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Gerard Butler Interview at the Golden Globe Awards 2012

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:50:02 GMT

Gerard Butler attended the Golden Globe Awards 2012 at the Beverly Hilton hotel on January 15th 2012.

Here is a Gerard Butler interview for the fans, where he talks about his near death experience, when he had a surfing accident while shooting his latest movie 'Of Men and Mavericks'.

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Gerard Butler interview - Gerard Butler is the Machine Gun Preacher

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Sat, 08 May 2010 22:40:00 GMT

This article follows our previous 2009 news report on Gerard Butler's upcoming movie 'Machine Gun Preacher '.

In an interview, Gerard Butler recently revealed more about this upcoming movie which is scheduled for release in 2012:

"It's an incredible story...Basically it's the story of-- this guy is still alive, I just spent time with him in Pennsylvania. His name is Sam Childers. He grew up a thug, a very violent guy. He was a drug dealer. And found god, found a new way. Started his own business...And then ends up down in Sudan, just goes down to stick some roofs on houses down there. He saw some of the most awful atrocities that were happening down there with these guerilla forces that would move in and kidnap the kids, kill the families. So he took it on himself to do something about it. Went back [to the United States], became a preacher in Pennsylvania, raises money and builds an orphanage down there to protect the kids and ends up joining forces with the southern Sudanese People's Liberation [Movement]..."Picks up a machine gun and is fighting the rebels with guns, grenades, machine guns in order to go and rescue some of these kids. He basically became a warrior and lived both-- he's still a preacher back in Pennsylvania and he's still a warrior down in [Sudan.]" Quote Gerard Butler.

In short, Gerard Butler plays the role of Sam Childers, who uses violence to fight violence, for a particular cause. The cause is to rescue children from guerilla forces. It is a story about politics and "justice".

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Gerard Butler Interview - Gerry talks about rejection

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:18:00 GMT

Above pictures: (1) Gerard Butler on the Jimmy Kimmel Show (2) Gerard Butler tries to impress th LA Lakers cheerleaders with a high kick.

Gerard Butler accepted an interview with Jimmy Kimmel on March 24th 2010.

Gerard Butler was greeted by a roaring crowd of Gerard Butler fans in the audience.

The interview touched on a broad range of subjects. The first subject was other famous Gerard Butlers, such as the soul singer and porn star. Jimmy joked that it would be nice to have the porn star on the show to.

Jimmy questioned whether it is good practice to promote two movies at the same time? Gerard Butler wasn't sure, but said it is hardwork. Gerard Butler revealed that in the last 3 weeks, he has doing about 50-60 interviews a day.

Jimmy noted that Gerard Butler has been traveling around the world to promote his movies. He then queried whether there are any countries that aren't worth visiting? Jimmy suggested Germany as a joke. Although the audience found that remark funny, Gerard Butler was smart not to neglect his German fans by saying that he likes Germany, in fact he recently won a Man of the Year Award from GQ Germany. Gerard Butler was very careful in his response because he values all his fans from around the world. He mentioned he will soon return to Paris, Berlin and Madrid to promote How to Train your dragon .

Jimmy Kimmel then asked Gerard Butler to reveal more about his restrictive diet. Gerard Butler mentioned that he went on a 16 days cleanse, and restricted himself to 500 calories a day. This involved measuring all his food portions with scales. For breakfast, he would have half a grapefruit and had to complete an intensive training program every day. Gerard Butler joked it was all rather depressing.

Jimmy then presented the audience with a picture of Gerard Butler eating a McDonalds. This had the audience in hysterical laughter. Jimmy then presented the audience with a picture of Gerard Butler with his leg up in the air, in front of the LA Lakers Cheerleaders (See picture above). Gerard butler explained that after the LA Lakers game, all the LA Lakers girls lined up to see him. He joked that he was one of the new cheerleaders and tried to do a kick and pulled his groin in the process.

Jimmy then moved onto the topic of rejection.

Gerard Butler revealed that he gets less attention now that he has a beard. He then spoke about his the girls who broke his heart when he was 15-16. Gerry screamed "Carol-Ann Nicole Clinton - bi*ch!" in a sudden outburst as he relived one of his childhood crushes.

He added, "She flirted outrageously with me... always pretending that we were boyfriend/girlfriend, until I made my huge attraction to her clear - at which point she said, 'I'm not the slightest bit interested,' and it killed me."

Gerard Butler then continued "This girl, Julie Morrison..., was the one you'd end up round the back of the bike sheds with... I'll never forget her walking up the stairs... and I said something to her and then I gave her a long, lingering look... and she looked at me and gave me these come-to-bed eyes."

Other heartbreakers that were mentioned were Caroline McLaughlin and Tracy Turner.

The closing subject was his latest movie How to train your dragon . Jimmy said the film looks great, and joked if it's much harder to do voice over in 3d?

The interview was very entertaining for the audience.

However Gerard Butler realized that he was wrong to name-check his teenage crushes on US TV. Gerard Butler personally apologized to the women in concern by insisting that his comments were just for fun.

