Esquire
6:03 pm, September 10th, 2013
PHOTOS
(Esquire)
To mark its 80th anniversary, Esquire
“The Life of Man” series features kids, politicians, athletes — and a number of Hollywood stars.
Jon Hamm , Bradley Cooper , Michael Douglas , Josh Hutcherson , Robert Redford , Blake Shelton , and Robin Williams are among the participants to offer bits of wisdom and reflection.
Check out some of the Esquire gallery highlights below , and find the rest here
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1. Jon Hamm, 42BEST DAY SO FAR: “I remember coming out to California after college, by myself, in a 1986 Toyota Corolla. I was driving into L. A. for the first time, and it was a beautiful day, everything that southern California’s supposed to be, and I remember thinking: I finally made it to California.” PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: “I can remember being very proud upon finishing the pilot of Mad Men. Granted, acting is not the hardest thing in the world – it’s not like I’m a lead miner – but you can still have a pretty healthy sense of accomplishment when you get something done against all odds.” 2. Chris Colfer, 23MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “It really sucks to be in your younger twenties. There’s just no respect, you know? So I’m looking forward to being older—like, in my sixties or seventies. I want to get to that age where I can be the crazy old guy in the corner. I'm going to thrive in that period of my life.” BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “The best advice anybody has ever given me was probably from my grandmother. And it was a Latin phrase: ‘Illegitimi non carborundum,’ which means, ‘Don’t let the bastards get you down.’” 3. Robin Williams, 62BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “It was by Bette Davis. We were doing Laugh-In, and she got the whole cast together and said, ‘Just learn to say no.’ I thought, Wow, pretty interesting, because she was doing Laugh-In.” MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “Grandchildren. I can’t wait to see how my son does as a father. Revenge will be mine!” 4. Aziz Ansari, 30PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: “The first time I did stand-up at Carnegie Hall. At that point I had been doing stand-up in New York maybe nine or ten years, and going from, like, crappy open-mic stuff to playing a sold-out show in Carnegie Hall definitely felt like I did something.” BEST DAY SO FAR: “Any day where I’m in New York, spending time with people I care about and working on things I’m really proud of.” 5. Blake Shelton, 37MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “November. It’s my favorite month of the year. Because I like it when shit dies.” BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “Was from my father. And it was simply, ‘Be patient.’” 6. Josh Hutcherson, 21BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “It came through somebody else from Tom Hanks: ‘Fame doesn’t change you; it just magnifies whoever you are.’ And through my many years of experience, I have definitely seen that. Great people become even more great; people who are bad become even worse.” MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “Having a family.” 7. Robert Redford, 77MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “Continuing: That would make me happy.” BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “Pay attention.” 8. Seth Meyers, 40PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: “I’m most proud of the company I keep. I’m very lucky to have been able to work with some really funny people over the years.” BEST DAY SO FAR: “Probably the night I did the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.” 9. Michael Douglas, 69BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “When you are sick, enjoy it. Because there is nothing else you can do.” MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “A world free of nuclear weapons.” 10. Bradley Cooper, 38BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “I’ve been given a lot of advice. Great advice. But recently, it was a friend of mine who was quoting another friend of his who had given him this advice, talking about relationships. But I can’t say what the advice is. But it was good.” MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “I’m most looking forward to each day as it comes, really.” 11. Woody Harrelson, 52PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: “Without question, my kids. Not that I worked that hard in the early stages—a couple of grunts and a nap. I should have never said that. Oh, fuck. Yeah. My kids.” BEST DAY SO FAR: “The day I met my wife Laura, which was on the set of Cheers. This media workshop from UCLA came by, and she was a part of it. This was the one time in eight years that we went and talked to them–Teddy [Danson] first, and then I talked a little while. I asked if anybody had secretarial skills, and she raised her hand. Before you knew it we were having a long talk, and she became my assistant. And after three years of that I gave her a raise.” 12. Aaron Paul, 34BEST ADVICE HE'S GOTTEN: “Simple: Be kind and don’t be a d-bag.” MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: “Life with my new wife, and maybe having some kids running around in the world.” 13. Jason Derulo, 24PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: “Completing my third album during the recovery process after I broke my neck.” BEST DAY SO FAR: “The two best days of my life so far were when my two nieces were born.” 14. Angus T. Jones, 20BEST DAY SO FAR: “Right now. The moment I’m actually living in. Because I can make decisions that alter where I’m going in the future, and I can have interesting memories to remember when I get there.” PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: “My family rocks. The pride comes in when I get to introduce them to people.”
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