Josh Brolin Talk Paparazzi Shooting & Lindsay Lohan with BlackBook
With his new movie "Men In Black III" having just made its way into theaters, Usher upped his exposure by taking over the cover of the June/July 2012 issue of BlackBook magazine.
The 44-year-old actor rocked a Stetson man look for the Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton shot spread while talking about topics including "The Goonies, shooting at the paparazzi and troubled actress Lindsay Lohan.
Highlights from Mr Brolin's interview are as follows. For more, be sure to pay a visit to BlackBook!
On thievery, paying it forward and 'The Goonies':
“I was never a good thief when I was a kid, but I grew up with a lot of guys that did that kind of shit, and I stole a little, too. It was easy stuff: sneaking around back from the liquor store and stealing booze. When I got paid from doing The Goonies—which wasn't a lot of money but it was to me at the time—I went back to all the people and stores I stole from and handed them some cash. I went to that liquor store and paid back the clerk. He probably just pocketed it—it didn't matter. It was a redemptive thing because I always felt like it was going to bite me in the ass, and I wanted to try and minimize that as much as possible.”
On shooting at paparazzi with shotguns:
“When Diane and I got married, a publicist said, ‘I think there should be security for you guys.’ My belief is that the more you use, the more you ask for an influx of unwanted people. So Diane and I were talking about it and I said, ‘I really don’t want to do that, but if it's a necessity, I will.’ I couldn’t picture guys talking into their sleeves at the ranch during the wedding. But I had another idea. I know a couple of cowboys that could get on horseback and walk the perimeter of the area of the ranch while we were getting married and look out for any unwanted people. They all had shotguns filled with salt shot. So I called the sheriff because I didn’t want to do anything too illegal. I told him that in a couple of weeks I was going to get married. He said, ‘Yeah, I know what you’re doin'.’ We had kept it so secret, so I don’t know how he knew. I said, ‘Oh, okay, good. So if any of these people come up and try and take pictures, how do you feel if Clint or Rick or those guys shoot at these people if they’re on the property?’ There was the longest pause I’ve ever experienced, and then he said, ‘It’s deer season. I don’t give a shit what you do.’”
On Lindsay Lohan and negative attention:
“I don’t know how Lindsay Lohan does it. If anything, she has the gift of some massive denial system or a foundation that’s just unbreakable because it’s just constant. Apparently she likes it. She keeps putting herself out there.”
