| GERARD WAY interviews JOHNNY GALECKI a.k.a. Leonard Hofstadter of 'The Big Bang Theory'. |
| Written by Shahlin Graves |
| Tuesday, 27 December 2011 15:45 |
 My Chemical Romance frontman GERARD WAY recently played the part of journalist for 'YRB' magazine and interviewed actor JOHNNY GALECKI - a.k.a. Leonard Hofstadter of TV show 'The Big Bang Theory'. In the interview, Way questions Galecki about character authenticity: "Gerard: I know you take what you do extremely seriously. How much do you find you have to sacrifice on a personal level to add some sort of authenticity to a character? Johnny: That’s a scary question. I’ve been in situations before where the role available to me not necessarily made me question the sacrifice I had to make, but what the people around me may have to do because of it. I have never gotten to a point where I felt the need to pull back. I feel no matter how far I go, the people around me in my life can help me get back. When playing a role, you want the full experience of the character to come across when you show up. I want to live vicariously through these characters. Would you say you feel the same way when you’re performing certain songs on stage? Gerard: Sometimes it’s similar to acting, and other times it isn’t. I like to think when you’re up there, it’s you, fully authentic, but really cranked up. As if it’s a version of your real self in the third person. Johnny: I agree. The authenticity and honesty still has to come from you." Way and Galecki also discuss having a personal life in the entertainment industry: "Gerard: In your personal life you keep a very low profile, what do you think about generating things from your personal life as part of entertainment? Johnny: There is a part of it that’s good for business, I suppose, but that’s the business of being a television star. When one thing starts to overwhelm or distract from the other, the work suffers, and eventually no one is gonna want to photograph or interview you anyway. There are some people in our industry that seem to operate outside of the business in a way that I feel is more for a personal sense of value, and having that doesn’t validate me. From an audience member’s perspective, you are almost ripping yourself off. I don’t want to see someone on the screen and all I can think about is the divorce they’re going through in their personal life at the time." Click HERE to read the full interview.  |
