Everyone is so mad at Stephen Dorff! It’s amazing. Dorff is currently promoting Embattled, and he’s doing all of these interviews in the UK, and his trash-talking is next-level. People have called him an “edge-lord,” a misogynist and a heap of trash, all because the dude is providing good content! Haters!! Honestly, I love it when some actor or actress decides to trash people in their industry. It’s always a fun trainwreck to watch. It helps that I actually agree with some (not all, but some) of Dorff’s assessments about his industry. After his interview with The Independent went viral last week, Dorff is back with a Metro interview. It’s full of fun dumb drama too!
He still smokes cigarettes: “Yeah, I still smoke. I am getting to that point where I should probably quit but I still smoke Camel Blues — Camel Lights.
He has a ranch in Nashville: “I’ve created a big man cave. I bought it a while ago and it became my quarantine hideaway. It’s cool. I am surrounded by nobody. I’ve my own wildlife park — there are foxes and deer and snakes and all kinds of crazy stuff. For a city boy, it is a little weird but I am enjoying it.
Whether he likes transforming for a role: “Not really. It is just part of what I do. I haven’t ever really gone the whole Christian Bale and lost, like, 40lbs. I haven’t gained a ton of weight, either….I am fasting right now because I have to lose 15lbs in the next few weeks. That’s for a special little movie I want to make in London with Shirley MacLaine. She is 87 so it will probably be her swansong.
Whether he wants to win an Oscar: “I am sad to say this but I feel like the Oscars don’t mean s**t anymore after watching them this year. I mean, it looked like a bad bar mitzvah. I was embarrassed for the Academy. The Golden Globes have always been wacky and technically not the brightest but now the Academy has shot itself in the foot. The Oscars used to be the sexiest, classiest event of the whole awards season and now it looks like a game show that doesn’t even have a host. They should have just cancelled it this year because the movies weren’t that great either. But, whatever, I don’t really care about awards.
What he spends his money on: “Since I was 20 I have always done well with real estate and I love art. I like to collect stuff. I have 15 pianos here on the ranch and I collect a lot of organs — pump organs, old Fenders and I am a freak for antique Wurlitzers. I also have every pair of sunglasses known to man and a crazy old T-shirt collection.
He lived at the Chateau Marmont when he was 18: “Yeah, I was, like, 18, and I stayed there until I ran out of money. I grew up being around famous people and in crazy Hollywood events and parties my whole life. I didn’t have a normal childhood. I didn’t have a prom, I didn’t go to college but I wouldn’t change that for anything. I didn’t want to hang out with the rich, bored LA kids, I wanted to get out in the field and act. When I was 17, I had the chance to go to Africa and do a movie about apartheid, and I thought that was the best education I could get and f**k the materialism in LA. I kind of chose my own unorthodox path through Hollywood and I am still here. I have definitely had a unique life.
He almost got Leo’s role in Titanic: “If I had gotten that role, my career would have been easier and I would have been a little richer but I wasn’t a huge fan of the movie. I thought it was by the numbers — pretty soppy and pretty vanilla. But, obviously, it is one of the biggest movies of all time and it is now a piece of history. I turned down some other movies that would’ve changed my career at that time too. My feeling is you can’t really look back.
I also think Titanic is a bit overrated and vanilla, and I think there’s nuance to what he’s saying there – it’s not like he turned it down, he just wasn’t chosen and he’s fine with it because he didn’t like the way the movie turned out anyway. His comments about the Oscars… yeah, the films nominated were NOT bad this year but the actual Oscar show was awful and I’m 100% behind Dorff trashing the Academy for ruining their brand. You know why I’m enjoying these Dorff interviews? Because he’s a gossip! He pays attention to what’s happening in and around his industry and he has (trash) opinions on everyone. It’s fun!
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He’s right – the Oscars have never been less relevant. The crowds are just not using that as a metric anymore for what they see. It used to be that winning an Oscar could make your career, and now, that’s not the case. And there are a lot of reasons for that – their lack of diversity (in multiple ways), the sense that awards can be bought, etc. The general public just doesn’t care anymore.
Sure, there are the internal problems with the Oscar system, but really it’s that the world the Oscars celebrate doesn’t exist anymore. Home delivery of content isn’t glamorous. Being able to see a film whenever you want doesn’t build excitement. Actors revealing all on social media doesn’t build mystery. And if you can get the results of the Oscar show by checking your phone every so often, why bother to sit through 3 1/2 hours of speeches?
I’ve thought for a while that the Oscars show should forget about the statues and speeches and focus on the craft of filmmaking. People love behind-the-scenes information, they love blooper reels and Easter eggs, they like seeing how things are done and made. Make people love film, that’s what the industry is about.
