ally - Alan Stewart. Together they went through a lot, and Alan tried to save Butler from discouragement after work. They started a rock band called "Speed", but that didn't really make Gerard happy.

Despondency grew, and the actor began to have problems with alcohol. His friends literally saved his life more than once, pulling him out of dangerous situations. Alcohol replaced everything for him, so a week before the completion of an internship at a law firm, our hero was fired.

The first steps to an acting career

The man finally realized that he was created for acting career when I saw with my own eyes the play "Trainspotting". He saw the production in Edinburgh, and a few days later he arrived in London to try his luck again becoming a professional actor. Before he was noticed, he had a chance to try many ways to earn a living: a waiter, a salesman, an ordinary assistant in the theater. However, after some time, not without his courage and even some impudence, Butler was noticed and invited to audition. He managed to become the central actor in the production of "Trainspotting" in Ireland, although before that he could only admire her.

Gerard Butler's career debut was marked by the premiere of Her Majesty Mrs. Brown. After that, he was regularly invited to the role, and he appeared in such films as "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Saving Harrison", "Arrows", "Attila the Conqueror", "The Mummy: Prince of Egypt", "Dracula 2000" and many others.

Of course, many of these paintings were not very successful, but he was already noticed and remembered. An important milestone for the actor there were shootings in the 2006 film "300 Spartans", where he played not last role. This was followed by several more serious works, thanks to which Gerard Butler gained popularity.

Stormy romances

Gerard's personal life is surrounded by mysteries and, of course, the paparazzi often caught him with new passions. There were rumors that he dated Rosario Dawson in 2007. Gerard Butler and his girlfriend appeared together at social events, but it is not certain that they were in a relationship.

After Dawson, the personal life of this talented man was connected with Shanna Moakler. This happened in 2008, but Gerard Butler did not confirm these rumors in an interview about his personal life.

In 2010, Butler had an affair with Jennifer Aniston. Although they kept their relationship hidden, it soon became clear. Since they have been seen several times in a very spicy moments, there was no point in denying this relationship.

This was followed by a whole string of relationships with Gerard Butler in his personal life: an affair with Beatriz Coelho in 2010, in the same year with Lori Koleva, then with Martina Raich and Brandi Glanvile in 2012. On this short-term novels of the actor were completed.

In 2013, Butler met model Madalina Ghenea. In an interview, he said that they got together while working on the film Olympus Has Fallen.

Gerard and Madalina Ghenea are dating to this day. His mother sincerely wants grandchildren, and she really likes Gerard's failed wife. The actor's mother, Margaret, has long been waiting for the moment when he proposes to his girlfriend. The man has already officially introduced his mother to his girlfriend for Christmas.

Despite the fact that in 2016 Gerard Butler's personal life was surrounded by all sorts of speculation about whether he broke up with Madalina, last news Butler's personal life shows that the couple were happily vacationing in Rome. They took pictures, hugged and romantically walked around the city.

Like this interesting life with an enviable famous fiance! Who knows - perhaps soon this talented man will finally say goodbye to the remnants of his bachelor life.

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He trained as a lawyer and became an actor. He started his career at 25, and at 43 he is not yet married - and he himself is surprised by this. Interview with Gerard Butler, for whom there is no concept of "late" and who sees happiness only in the present.

His assistant is a sweet, discreet-looking middle-aged woman. It is she who opens the door to my London hotel room, where our interview is scheduled. The usual star practice is to rent a luxurious suite in a five-star hotel for meetings with journalists, and all conversations take place officially, even somewhat official, with an indispensable agency condition not to ask the star "questions personal nature". This means that asking about wives, lovers or, God forbid, children is not allowed under pain of being expelled from the suite. And it even surprises me that Butler's assistant does not say anything to me in the usual inflexible tone in such cases. I even clarify: what if I ask about something ... so to speak ... well, not very about cinema. She shrugs, "Ask whatever you want, Jerry doesn't hide anything from anyone." Nothing from anyone?! It just doesn’t happen that way: perhaps the main concern of the stars is to hide something from annoying journalists…

But when "Jerry" walks out of the next room, I understand what was behind the assistant's reaction. Gerard Butler does not at all give the impression of a soul wide open. But he gives the impression of a man of exceptional strength. Height not less than 190 cm, clarity of facial features, open look light, transparent gray-green eyes. Antique to become - not without reason it was he who was chosen for the role of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's 300 Spartans. Decisiveness of movements - of course, he was the conqueror Attila in the television series of the same name. Genuine cordiality to the interlocutor - and who else could play in the most piercing, most touching? Even the impersonal design suite seems to be illuminated when it appears. warm light. Next to Gerard Butler you feel comfortable and protected. And now I will never agree when he is called a "sex symbol". If he is a symbol of anything, it is true masculinity. It's all about her. It's about her.

