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Matt Dillon in Living Color
Matt Dillon Speaks
On what really scares him:
"It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle. I felt misunderstood. There were certain perceptions that people had of me, you know… 'He's dumb,' or 'he's just got a pretty face,' or 'he's a thug,' or 'he can only do one thing.' I'm not so concerned with that now. Longevity's what it's about."
On what he says to himself:
"I give myself pep talks. I say, 'You can do it, Matt!' It's like I need a partner in crime."
On his appetite and his ego:
"Do you think the two are opposites? I think you need both for your job and your life. I have a healthy ego. I'm a seeker, which is why I'm never completely happy. I'm always looking for the next thing. It's funny, when I was between apartments a few years ago, living in hotels, I had a huge appetite. I think it was because I didn't have a home, a base. So food somehow became a home for me."
On the rumors about his sexual preferences:
"Well, it hasn't come up much with me, and most of the time it has - like, one or two times - somebody says that to me and I'm like, 'Do I seem like the kind of guys who would… well… you know?' I mean, I don't know where that comes from. Then I say, 'Is it something I project?' and most people go, 'No way! Nobody thinks that.'"
On his car, a 1967 GTO (with automatic transmission):
"This is the problem: You get a car like this, immediately you have to get into a discussion about 'What do you have underneath the hood?' I'm like, 'Look man, you want me to open it? It's an engine, man.' They start talking about valves, carburetors, and I'm like, 'It's an engine.' (I bought the car) because I like the way it looked. It was a beautiful car. But it was cursed, too, because it was constantly in the shop, and it was just a big headache."
On things he considers beautiful:
"I think the Roman Notes by Cy Twombly. I have a little wood carving of a Burmese figure, a man lying down with his head on his arms, which is supposed to hang over the door - I think that is beautiful. I think things are beautiful that are rustic, like Walker Evans photographs of Havana in the '30s. I have a Weegee photograph that is cool, because he wrote all over it - it's like a bohemian beatnik thing: SATURDAY NIGHT BEER PARTY, HOT TIME IN A COLD WATER FLAT. Then there's running in the park. Central Park is a beautiful thing. Hydrangea flowers. I have these pink Creepers I got in the East Village and they are beautiful."
On ways in which he's expressed his anger:
"Have I hit walls? Yes, I have… What I have done is I've thrown telephones across the room. I had a box of telephones that I wrecked. I didn't know what to do with them. That was a long time ago. I'm much better now."
On the type of books he reads:
"It's good to read books with protagonists that are sort of at your age and the same… I guess I am not interested in reading books about people where everything is just going great."
On why he enjoys running:
"I need that kind of therapy or else I feel like I'd explode."
On his "geekiness":
"I'm really not afraid of that side of me… Actually, I'm totally in touch. I'm totally in touch with my… inner dork."
On the easiest way to piss him off:
"Tell me to relax. You know, re-lax sort of thing."
On mathematics:
"I'm not good in math."
On his dark moods:
"Yeah, right. Dark Matt. People are just looking for an angle instead of being truthful."
On what he'd like to call his memoirs:
"Songs My Mother Didn't Teach Me."
For other excerpts from interviews with Matt Dillon, be sure to visit the
Matt Dillon - The Internet Shrine when you're through.
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