Totally agree. I feel like the focus has been too much on who is wearing what and how people are interacting and not about film. It’s like all the tertiary stuff took over.
Agree!
The general public has an appetite for reboots, superhero movies, and franchises about people who race cars but also fight aliens. It used to be the amazing movies (The Godfather, for example) were the top grossing movies and also the ones that won all the awards. If it was about the crowds, then some really ridiculous movies would be winning Oscars.
I don’t think it’s a big deal that the public doesn’t care anymore. Already hugely rich people gathering for an evening where they congratulate themselves doesn’t need to be the most watched thing on TV for that year. We as a society idolize these people way too much already.
Well, that’s one way to get your name mentioned along with the Oscars.
His interviews make him sound jealous that he hasn’t been asked to join a Marvel film or gotten nominated for an Oscar, lol.
Say what you want about the Oscar ceremony itself (it can be very boring an out of touch), but actually winning an Oscar still matters to film buffs and I think plenty of casual viewers, too. Much more than say a Grammy. I’ve never listened to an album because it won a Grammy, but I’ve watched SO MANY MOVIES because it or its performances won/were nominated for Oscars.
Yeah, this just sounds like sour grapes to me. He was embarrassed for the A-list actress in the marvel movie and now he’s embarrassed for the highly prestigious and elite academy awards. He is the person who claims they never wanted to go in the club they were just turned away from.
Maybe it’s like a self-protective ego thing. If he claims to not like successful movies, he doesn’t have to admit he’s jealous that he could never book them. If he claims he’s embarrassed for the academy, he doesn’t have to admit disappointment that he’ll never be nominated or invited to the ceremonies.
Oh no! Will he return all the Oscars he’s won in protest!?!
Meh. He’s giving bitter bro energy, and has been doing so since the 90s.
I want to talk shit and smoke cigarettes at Stephen Dorff’s animal sanctuary. He’s living my dream life. I did quit smoking but I’d totally share a cig with Steve and talk trash about celebrities while looking at foxes. Sign me up.
Well, we have been in a pandemic. Sorry about the lack of glamour. I imagine folks would have complained about a lack of sensitivity or deafness to tone had the ceremony gone full glam, so there you go. It’s always something.
Kind of rude of him to basically retire Shirley MacLaine. Most of this interview is tame unlike the other one. He said what a lot of other people said or thought.
White has-been begging for attention gets it, news at 11.
Never heard of him….
I mean he is not wrong about the award shows haha. Just going about it the wrong way.
You’re just mad because The Deputy got cancelled. Haters gonna hate.
Oh really? I actually liked the show too. Oh well. Next!
If a woman talked shit like this and bragged about smoking etc., she would be dragged to hell and back.
@ Really?, yes!! And she would be blacklisted for years!! He does sound bitter too, to me. As for Shirley MacLaine, she is an American icon!! She has one of the most fascinating lives of a majority of American actors!! She was part of an honorary Rat Pack group!! She has held her own for years!!
My memory of watching Titanic is that I had a newborn at home, I wanted to see the movie in a theater so my husband said Go! Take a break and enjoy some you time. Towards the end, my milk had let down TWICE. They were drowning on screen, and I was drowning in the audience. Plus my bewbs were harder than titanium. Titanic titanium. Memory ingrained. Forevah.
This man bragged to me about getting a bj from the OG reality socalite when she was underage.
He thought it would make me want to sleep with him…
I tried to discuss this with him at a party in LA “you use to brag about all your sexual accolades..” to which he interupted me and went off “I have over 50 credits in my imdb, ive worked with Sofia Coppola!” screaming and then he stormed off…
….his career insecurity obviously misheard me.
That’s very interesting!! Sounds like someone has a big chip on his shoulder!!
He seems embarrassed a lot of late. For the Oscars, For Scarlett Johansson . So busy being embarrassed for others
I’m with Kaiser on this one. He seems like a grump who loves to gossip and it’s not sad or tragic gossip; just interesting insider insight that’s different. I would go to the local bar and shoot the breeze with him. Let him complain about the business and how he almost became a big star, but he tots don’t care about that stuff anyway. 😄 And some of his insights aren’t wrong.
There’s a difference between critiquing and bing a crotchety, jealous Has-Been.
Who?? Boy go sit down some damn where. And did Shirley Mclaine tell you this was her swan song?? She doesn’t need you speaking for her. Funny how he can’t stop talking ish about the industry, yet he’d kill to get recognizeable work, and would definitely take a Marvel paycheck
Is it kind to Shirley MacLaine to call her next movie her “swan song?” Stephen Dorff!