Ledger blasts 'whores'
From:
August 25, 2005
Star quality ... Heath Ledger
AUSTRALIAN actor Heath Ledger has joined Russell Crowe in berating actors who use their fame to appear in advertisements.
Ledger, who is based in Los Angeles and Sydney with his girlfriend, actress Michelle Williams, said he did not care about his image in the movie industry and hit out at image-conscious movie stars who appear in adverts.
"I'm certainly not someone who wants to go out and sell f...ing Tag Heuer watches and L'Oreal and all that whole stupid fashion that has come in right now," Ledger said.
"It is wh*ring ourselves for millions of dollars.
"I'm not sure I put thought into how I want to be perceived and how I come across. "I've never really concentrated on that. All my effort goes in between the time of action and cut."
Ledger stopped short of mentioning actors by name, but his comments mirror those made by Crowe earlier this year.
Crowe nearly fell out with his actress friend Nicole Kidman when he said it was "sacrilegious" for actors to appear in advertisements.
Crowe incited the ire of big-name stars in the industry when he declared his views in Australian GQ magazine.
"I don't use my celebrity to make a living," he said in January. "I don't do ads for suits in Spain like George Clooney or cigarettes in Japan like Harrison Ford.
"To me, it is kind of sacrilegious - it's a complete contradiction of the social contract you have with your audience. "I mean, Robert De Niro advertising American Express. Gee whiz, it's not the first time he's disappointed me. It's been happening for a while."
From:
August 25, 2005
AUSTRALIAN actor Heath Ledger has joined Russell Crowe in berating actors who use their fame to appear in advertisements.
Ledger, who is based in Los Angeles and Sydney with his girlfriend, actress Michelle Williams, said he did not care about his image in the movie industry and hit out at image-conscious movie stars who appear in adverts.
"I'm certainly not someone who wants to go out and sell f...ing Tag Heuer watches and L'Oreal and all that whole stupid fashion that has come in right now," Ledger said.
"It is wh*ring ourselves for millions of dollars.
"I'm not sure I put thought into how I want to be perceived and how I come across. "I've never really concentrated on that. All my effort goes in between the time of action and cut."
Ledger stopped short of mentioning actors by name, but his comments mirror those made by Crowe earlier this year.
Crowe nearly fell out with his actress friend Nicole Kidman when he said it was "sacrilegious" for actors to appear in advertisements.
Crowe incited the ire of big-name stars in the industry when he declared his views in Australian GQ magazine.
"I don't use my celebrity to make a living," he said in January. "I don't do ads for suits in Spain like George Clooney or cigarettes in Japan like Harrison Ford.
"To me, it is kind of sacrilegious - it's a complete contradiction of the social contract you have with your audience. "I mean, Robert De Niro advertising American Express. Gee whiz, it's not the first time he's disappointed me. It's been happening for a while."