In an interview, Julie Morrison quoted:

"I have known Gerry for 30 years and we are great pals. We will be great pals for another 30 years. What he said was typical Gerry - he is just a fun, mischievous, cheeky chappy kind of guy... What he said has been misconstrued. He was making lighthearted comments to amuse an audience. None of it was meant to be taken seriously. I know Gerry has been shocked by how people have painted him out to be a bad guy and he got his lawyers involved. I keep in touch with him but I was surprised to get the call out of the blue. He just told me what I knew - that it was a bit of fun...I had never even heard of the show let alone seen it so I was really surprised by this. I have people phoning me up to see if I'm OK about it but it was just a good laugh. I am not in the least offended... It was hysterical and I'm not taking anything to heart." Julie Morrisson quote. 2010.

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Gerard Butler News - Ellen puts her face on Gerry's kilt

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:23:00 GMT

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Above: Ellen puts her face on Gerrys Kilt. Ellen dresses her 300 action man, and bends over to grab some panties.

Gerard Butler appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 24/3/2010.

A broad range of topics were discussed during the 10 minute interview.

Gerard Butler spoke about his experience as a prsenter at the Oscars and the Golden Globe Awards .

Gerard Butler spoke about his travels, such as Brazil , India and Iceland.

Gerry revealed that some of his worldly adventures have been unpredictable, risky and also exciting. Gerry was very keen to talk about his experience in Iceland where he visited the country to film Beowulf and Grendel back in 2005.

"We were in a place one time and, literally, if something had gone wrong, we would not have been found for months...Halle... wanted to go and find this warm spring and they had to literally climb over these mountain tops to get there on this ground that just gave way, because it was all just volcanic ash. It was dark and they didn't come back and I thought, 'Oh, they're dead, and I'm dead. I'm stuck here...And then we go to start the car and the battery had died... We were stuck there for a day and a half and then Halle ended up going on this jaunt... He disappeared for a day and came back with a battery. He's one of these guys who's like, 'Anything is possible'."

Gerard Butler then described witnessing the Northern lights going off in the sky, was one of the most beautiful and memorable moments of his life.

Ellen was very direct in terms of representing her audience. For example, she queried whether Gerard Butler had a girlfriend ? Gerard Butler smiled at her question and revealed that he remains single. Ellen then quickly mentioned that Mary from the audience is a HUGE Gerard Butler fan , and quickly introduced them.

Towards the end of the interview, Ellen presented Gerard Butler with a Kilt with her face on it. Ellen wrapped her arms around Gerard Butler's waist as she dressed the 300 action man. She then bent over to reveal a pair of Ellen panties. We have captured both moments on camera and have displayed them in this article.

Gerard Butler ended the interview by mentioning two recent film projects: How to train your dragon and The Bounty Hunter .

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Gerard Butler News - Gerard Butler resembles a gremlin

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:02:00 GMT

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Above: Gerard Butler resembles a Gremlin as he stands in front of a dragon display at the How to train your dragon premiere

Gerard Butler resembled a Gremlin as he stood in front of a Dragon Poster at the How to train your dragon film premiere at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on March 21st 2010.

We have added How to train your dragon film premiere photos to our Gerard Butler Picture Gallery . The pictures reflect the UK and USA film premiere which took place on the 21st and 28th March 2010.

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Gerard Butler News - Gerard Butler has his cake and eats it...

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:03:00 GMT

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Above: Gerard Butler on Regis and Kelly Show March 18th 2010. Also holding the Rippa dancing award in his hand

Gerard Butler appeared on Regis and Kelly again on the 18th March 2010.

The opening topic, was Gerard Butler's new film, Coriolanus , and Gerard Butler's diet.

Regis the interviewer mentioned that Jennifer Aniston previously appeared on the show and mentioned that Gerard Butler was having enormous difficulty sticking to his diet. She revealed that he often cheated a bit with little cup cakes.

Gerard Butler confessed to having a weakness for cup cakes, but defended himself by saying Jennifer encouraged him to break his diet by sending him one cup cake after another.

Gerard Butler talked about his trip to Mexico to celebrate Jennifer Anistons birthday and highlighted that it was a group celebration.

Gerard Butler then spoke about the Governors ball, where he had the privilege to dine with Barbra Streisand.

The topic then moved onto Gerard Butlers home . Gerry described his home as a 'castle'. Regis joked that it was a place where Gerard Butler could potentially bring young girls. Gerard Butler laughed 'How young?', to which Regis answered, 68 year olds.

The audience was then introduced to his mother , who was sitting on the front row in the studio.

Gerry then spoke about his new film The Bounty Hunter .

Lastly, Gerard Butler was presented with a dancing award, for outstanding moves on the show. Click here to watch Gerard Butler 's previous dance performance on the Regis and Kelly show.

