Gotham‘s Ben Mckenzie spoke to Elle magazine about his awkward early years, how fame prevents him from joining Tinder, and what his exes would all agree upon (“He’s great in bed”). Check out some of the choice bits after the jump.
From Elle.com:
Were you really that awkward?
I wasn’t awkward so much as quiet. I tried to milk the quiet, introverted type for as long as I could. You know that great quote they attribute to Abraham Lincoln: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”? It’s better to shut up and look dangerous than speak and reveal yourself to be an idiot.
You had bunk beds in your first New York apartment. How did women feel about that?
You have to talk about it before you enter the apartment. You can’t just drop that bomb. I may have managed a makeout session or two, but I certainly don’t remember being able to seal the deal. Any woman worth her salt has to draw a line at some point. And that line is definitely having bunk beds as a 22-year-old.
The O.C. surely helped. Can you tell me about an unlikely female fan?
I was living in Santa Monica and Clint Eastwood’s wife introduced herself to me at a restaurant. I had auditioned for an Eastwood movie and she was complimentary of my audition—which was nice but a little weird. She’s watching my audition tape? Then she said, “You know, we love the show.” Who is we? She’s like, “I watch it with the kids. And Clint watches it with them.”
You were making money for the first time. What’s the most lavish thing you did to impress a woman?
Honestly, it was great to be able to take a girl out to a nice meal. I like the idea of old-fashioned dating, which at this point is almost heretical. People are genuinely surprised when you ask them out.
Well, you can’t exactly join Tinder.
No, the loss of anonymity is the cost of doing business. But my friends are on Tinder. They have some interesting stories.…
You played a cop on Southland for five years. Did a girl ever ask you to wear the uniform at home?
There’s been a joke or two, but no one’s ever really asked. Handcuffs have been brought.
Really?
I didn’t have them. They were brought. And that’s fun. As long as they’re not actual real ones where you can lose the key. You want the obviously not real ones. The pink fluffy ones.
James Gordon is the moral compass of Gotham City. You seem similarly inclined.
I try to be. I can’t claim that I have the moral rectitude of a Jim.
Do you believe in monogamy?
I’ve never had a problem being monogamous in a serious relationship. I’ve also never had a problem dating as I see fit when I’m not in a relationship. The guilt of not being monogamous would be massive. I don’t think that I could deal with that. Maybe that’s why I’m not in a relationship.
If I asked all the women you ever dated to agree on something about you, What would they say?
He’s great in bed.
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