DAX SHEPARD ON KRISTEN BELL AND MAN CRUSH
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This month, Playboy features Dax Shepard as the subject of their 20Q, and you’ll be surprised to learn what this drugged-out bad-boy comic turned vegan gentleman actor has to say for himself.
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This month, Playboy features Dax Shepard as the subject of their 20Q, and you’ll be surprised to learn what this drugged-out bad-boy comic turned vegan gentleman actor has to say for himself.
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Dax Shepard
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| Kristen Bell |
On his secret to dating beautiful women: “I attribute it to being funny and a good dancer. And I’m tall, which will get you places as well. I’m also wired for it. The times my brain works fastest are when I’m doing improv on a stage or meeting coeds in a bar.”
On his relationship with fiancée Kristen Bell: “Kristen’s a good girl. She grew up very Christian, went straight to college, did great in school and started work immediately. She’s charitable and philanthropic and rescues dogs. So when we met, our backgrounds were opposites. All the things I’d done were terrifying to her, and she had a hard time believing I would ever be able to stay married and monogamous and a father and all those things. For the first year and a half we were together that was what we battled over almost weekly.”
On relationships of other Hollywood couples: “Once you get to actually know somebody, it demystifies them and everything they go through. When Ashton and Demi broke up, I felt bad. These are people I eat dinner with. Brad and Angelina, that’s another story. I don’t actually know them, so I’m as curious as the next person: Will they get married? What’s their life like? And of course I would love to see them engaged in coitus.”
On his wild past: “From 18 to 29 I was a heavy smoker, heavy drinker, drug addict, terrible eater and philanderer. The past eight years, since I got sober, have honestly been about trying to peel back each of those habits, to get back to the 12-year-old kid inside who was tremendously excited about life.”
On his current vices: “I think I have a pretty good handle on my ‘isms,’ but it takes a long time. Each third or fourth bad thing you give up, you still have to hold on to one. I’m still on nicotine. I pound about a dozen of those Commit throat lozenges a day. I still drink gallons of coffee. I’m still super into driving too fast on motorcycles. When you’re going that fast, you’re thinking only about what you’re doing in the moment. It’s the closest I could ever get to Deepak or God or something like that.”
On finding success in Hollywood: “Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there’s an element of talent you should probably possess, but if you stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen, you know?”
On success being different from what he thought it would be: “It’s impossible to know until you’ve had success that it doesn’t alter your daily struggles. When I was a struggling Groundling, I thought if I had the life I have now I wouldn’t have to brush my teeth anymore and could eat cupcakes all day. In fact, I have to do the same sh*t I’ve always had to do to not feel miserable, which is work out, journal, eat well, do something for somebody other than myself at some point every day—even if it’s just the dogs, those little f**kers.”
On Ashton Kutcher’s success: “People want to dislike him because he’s gorgeous and successful. It’s fair to hate somebody like that. I relate. If he wasn’t a crazy, driven, hard worker, I would find it all offensive.”
On his relationship with TV dad Craig T. Nelson: “Craig T. Nelson is the closest person I’ve met to my identical twin, only we’re separated by 30 years or whatever. He raced cars forever. We both have big noses, we’re both tall, we’re both goofy, we’ve both been around a lot of craziness. He’s a guy I super-fan at work.”
On his Burt Reynolds “man crush”: “My house is a living shrine to Burt, much to K.B’s chagrin. I have a urinal, and above it is a poster of Gator with a personal message that says, ‘To Dax, you’re a hell of an actor but more important, a hell of a man. Love and respect.’ I would go to his trailer every day [when working together on Without a Paddle] just to hound him for stories because I had so many unanswered questions. I love that man.”
On the effects of being a vegan: “It’s nothing like the pill in The Matrix but damn good, like 15 percent across the board in every respect. I sleep 15 percent better. My allergies are at least 15 percent better. I have fewer body aches. My skin looks better. I’m never starving, and I never need to ride the couch feeling completely full and disgusting.”
Photos By: Sara de Boer/Retna
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