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Gerard Butler News - The missing wedding photos with Jennifer Aniston

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:37:00 GMT

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Above: Gerard Butler wore a leprechauns hat on St Patricks day 17/3/2010 as he approached the GMA studio. Gerard Butler at the Good Morning America studio 2010

Gerard Butler wore a leprachuan hat on St Patricks day on the 17/3/2010 as be approached the GMA Studio for a quick interview.

Gerard Butler managed to stay awake during the interview despite having no sleep the night before, due to an all night party. The party was in celebration of his latest film release: The Bounty Hunter .

It was revealed during the interview, that Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston were recently involved in a wedding photo shoot for publicity purposes.

Gerard Butler also revealed that he pulled a wedding prank on his mother, by telling her that he was marrying Jennifer Aniston. Jennifer Aniston took the hilarious opportunity to introduce herself on the phone, as her daughter-in-law.

Gerard Butler revealed that his mother was over-the-moon by this 'news'. He explained that his mother is desperate to get him married off.

When questioned by the interviewer, Gerard Butler confirmed that Jennifer Aniston has spoken to his mother a few times, and that they met the first time at a work function.

Gerard Butler also revealed that Jennifer Aniston and his mother have plans to stay in touch.

Although fans have desperately searched for the wedding photos of Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston online, they have not been able to find them. Some Gerard Butler fans believe the photos may never be released in the public eye, due to growing concerns on how the photos would damage Jennifer Aniston's long term reputation.

In a recent interview, Jennifer Aniston revealed:

“All this, that me and Gerry are in this fake relationship for the press of our movie, or the selling of it — it’s just so insulting,” Quote Jennifer Aniston GMTV Interview 2010.

Anyway, on Good Morning America, Gerard Butler spoke about other topics, including his golfing skills. Gerard Butler described his golfing skills as 'not bad'.

More interestingly, he revealed that he has a close relationship with his step father as they sometimes play golf together.

Gerard Butler then spoke about his role in a Charity called Artists for Peace and Justice.

Gerard Butler then described his thoughts on what would make an ideal date:

“I have a weird ideal first date. It’s either going to be something crazy like you end up jumping on a helicopter and going somewhere mad. Not necessarily a beautiful desert island. A soccer game or something fun! Or simply just walking… New York City is the best place to go on a date… until they invented paparazzi. It’s a little more difficult now.” Gerard Butler Quote GMA 2010

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Gerard Butler Interview with Jay Leno 2010 - Sofia Vergara demands Gerry to settle an upaid debt

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:16:00 GMT

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Above: Gerard Butler Sofia Vergara on Jay Leno's The Tonight show. Jay Leno with Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler accepted another interview with Jay Leno in March, on The Tonight Show.

He was later joined by Sofia Vergara, who was not pleased to see Gerard Butler because he still owed her $60 in cash.

Sofia Vergara revealed:

'He was a damsel in distress at the Chateau Marmont hotel and didn’t have money to pay the valet. I came down the stairs and I see this poor guy fighting with the valet guy and, you know, I speak Spanish and the valet is saying “This guy, he doesn’t have no money to pay... an actor!”.'

'So I gave him money for the valet and it wasn’t $60 but I didn’t want him to go all night without extra money so I gave him sixty. But that was, like, two years ago so now you owe me like $300!’

Gerard Butler was embarassed by the whole incident, and apologised for forgetting to pay her back.

The conversion was great entertainment value as the lines were definately not scripted!

The interview was brief, and included news on his latest film How to Train your dragon .

We have uploaded an introductory video clip of Gerard Butler with Jay Leno and Sofia Vergara; and a video clip of Gerard Butler singing The Doors song LA Woman on stage.

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Gerard Butler interview with Jay Leno Sofia Vergara

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Gerard Butler interview- Gerard Butler talks about Love bugs and his family

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Sat, 01 May 2010 14:47:00 GMT

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Above: Gerard Butler on the David Letterman's The Late Show. Also, Gerard Butler standing outside the studio March 15th 2010.

Gerard Butler accepted an interview with David Letterman, The Late Show on March the 15th, which was later aired on March 17th across the United states.

The paparazzi caught a quite glimpse of Gerard Butler as he arrived at The Late show Film Studio. See our Gerard Butler Picture Gallery for more pictures.

The discussion covered various topics such as Gerard Butler's background, path to fame and his Scottish heritage.

David Letterman mentioned that some Americans tend to get Scottish and Irish people confused. Gerard Butler said he could understand why people would get confused, because there are some similarities between Scottish and Irish culture, such as drinking. He mentioned then when on to mention that most of his family is Irish.

Gerard Butler also mentioned the climate is very similar (rainy) but then emphasized that Scotland still remains one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Gerard Butler then spoke about his home town, Paisely, which is famous historically for its cotton mills, and international trade.

He mentioned that although he no longer lives in Paisely, his sister is still lives there. His brother, lives in Edinburgh and his parents live in the highlands. Click here to see Gerard Butler's family.

