This year GQ Magazine’s men of the year include Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Will Ferrell, Matthew McConaughey and the late James Gandolfini. Collect all overs when they hit newsstands on November 19th.
Excerpts from Justin Timberlake’s interview:
On growing up in Memphis and responding to his critics: “It’s a struggling city with a defeatist attitude. I’m from this town, and I grew up with a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, so sometimes I find it funny that I’ve been able to acquire the patience it takes to be kind to people in our business. Because sometimes I just want to (expletive) kill everybody.”
On his response to negative reviews of Runner Runner:
“This recognizable face that you work so hard to get — not because you want the recognition but because you know you’re made to do it. …The movie didn’t do well at the box office, so I should quit? Hold on a second. If I was somebody else, you wouldn’t have said that. I have the number one album this week, and I shouldn’t have released it? Come on, man. You sound like a (jerk) … It just shocked me because, like, you’re trade magazines.None of your opinions count. And by the way, none of you can do it.”
On his upcoming role in Coen brothers’ film, Inside Llewyn Davis: “You do a Coens movie and secretly you’re like, ‘All I want to do is make people laugh in this movie. If I can make people laugh in this movie, then I don’t care. Whatever else happens, happens.’ ”
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