Ashton Kutcher is not one of those actors known for his raw talent on the silver screen. He doesn’t have many notable films. He isn’t even over-sexing his image like we see many male actors capitalizing on. And no one recognizes that more than he does.
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The former That ’70s Show actor sat down with men’s magazine Esquire, not to talk about his much followed relationship with beauty Mila Kunis, but instead to reflect on what his career has been void of thus far.
Ashton explains to Esquire:
“I know exactly what films I’ve done that f**king suck donkey. And I know the ones that are good, that people like. And I know it not because of the box office, because the box office is not going to tell you the truth. I know it because I have friends that don’t hold back. They don’t depend on me for money or employment. They’re just friends. Friends tell the truth. My big thing is, Fail fast. If you’re going to f*ck up, get it over with.”
On his new role as Steve Jobs:
“Jobs was an extraordinary guy, but a very ordinary guy in many ways. There was a speech that I found where he said, ‘So when you grow up, if you spend your life trying not to bounce into walls, just inheriting what you get, you gotta know your life can be a lot broader than that. Once you realize one simple thing: Everything around you that you call life was made by people who are no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use.’ And I heard that and I knew exactly what the niche for making that movie was, what the social need for making the movie was. For people seeking purpose. I remember growing up and looking at the world and going, Okay, how do I live in this? Instead of How do I create it? How do I build it? How do I make something? And the empowerment of these ideas, I think they make an important story.”
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For playing an ordinary guy with an extraordinary vision of his role in the world, Kutcher couldn’t be more perfect. For everyone who’s missed out on the Kutcher 4-1-1 in the last seven or odd years, these days he’s into venture-capitalist schemes, the future for humans and technology, his dog, and the Bears.
Author Tom Chiarella sums it up neatly: “No matter what you think of Ashton Kutcher, know this much: He loves work. Loves it like an immigrant, loves it like a rich man, loves it like everybody in between.”
SOURCE: Esquire