David Letterman mentioned that during the summer time, there tends to be a huge infestation of midges in Paisely. Gerard Butler acknowledge this, and said they are not that bad, in contrast with mosquitos. He appeared to have no idea how long the infestation generally lasts. He then joked that it is no longer his problem.

Gerard Butler then talked about Lovebugs and described their behavior in a rather sexual manner which had the audience laughing.

The topic then moved onto Gerard Butlers photoshoot with Jennifer Aniston for W Magazine.

Gerard Butler mentioned Grease was an influential movie when he was a kid and that John Travolta was his role model.

The interview ended on the subject of accents, and how society assumes people with accents have a superior level of intelligence.

Although this stereotype is debatable, there is a more obvious underlying stereotype in mass media film. For example. directors in Hollywood continue to cast British actors as villains on the big screen. This stereo-type is rather damaging in terms of how the rest of the world view British people and society given the huge influence that mass media film and entertainment has in this world.

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Gerard Butler Interview with David Letterman 2010 Part 1

Gerard Butler Interview with David Letterman. Part 2.

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Gerard Butler interview - I get laid less now than I used to, because I’m way more paranoid now – look at f-cking Tiger Woods

webmaster@gerardjamesbutler.co.uk (www.gerardjamesbutler.co.uk) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:42:00 GMT

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Mens Journal April 2010 Magazine Scan & Outtakes Pictures

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Summary:

Gerard Butler remarks on Jennifer Aniston's house:

‘Over Christmas [Jennifer] had a tree-trimming party that I went to. Yeah, I trimmed her bush.’ But he quickly backtracked, saying: ‘Sh-t. Please don’t put that in.’ Gerard Butler Quote.

Gerard Butler remarks on his love life :
‘I think I get laid less now than I used to, because I’m way more paranoid now – look at f-cking Tiger Woods! I mean, I’m nowhere near as naughty as I used to be, partly because I did a lot of that when I was drinking.’ Gerard Butler Quote.

Gerard Butler remarks on proper relationships:
‘In the last five years since coming out here, I’ve had two relationships. I’m not a big relationship guy. One of my vices is, I’m too wrapped up in myself and not always in a good way.’ Gerard Butler Quote.

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Gerry the Sinner, Gerry the Saint
Mon, Mar 29, 2010

Photo credit: Jim Wright

Features:

Gerard Butler is a foul-mouthed rake who bangs everything in sight. (Gerard Butler is a charming, unpretentious guy who is irresistibly huggable!) He’s a drunk. (Reformed!) And a hellion. (When he’s not saving boys from drowning!) Movie critics abhor him. (But audiences love him!) And you don’t know the half of it.

By Erik Hedegaard

On a sunny day out along the Pacific Coast Highway, heading up past Malibu in a dark SUV, destination a biker-boozer-surfer roadhouse called Neptune’s Net, Gerard Butler — Gerry to his friends — has his eye cast out to the sparkling blue sea and just for a moment seems lost deep in thought. He has been in this neck of the woods before, but a long time ago, under far different circumstances. Now he’s a movie star, a Scottish transplant with a killer crooked smile who slayed as King Leonidas in the epic Spartans vs. Persians bloodfest 300, then went the way of rom-coms and high-octane action films. In the past few years, he’s also had the good fortune to be linked to everyone from Lindsay Lohan to Jennifer Aniston; in fact, he can’t say hello to a woman without it being said they’re a hot-and-bothered item. Plus, he owns houses in New York and L.A., vacations in India and Brazil, usually drives a BMW Z8, and no longer has to do his own grocery shopping. Sweet stuff. Everything’s roses. Right now, as well, he’s got a Coca-Cola in hand and is loving every minute of it.

“It’s my first one in three days,” he’s saying, happily taking a big swig. “There are times, though, when I’ll have six in a day. It depends on the mood I’m in, whether I’m Gerry the addict, or Gerry the saint, or Gerry the whatever it may be. Yes, there are way more Gerrys than I would like. There really are.”

Which brings him back to the last time he was in these surroundings, in the mid-1990s, before he even became an actor. He was midway through law school in Scotland, had come to Venice Beach for an apprenticeship that never materialized and stuck around for a year. He was Gerry the addict then, a big-time drinker and party maniac. “I actually can’t remember those times so well,” he says, squinting with the effort. “The good old days. I once drove from L.A. to Chicago in this horrible whiteout of a snowstorm — you could not see one foot in front of you — and the car, this little Pontiac, was sliding all over the place, making funny noises. It would have been scary if I hadn’t been smashed out of my head. I didn’t say that. I’m kidding! I wasn’t. I really wasn’t. But sometimes I would leave L.A. and wake up in Florida and think, ‘How did this happen?’”

While he was in California, lots of other stuff happened too. For instance, he got arrested a number of times, usually because he was drunk and disorderly. At one point, he ended up in a Los Angeles jail, shackled to eight other evildoers, real bad guys with no saint sides to them whatsoever, thinking, “I’m going to die! I’m going to die!” — at a time when, back home, he was still president of the University of Glasgow Law Society.