Dates

• 1969 Born in Paisley, Scotland to Edward and Margaret Butler.
• 1991 Graduates from the University of Glasgow in Law.
• 1996 Debut in Stephen Berkoff's Coriolanus (Mermaid Theatre, London).
• 1997 Film debut - "Mrs. Brown" by John Madden.
• 2007 "300 Spartans" by Zack Snyder.
• 2007P. S. I love you” by Richard Lagravenese.
• 2010 "Headhunter" by Andy Tennant.
• 2011 Filmed in the exotic film project Movie 43, which consists of 25 mini-novels directed by 12 directors and employing 25 world-famous stars.

Gerard Butler at the premiere of "Machine Gun Preacher" in Los Angeles, 2011.

psychology: The name that your new film received in the Russian box office - "A Man in Hot Demand" - seems to match your image in the cinema and in public consciousness. Emphasized masculinity, masculinity - to what extent does this “trademark” correspond to the real you?

Gerard Butler:

Secrets of trademarks are not disclosed! But if you are asking seriously...then the answer will still sound frivolous. The fact is that here in Scotland I am a completely ordinary person, an absolutely average Scot. So I myself was amazed that in America, in this very masculinity, supposedly characteristic of me, people see a peculiarity and ... strange, but special attractiveness. Well, her cinema in me and exploits. Moreover, I do not put any negative meaning into the word "exploitation". I do not want to sound like a cynic, but we all enter the life market with our product. And such is the harsh truth of life that the product that I could initially offer was, yes, masculinity, italicized in the general “movie text”. But it happened by itself, without my conscious participation. I'm used to a different feeling. At home in Glasgow, I was just a "male person" to myself.

But is there something behind the concept of "masculinity" for you?

J.B.:

Perhaps the lack of flimsy ambivalence, unambiguity. That is honesty with life, with others. Perhaps it is my Scottish speaking in me - we are confidently standing with both feet on the ground. When we laugh, we really laugh. In grief, we can cry, because we really experience grief. We always look into our eyes. We make a decision once. We have no hindsight. Stones in the bosom - too. It turns out that this is such masculinity, which can be characteristic of women. Even more: masculinity is especially characteristic of women. And in this sense, I am a convinced feminist.

In what sense exactly?

J.B.:

I don't see any difference between people based on gender. For me, there are no prescribed roles for women and men in society. Moreover, in the modern world, gender is increasingly becoming a subject of free choice. What I don’t believe in at all is this: a man is a hunter and protector, a woman is weak and must certainly be endowed with a maternal instinct.

“I DON'T WANT TO LOOK CYNIC, BUT WE ALL ENTER THE MARKET OF LIFE WITH OUR PRODUCT”

So you're not a defender?

J.B.:

I am definitely a protector. But not because I'm a man. I am a defender simply because I am stronger than many.

But you are not shy about your weaknesses - you recently went to a drug treatment clinic and then talked about it in detail.

J.B.:

I am convinced that not being ashamed of your weaknesses, not hiding problems is a sign of strength. It is what it is. And there's nothing to hide. I really ended up addicted to painkillers after two injuries: one old, received on the set of "300 Spartans", the second - a new one, hit the rocks during the filming of "Wave Breakers", I'm a surfer there. Well, the old Scottish fondness for old Scotch whiskey is no joke either. But if you decided to fight a painful addiction, then you told yourself that you were addicted. And sometimes confessing something publicly is the only way to get yourself to admit it.

You said you could cry. And I somehow badly represent you in tears.

J.B.:

And in vain. Sometimes it seems to me that I consist of extremes: either I have a reinforced concrete frame and I show unique perseverance or mutton stubbornness, or I melt like a chocolate bar, especially under a woman’s gaze ...

Starring

In the near future, two films with Gerard Butler will be released on our screens.

Gerard Butler in the movie "Wave Breakers", 2012

Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel in 'The Hot Man'

Your parents divorced, you grew up in the so-called incomplete family, with Mother...

J.B.:

Yes, I was one and a half years old when they broke up. My father, as I later found out, was an amazing, immensely charming, cheerful, generous and completely irresponsible person. I saw him again when I was already 16. I returned from school, and my mother says: father is waiting for you in a restaurant not far from our house. He came to the restaurant and recognized his father only by his sister next to him - she was sitting with him at the table. The only thing I could say then was: “Why were you not with us all these years?” And then I cried for three hours ... In any case, then I felt that in us ... how to say it ... pain is preserved. Unspoken, unmanifested pain, resentment can sit in us for years. And it's good if they splash out sometime in tears. Bitterness is worse. It was then that I instinctively came to the conclusion that feelings should be given vent. It's healthier and more honest. Yes, my mom is like that too. Real fighter. Sometimes, it happens, I say: come on, mom, to hell with it. But she - no, she doesn’t let anyone down and is not afraid of a direct skirmish. This, of course, is a character, but also a completely conscious position too - honesty in relations with the world.

