Megan Fox is famed for being sexy, outspoken and a little weird. But is the Transformers star ready to reveal the woman behind the unpredictable persona? In a no-holds barred interview with the New York Times, Megan, 23, discusses being a sex symbol, why Jennifer’s Body was a box office bomb and her love for Brian Austin Green.
On being addicted to reality shows including Jon & Kate Plus Eight, Ghost Hunters and Say Yes to the Dress.
“I don’t know why I love it, but I do. It’s really confusing to me, so I study it. They all cry when they find the dress. I don’t understand why they all cry.”
On Jennifer’s Body failing at the box office.
“People expected Jennifer’s Body to make so much money. But I was doubtful. The movie is about a man-eating, cannibalistic lesbian cheerleader, and that pretty much eliminates middle America. It’s obviously a girl-power movie, but it’s also about how scary girls are. Girls can be a nightmare.”
On using her sex-symbol status to get ahead.
“If I had been a typical starlet and said all the right things, I wouldn’t have escalated to this level. I sit down and do an interview and I talk like a person and that, for some reason, is shocking. All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. You’re sold, and it’s based on sex. That’s O.K., if you know how to use it.”
On the cost of creating her outspoken persona.
“It’s been a crazy year. I’ve learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they’re going to tear you down. And I created a character as an offering for the sacrifice. I’m not willing to give my true self up. It’s a testament to my real personality that I would go so far as to make up another personality to give to the world. The reality is, I’m hidden amongst all the insanity. Nobody can find me.”
On being compared to Angelina Jolie
“People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she’s so serious and stoic. I’m the opposite. When I do interviews, I say things that I think are hysterical. But because we live in a world of sound bites, you’re not allowed to have a sense of humor. Sarcasm doesn’t translate in print at all. And neither does self-deprecating humor. I’m not a tigress like Angelina. Of course, people want me to be. But I want to be the contradiction of that.”
On comparing her Transformers director Michael Bay with Hitler.
“I got myself in this whole mess. But it doesn’t matter. I know that the things they said about me in the crew letter were not true, but [Michael] Bay is not happy with some of the things I’ve said about him. I was waiting for someone to defend me, to say, ‘That’s not accurate,’ but nobody did. I think it’s because I’m a girl. They left me out there to be bludgeoned to death.”
On meeting fiancé Brian Austin Green on the set of Kelly Ripa’s sitcom Hope & Faith.
“[Brian] played himself. Kelly Ripa’s character was kidnapping him for some crazy reason. I didn’t know who he was from 90210, but I liked him right away. Everyone was around the monitor watching a scene, and Brian accidentally touched my leg. I remember literal electricity shooting through me and out me from every direction. It was like magic.”
On refusing to get naked for sex scenes.
“I had my first sex scene in [Jonah Hex]. I had on underwear and silicone covers that you wear over your breasts. I would never be naked in a film. You should never say never, but my body parts are all I have left that are only mine. The world owns everything else.”
Interesting what Megan Fox said in her interview!
If she would keep her tongue in her mouth and stop posing like a trashy porn star, get some acting lessons, and stop saying stupid things… people might like her. Oh, and her agent is the one who started the Angelina rumors we all know it… that didn’t help her much either esp lying about it. She needs to come clean about that, and apologize to christian people and “middle America” because Meggy, you aren’t smart. Funny how she’s always trying to cover up the fact that she can’t act. The fact is… we just don’t like her because she’s a stupid airhead. Angelina Jolie is better looking and is an intelligent, classy woman. The original is always better.
hmm sounds to me like your jealous MEGAN FAUX get over yourself megan is hot she has enough problems without people like you tearing her a new one for speaking her mind go back to lala land with your drugs and booze you fake christian bible bashing wonnabe!!! you should be the one apologizing for being an oxygen thief and a waste of human space im almost guessing your a couch potato with no goals in life and probably single either that or you have a partner and your a control freak major issues girl your tapped in the head get over your dam self
i read the full interview. u can’t just read her quotes. the interviewer revealed the truth about her; she said she was not warm or friendly, spoke, but did not want to make conversation.
everything megan says contradicts herself. all she is a girl who was average looking that got lots of surgery to become what she and others perceive as “hot.” (you can see her before surgery here: http://www.box.net/shared/i10uxhtuoj ) she’s a starstruck, fame hungry, money hungry young woman that will say anything to get attention and will pose provactively while always trying to make up an excuse for her raunchiness, and hide the fact that she’s just plain slutty.
she admits she makes up everything she says, but then says, she doesn’t know why she can’t speak her mind. didn’t u just say, the things u say are just to get a shock factor?
the most contradictory thing she says is , she wants to use her looks to get ahead and women should do the same. but then the article closes with her saying, i don’t want to be this (a sex symbol)
i think she’s obsessed with angelina, wishes she was as beautiful as her, and tries to say she’s nothing like her, but deep inside is sooooo happy people are comparing the two.
@megan faux
perfect name for her. how fitting : )
Is she still here???BORING
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Sounds like you are all jealous. She’s gorgeous, she’s honest and your insecurities make you hate her just because of that. She was insanely gorgeous before any surgery she may have had and she is even more gorgeous now. Hey ladies, get over YOURSELVES. Your insecurity is showing, and it’s not cute. It’s very predictable and boring. You should learn to love yourselves, even if you’re a troll…and based on your stupid comments (Megan Faux? Really, are you 5 years old?) you all must be beasts.