But that’s the old Gerry. The new Gerry, at the age of 40, hasn’t had a drink in 13 years. The new Gerry still might get in scrapes with the law. Last year, he was arrested for punching out a paparazzo. But this Gerry does not suffer unduly. He was acquitted.

And so down the road he moves, closer to Neptune’s Net. It’s a place he says he’s never seen before. But he’s heard about it. He’s heard tales. It has a reputation. He wants to go.

Pulling in, he scratches at the stubble on his chin and looks around. The motorcycles. The battered picnic tables. The seagulls and seagull crap. The ocean over there. The Porta-Potties right here. “Oh, yeah,” he says, a lightbulb going on somewhere in his head, an old memory illuminated. “I never went in, but I did stop here once before.” He smiles that crazy fractured smile of his, then jumps out of the car and heads toward this place he’s never seen before for the second time in his life.

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Let’s not be coy here. according to the nation’s movie critics, with the exception of 300 and maybe RocknRolla , Butler’s recent movies have generally sucked the big one. Here are some of the adjectives used to describe his three 2009 movies (Gamer , The Ugly Truth , and Law Abiding Citizen ): “ghastly,” “lackluster,” “sexually crude,” “insipid,” “utterly mechanical,” “loathsome,” “preposterous,” “relentlessly ugly,” “very nasty,” “cacophonous mess,” “outlandishly crass,” “miasmic upchuck.” To top things off, early word had it that Butler was going to be nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award, a Razzie, in the always-heated worst actor category (though in the end, mercifully, he wasn’t). But as far as Butler and his career are concerned, here’s the outlandishly preposterous and relentlessly beautiful part: Those movies didn’t flop. In fact, Law Abiding Citizen and The Ugly Truth were outright hits, grossing more than $300 million combined, worldwide. Rarely has the disparity between critical reception and audience response been so pronounced. Even if his newest movie, The Bounty Hunter, an action rom-com co-starring Jennifer Aniston, is another stinker, chances are that Butler will come out of it looking good.

There’s only one explanation for this, of course: Butler himself.But what, exactly, is his appeal?

Today, inside Neptune’s Net, all is revealed in a matter of seconds. He’s standing in line, looking at the menu, when a nice-looking middle-aged woman and her man friend come up to him.

“Excuse me,” the woman says, “I don’t mean to interrupt you—”

Butler wheels on her. “Well, don’t, then. I just learned that I could be up for a Razzie. This is an important moment for me as an actor. I almost feel like crying. I feel like I just won an Oscar but the other way around. Should I kill myself? Should I kill everyone else? What?”

The woman blinks furiously, trying to piece all this together. His words, his snorting laughter, his dancing blue-green eyes, the Scottish burr compounding everything. He’s a big guy, too, more than six feet tall, and thick. Blithely, she goes on, “I’m very impressed with you! P.S. I Love You is our favorite!” (2007 rom-com: “grating,” “excruciating”). She nods at her man friend. “Well, not his, mine. And did you do all of the singing in Phantom of the Opera ?” (2004 musical: “bloated,” “tedious”). “Oh, that’s where I fell in love with you. And, well, Dear Frankie, I love you in that, too” (2004 drama: “heartwarming,” “touching,” “solid storytelling and subdued acting,” “undeniably sweet,” “a lasting love letter,” “terrific performances” — let’s give credit where credit is due). “You were fabulous!” She shoves a wine bottle in his direction. “Would you sign this?”

“Absolutely, of course,” says Butler. Then he lowers his voice and says, “I’m doing an interview right now, but if I wasn’t, I’d be like, ‘Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off, fuck all of you!’ ”

Butler’s kidding again, but the woman takes a step back.

He scrawls on the wine bottle, returns it.

The woman frowns. “That’s awesome,” she says, “but what does it say?”

“It says, ‘Gerry Butler,’ ” Butler says, pointing. “I’m signing a fucking wine bottle, it’s not the easiest thing in the world, all right?”

That noted, he gives her a great big hug, wrapping his arms around her, and you can see her melt into him. And there it is in a nutshell, the key to Butler’s appeal. He’s a take-charge, foul-mouthed joker with a willingness to hug. “That’s the way he is in person, and that’s the way he comes across in his movies,” says 300 director Zack Snyder.

And he’s just so many other damned things besides. He’s athletic, loves his mountain biking, his skiing, and his surfing, his latest new pastime. (He used to be a ferocious badminton player, too.) He’s the kind of fellow who likes to pee in the shower and says that sometimes, while visiting friends, he’ll take a crap in a pot and hide it for them to find later. (He’s kidding about that, he says, but the way he says it, you never know.) Finally, if he puts on a few pounds, develops a gut and guy boobs, he does not keep his shirt on and stay off the beach, out of the paparazzi’s sight. He lets it all hang out. Now that’s a man. And that’s why, despite certain of his movies, he is currently being called “everyone’s favorite Scottish hunk,” not to mention general-purpose all-around-town bon vivant and ladies’ man of a very high order.

