GUBLER + ANOTHER

I interviewed the hilarious and handsome Matthew Gray Gubler for AnOtherMag.com. We talked about everything from naming stars to famous stars to Paul Hogan and Paul Newman. Click here to read the piece!

Here are some excerpts from the interview:

Zac: ... 
Gubler: Where are you from originally?
 

Brisbane, Australia.

Oh, I have some friends from Brisbane!

Really?

Yeah — they call it ‘Brizvegas’.

Yeah, they do… Not because it’s nice.

Yeah. [He laughs] Most of Australia seems really friendly. I want to go and meet Crocodile Dundee.

Yeah, he’s still around.

Really?

I don’t think he gets much work these days, so you see him hanging around ATMs, bumming ciggies off people…

[He laughs] Is that Paul Hogan?

No, Paul Newman.

[He laughs] I’m Matthew McConaughey.

I watched like ten minutes of a Matthew McConaughey film recently and — wait, are you friends with him?

I’m sure he’s nice. I actually really like actors who can’t help being themselves no matter what film they’re in. Like, I loooove Jeff Goldblum, because he’s always just being Jeff Goldblum, but who the fuck’s Jeff Goldblum?! No one’s like Jeff Goldblum.

Wait — did you say Patrick Stewart before Jeff Goldblum?

[We laugh] No, but I wish I had!

Have you seen his cameo in-

Extras?

Yeah.

[Nodding] It’s amaaazing!

“I’ve seen everything!”

That show is wonderful. Everyone was great on that. Well, it’s gone now, right?

Yeah. Can Ricky Gervais get work anymore?
I don’t know. It’s so weird.

Hollywood!

I was hoping the internet would take away from people getting offended so easily. It’s like, “Grow up man! He’s a comedian!”

...

[We've been talking about The Life Aquatic]

...I’m still amazed that I was in a Wes Anderson movie!

And you got to have a perm for the role, which is pretty amazing.

Actually, oddly enough I’d had a perm before! My sister, since she only had a brother, wanted a doll that was human and spent her formative years making me into a girl. You know, perming my hair in fifth grade.

I bet that made you really popular.

I got relentlessly beat up, and that perm didn’t help much!

Oh my god — I didn’t get beat up, but I was pretty fat and have naturally curly hair, which does not a popular kid make.

I was the same! The fat curly hair combo is not…

No… It’s not a winning combination. Except for Zach Galifianakis.

He’s doing it for all of us! We’re all fat and curly-haired at heart.

...

Did you have a birthday recently?
Yes! March 9^th.

What did you get?

A very unique gift. As you may know, my name is Matthew, and some people call me ‘Matt’, which bullies used to call me, so it kiiind of rubs me the wrong way. The other thing is I really love my last name ‘Gubler’, and at every step of my career someone’s told me I should change my name, but I love it! My worst nightmare is someone mispronouncing my name. So, a dear friend of mine — my girlfriend actually — bought me a star. You know how you can buy someone a star in the solar system?

Yeah.

And she named it ‘Matt Gabler’! It’s my worst nightmare! ‘Matt Gabler’ is now a permanently reality in the annals of time. I’ve got to hand her credit on that one.

Last question: there’s this fan video on Youtube, and it’s all of your appearances in The Life Aquatic with The Killer’s ‘Somebody Told Me’ playing. Did you make that?
No! [He laughs] No! There was this time when one of my best friends would send me a fan video from Youtube everyday. I don’t know… Someone great made that, but it wasn’t me.