Does her opinion mean a lot to you?

J.B.:

And it always has and always will. Anyway, when I was kicked out of a high-profile law firm in disgrace, she was the only person I didn't know how to say that to. And not because he was afraid of her condemnation. The fact is that it was a failure of the positive program, as they say in psychological brochures. I was an honors student in school, received a scholarship to the law faculty of the University of Glasgow. And at the same time, our family is actually from the working class, and my admission to law school became something like “Wow, one of ours at the university!”. That is, I always wanted to become an actor, even played in the Scottish youth theater teenager. But as a matter of life ... The Scottish actor was then alone in the whole world - Sean Connery ... In a word, I decided to achieve the real. At the university, he practically shone, even became president of the Faculty Law Society. And after university, I was hired as an intern at a serious Edinburgh law firm with an established reputation, centuries-old, I must say. I was supposed to go through a two-year internship, after which I would receive a work license and be accepted into the same firm - these are the rails of a lawyer career. But something in me clicked, twisted and… broke. I was 24, success turned my head, parties began before breakfast, I was arrested a couple of times for “hooliganism” - I loved to fight ... In general, a week before I qualified as a lawyer, I was fired to hell, and quite deservedly so. Of course, I survived the shock - before that I was a permanent winner. In addition, the Edinburgh Festival was on, and I was at the play Trainspotting based on the Irvine Welsh novel, which later became the Danny Boyle film Trainspotting. The guy who played the lead was just phenomenal. He moved so freely, so easily fell into hysterics, so masterfully portrayed glitches ... And I sharply, piercingly, painfully felt that I could be there, on stage. But everything is lost, I’m 25, I didn’t become an actor and I won’t anymore, and I was fired even from lawyers ... I know what it is to feel lost, to become unreasonably aggressive ... And at the same time, nothing scared me more than the need to say about your ruined mother! I was afraid of upsetting her and afraid of her disappointment. And when I said it, I realized that it would not be worse, and now I can do everything. Then he told his mother that he nevertheless decided to become an actor, and moved from Edinburgh to London. And the failure actually turned out to be a success. Although at first I worked in the kitchens of restaurants, as a waiter, I showed in malls how electric toys work. The top of my occupation at the time was telesalesman at the Sofa Store.

“FEELINGS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVE OUT: SO HEALTHY AND HONEST. BITTERNESS WORSE"

But what was your mother's reaction?

J.B.:

I thought for a long time that she was judging me, that I really disappointed her. But two months later I received a letter: "If you are happy, I will be proud of you."

You are 43 - and many are wondering why you are not married and not even seen in any serious relationship ...

J.B.:

I just have a talent - a talent for keeping my secrets. There were relationships that lasted 5 years, 2 years, and no one, not a single tabloid found out about them. But they vying with each other wrote about Jennifer Aniston, they depend much less on age, Hilary Swank and about 50 other actresses with whom I starred, or just acquaintances with whom I spoke at an official reception - that's where I have a passionate romance ... But You know, about three years ago, when a new acquaintance asked me if I was married, and I answered that no, I was not married, the person usually said: well, you are still young. And now I noticed that people react more with surprise, like - why is that? Yes, I myself now react to this fact with surprise.

And yet - do you feel happy?

J.B.:

In my opinion, happiness is if we live now, right now, realizing that only our present is real ... I would like to live in a stream of happiness. The happiness of feeling the reality of your existence. I think now I finally stopped living only work. Drove the Harley through the southern states. Learned to surf. I played football with my nephews… But I’m listening to myself now… God, what an idiot I am! I drove, studied, played ... Where am I running?

Three Strange Places He Has Been

Los Angeles County Jail, where he ended up "drinking" during a year-long trip to America after graduation and where he was chained with eight of the same hooligans.

Betty Ford Center for Alcohol and Drug Addicts, where, Butler admits, “they stimulate the desire to escape from there as soon as possible - everything is so balanced, so aesthetically pleasing, the interiors are admired there, and the landscapes are intoxicating ... And therefore I want to recover as soon as possible and return from this puppet world into the real one.

Poor suburbs of Johannesburg (South Africa), the so-called townships, where Butler starred in Mark Forster's Machine Gun Preacher, where dwellings are sometimes built from cardboard boxes and where, according to the actor, "perhaps the poorest, but undoubtedly the most open people in the world".

Text: Victoria Belopolskaya