He is sitting at a table now, over fish-and-chips and another Coke, legs jangling as he looks at a list of names on a sheet of paper that has been slid in front of him. Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Naomi Campbell, Jessica Simpson, Cheryl Burke, Lindsay Lohan, and Shanna Moakler, all names that have been appended to his in one way or another. It would be churlish to ask him to name names, but how about a number — of those seven, how many has he in fact slept with?

He barks out a laugh, takes up a pen, makes a mark, pushes the paper back across the table. The number is one.

This is, of course, terribly disappointing. It’s a travesty is what it is. He’s single, they’re (mostly) single. He should be out there making hay.

“Yeah,” he says almost sheepishly. “I think I get laid less now than I used to, because I’m way more paranoid now. Look at fucking Tiger Woods! I mean, I’m nowhere near as naughty as I used to be, partly because I did a lot of that when I was drinking. I’m not saying I’ve cut that part out. I’m certainly no angel. There’s no smoke without fire. But here’s the thing: While they’re accusing me of that, I’ve probably been off somewhere else doing damage with someone else. I’m pretty smart like that. I know how to get away with these things.”

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Given where he comes from, and what he’s been through, he’s probably right about that. His father, Edward, was a bookie and a scoundrel in his hometown of Paisley, a run-down cotton-mill community a few miles west of Glasgow on the northern edge of the Gleniffer Braes, and while Butler was still in utero, his father fled to Canada, having bankrupted the family by taking on too many risky bets. He, his mom, Margaret, and his two older siblings, Brian and Lynn, eventually joined him there; but after two years living in a failed marriage, his mom gathered the kids up and returned to Paisley, $4 in her pocket, where she put herself through secretarial school and raised them herself. “I was born into a world of anxiety,” Butler says. He spent most of his early years avoiding trouble in the streets by pretending he was in the army and out on maneuvers. “I was a very, very feeling boy,” he recalls. “I know that sounds weird. But my memories are mostly of feeling the intensity of things, especially in sports — football, badminton, or volleyball — and thinking I was going to explode.”

Meanwhile, he was an excellent student and in his senior year at high school became “head boy,” an elected position in which he was supposed to act as primary role model for the younger boys. By that time, he was already drinking and trying to figure out what to do next. Briefly, he thought about medicine but then realized, “I’d be the surgeon who would do 10 great operations, then manage to stab somebody in the brain while they were getting their tonsils out. I was the kind of person who could do great things but also come up with some fuckup of ginormous proportions.”

Naturally, it only made sense for him to become a lawyer, which is what he set about doing, earning an honor’s degree from Glasgow University. Around this time, his father, with whom he’d been reunited since the age of 16, died of cancer, sending Butler into a tailspin that led to his long, hard-core partying break in California. That out of his system, he returned to Edinburgh to join a law-trainee program at the buttoned-down firm of Morton, Fraser & Milligan. He couldn’t stand it, hated it, stayed drunk most of the time, skipped work whenever it suited him, and kept wondering to himself, “What the fuck happened?” leaving the partners no choice but to fire him — with only one week left in the program. And with that, he jettisoned seven years of work and preparation, with no thought as to what he would do next, other than to go out and down his next pint.

He was quite the carouser. “I was kind of crazy when I was drunk,” he says. “It was never really brawling — I mean, if it was, it was with myself. ‘Check this out, this is funny,’ and I’d hit myself in the head with a bottle and wake up with lumps everywhere. Or I’d want to climb up a building, or jump off something, or play chicken with cars. And whatever I say I used to do is probably only 5 percent of what I really used to do.”

A few days before getting canned, however, Butler saw a stage production of Trainspotting at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and now decided, just like that, that he was going to become an actor. He’d done a bit of acting as a kid, as a myrrh-carrying king in a Christmas pageant and a street urchin in Oliver!, and during a five-week drama course at the Scottish Youth Theatre, but other than that, not much. Nonetheless, at the age of 25, he moved to London, worked odd jobs, and eventually found his way into the theater (first play, Coriolanus, 1996: “stylized,” “filmic,” “visually rewarding”), then into British movies (his first, Mrs. Brown, 1997: “highly resonant,” “extremely well acted”), then into Hollywood movies (his first biggie, Lara Croft Tomb Raider, 2003, with Angelina Jolie: “no reason to exist,” “shoddy,” “egregiously insipid”).

And then, in 2007, came 300 .

He first met 300 director Zack Snyder at a Peet’s coffee shop on Ventura Boulevard, and he arrived prepared, with a copy of the graphic novel and a head full of ideas for how King Leonidas should be played. Snyder remembers it well: “He got superexcited. He stood up — he’s not shy — and he was showing me exactly what it would be like and did not hold back. He didn’t quite jump on the table, but he was close to it, and everyone’s looking at him like, Oh, jeez.” Says Butler, “You talk about the different Gerrys. I walked into that meeting a monster, really a warrior. I was totally into that sense of flow, jumping around, raving on, where there’s no self-image, no thinking about who’s looking, no worrying about anything.”

In the beginning, Warner Bros. wanted a bigger name for the part. “They didn’t say Tobey Maguire,” says Snyder, “but it’s like that, right? He’s awesome, but he’s not Leonidas. Leonidas has to be a man. I was like, ‘This is the king we’re talking about.’ And then they were cool with Gerry. He’s a big guy. He’s got a deep voice. He’s scrappy. I believe he was perfect in that part.” So he got the job, firmed up his abs, donned a toga, lifted a sword, and made mincemeat out of the Persians, to a gross of more than $450 million — and his immediate arrival as a movie star and gossip-column regular.

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As it happens, Butler has a good bit of endearing weirdness to him. He’s always saying outrageous things, then thinking better of them, and trying to pull them back, full of regret. For instance, did he become friends with Jennifer Aniston during the making of The Bounty Hunter? “Very much so,” he says. “Over Christmas, she had a tree-trimming party that I went to. Yeah, I trimmed her bush. Shit. Please don’t put that in.” Iced tea — he hates it (“I hate iced tea!”). Sleeping on his left side — he loves it (“I love sleeping on my left side!”). Biting his toenails — he used to, but he can no longer get his foot up to his mouth. Heroics — he’s your man. While on a picnic once with his mom in Scotland, he heard the screams of a young boy about to drown in the River Tay; he jumped in, rescued the lad, and was later awarded a certificate of bravery from the Royal Humane Society. And he wasn’t even famous yet.

Sensitive? Sure. Just ask Aniston. “You don’t get more of a full-blown guy than Gerry,” she says. “But what makes him so appealing is that he’s also really vulnerable. And without pretense. He’ll be the first person to joke about the fact that he’s been on a cleanse for five days and a cupcake just went by and he just couldn’t help himself. He’s unbelievably likable.”

Fielding intrusive questions? Yup, he can do that, too, albeit with a yelp.

Is he comfortable with the size of his penis?

“What the fucking Christ kind of thing is that to ask?” he barks. But then he warms to the question nicely. “I am, actually, yeah. It’s maybe the one area of my life where my confidence surpasses the reason to be so. I remember at school the joking about penis size: ‘Oh, I have to wrap it around my waist and stick it in my pocket!’ I’d joke about mine being tiny, because I knew mine wasn’t tiny, but I knew theirs didn’t go to the moon either. So when we all turned up in the showers, they’d be looking down at theirs — ‘Maybe I can’t wrap it around my waist; maybe it won’t even reach my hip’ — while I’m like, ‘This is just fine.’ ”

And then there’s his smile. His smile is totally weird, this off-slant, half-downward-sloping slash without which it’d be hard to imagine him. And yet he wasn’t born with it. It came later, some time after his 10th year, when he developed an ear infection that led to surgery, a case of tinnitus (which he still suffers from, minorly), and the loss of half the hearing in his right ear. The episode had two other consequences. One he didn’t find out about until he was filming Tomb Raider. “I was born with two sticking-out ears, and after the operation one ear was really thrown back in, but I didn’t realize it until I had to shave my head for that movie. Everybody went, ‘Holy fuck, one ear sticks out way more than the other one!’ And we literally had to glue it back.” The other consequence was his smile. “I know a couple of other people with crooked smiles, and it turns out they’re hard of hearing in one ear.” That’s his most current explanation for it. He’s had others. “When I was younger, I looked like I had a stroke — I mean, you never know — and because my mind sometimes feels like it’s melted down, I’d think, ‘Maybe I did have a stroke!’ That would sure explain a lot of things.”

Butler is surprisingly open about this sometimes melted-down-feeling mind of his. Late in the day at Neptune’s Net, he says, “I am slightly addicted to anxiety. When I’m feeling anxious, I’ll create more anxiety for myself. Like I might call all these people about what’s fun to do tonight and end up with four different options, which in itself would put me into a blind panic; but then I’ll make another four calls just to make it 10 times more anxiety-ridden.”

He looks at his watch. In 20 minutes, he has a business appointment that will take him an hour to get to. It’s with Marc Foster, the director of his next movie, Machine Gun Preacher, which actually sounds like a good one, the true story of a former drug-dealing biker type who found God and went on the war path to save Sudan’s child soldiers. Butler really should get up and get the heck out of here. Instead, he continues talking.

“That I got through all that I got through to be where I am, it doesn’t make sense — this kind of lost soul studying law in Scotland and then moving to London with no experience as an actor, and with his morals not about him, who couldn’t keep his shit together, who couldn’t even feed himself properly, and to get ahead in a career like this, which is probably one of if not the most difficult professions to get ahead in — nothing else makes sense except to think that I was being guided and all this was meant to be, the same way you see the crooked smile as a blemish or imperfection, or being fired as a lawyer horrific, when those are the very things that end up helping you.

“My thing now is to appreciate the cosmic beauty of everything that’s happened. But then again, do I spend a lot of time in my own head judging myself? Absolutely. Have I ever thought I was a fraud? Maybe 18 hours a day. Do I spend more time damning myself than promoting myself? Absolutely. In the last five years since coming out here, I’ve had two relationships. I’m not a big relationship guy. One of my vices is, I’m too wrapped up in myself and not always in a good way. It’s not like I walk around going, ‘Hey, I’m amazing; I’m Gerry Butler!’ But I am too caught up in my own shit, good and bad. The whole banging-the-bottle-against-my-head thing that I did as a kid — it’s a metaphor for how I’ve loved to cause myself pain. I’ve spent a lot of time taking the path of most resistance instead of least.

“Maybe I have an important meeting,” he continues. “I don’t consciously turn up late, but I will find that I subconsciously create circumstances that’ll make me so late that on the way I’m going, ‘Why would you do this? This is so fucked!’ And by the time you’re in the meeting, you’re in negative land and you have to try to fight yourself into positive land. I’m always battling that.”

Outside Neptune’s Net, it’s dark, and a million lights glow in the distance. Having talked himself silly without taking a break, Butler heads off to the Porta-Potties, where a guy lurking about gets him to sign his shirt. The minutes are ticking by. He hasn’t even looked at his watch. He is so fucked. And he doesn’t even know it. But here’s the great thing about being Butler. It won’t matter how late he is. It’ll all work out fine, and soon enough he’ll have yet another good reason to sit back and once again appreciate the cosmic beauty of everything that’s happened.

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This article originally appeared in the April 2010 issue of Men’s Journal.

Gerard Butler Interview on The Bounty Hunter costume - "It costs a lot to look this cheap" Gerard Butler Quote

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Above: Gerard Butler paparazzi picture at BBC Radio One Station 10/3/2010

Gerard Butler  arrived at BBC's Radio One studio on March 10th 2010, to accept an interview with Scott Mills. Gerard Butler was greeted by the paparazzi, and eager Gerard Butler fans outside the station. Gerard Butler negotiated his way through the crowd by signing a handful of autographs. Gerard Butler was seen laughing his head off when he realized the crowd would not die down.

Although Gerard Butler has a mountain of wealth from all the movies that he starred in, he remains practical in terms of his shopping behavior. For example Gerard Butler is commonly seen wearing the same tee shirts, jeans and sneakers in the public lime light:

Above Pictures: Gerard Butler wears the same tee shirt on 10/3/10, 14/2/2010, 1/2/2010, 15/2/2010

The press and media have not been critical about Gerard Butler's choice in clothing, partly because Gerard Butler likes to mix and match different pieces to make each outfit unique. In addition, the media are less critical about men's fashion in contrast with women's fashion.

There is nothing wrong with wearing the same clothes more than once, regardless of one's wealth. Reducing the amount of clothes we dispose of, is more environmentally friendly. In addition, it is ok to have favourite items of clothing.

The message that Gerard Butler fans receive from his choice of clothing, is that Gerard Butler remains grounded and down to earth despite his wealth and success. He has not let his wealth get to his head and spends his money wisely on things that matter such as charitable causes.

However by doing so, Gerard Butler disqualifies himself as being a leading fashion icon because people expect fashion icons to lead the world of fashion with new fashion pieces and looks.

In addition, by doing so, the press and media may be less interested in publishing pictures of Gerard Butler in magazines because some of his photographs from different events, look very similar. Wearing different items of clothing will give media publishers a variety of images to work with, to drum up readers interest.

Although Gerard Butler's character in The Ugly Truth argues that men can be incredibly 'visual', women to, can be 'visual' in terms of taking an interest in fashion and men.

Therefore, Gerard Butler's attitude towards clothing has its pros and cons in terms of how the media portrays him, and how the public actually thinks of him.

Anyway, the radio interview was very brief.

On air, Gerard Butler spoke about his latest travels in relation to The Bounty Hunter . Destinations included LA , New York and Mexico. The trip to Mexico was also in celebration of Jennifer Aniston's birthday. Gerard Butler mentioned  it was a group celebration.

Gerard Butler also mentioned his trip to Brazil where he enjoyed a few days of intense fun in Rio.

Gerard Butler then spoke about his stay in London, and mentioned a last minute guest appearance at the stage premiere for The Phantom of the Opera Sequel .

Gerard Butler then spoke about his latest movie The Bounty Hunter , and the topic of fashion came into the conversation.

In The Bounty Hunter, Gerard Butler's character wore the same shirt throughout the film, apart from the scene where he was in the Hotel. Gerard Butler mentioned that a lot of thought actually went into that shirt as it took forever for his team to choose that top.

Gerard Butler joked:
"It costs a lot to look this cheap" Gerard Butler quote.

Gerard Butler mentioned countless scenes where he had to scoff his face with Burritos whilst filming The Bounty Hunter. Gerard Butler laughed that the quantity of food made him ill.

Gerard Butler then spoke about his love for helicopter rides, and said that he had to leave the radio station to attend a football match.

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