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# The Strange Behavior of Johnny Knoxville

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by 

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Sep 29, 2006 4:00 AM UTC

by 

[Jeffrey Ressner](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-ressner/)

Sep 29, 2006 4:00 AM UTC

Nursing a hangover — what else is new? — actor and head jackass Johnny Knoxville is tooling around Texas when he calls in to TIME’s Jeffrey Ressner to discuss his new hit sequel, his life and his loves. _Jackass 2_, which cost around $12 million to make, earned $29 million in its first weekend. 

**TIME: How are you dealing with the reviews this time around?**

 J.K.: I’m just basking in the glory. Depending on how you felt about the first movie, this one is either way better or way worse. 

**Who are your inspirations?**

 I love Buster Keaton. We also watched a lot of cartoons while writing _Jackass 2_ like Road Runner and Tom & Jerry. I saw one where Tom puts on a blindfold and a bull comes along and just smokes him. I thought it was a pretty good idea for the movie, so we got an 1,800-pound yak to do the same to me. 

**What’s the worst stunt you’ve done that went wrong?**

 Well, if they go right you never see them. They _have_ to go wrong. I’m pretty proud of the one in the movie where I ride a rocket like Wile E. Coyote and it explodes. A foot-long metal rod shot out of the side, and if had been four inches to the right it would have gone through me. That made a good bit. 

**How much damage did you inflict on yourself while making** **_Jackass 2_** **?**

 I’ve got a torn rotator cuff now, probably from the yak or the bull. Nothing’s broken. But considering I almost bought it twice in the film, I’m in good shape. 

**Another person who flirted with death was the late Steve Irwin. How did his death affect you?**

 It upset me and all the guys. We were huge fans. But that’s what he wanted to do and how he lived his life. He went out doing what he loved. It’s a shame because of his kids, but it’s like policemen and firemen who go to work and don’t know if they’re ever coming home. I probably won’t go out in a very peaceful manner either. 

**You bought a home from Johnny Cash — what’s the place like?**

 We signed the papers on a Monday, and he passed away that Friday. I’ve only been there twice, but my friends and family stay there. Eventually I’ll make it there — it’s right outside of Nashville, a two-story cabin with six rooms, built in 1850\. His wife June used to buy cabins in West Tennessee and had them shipped on trucks to Nashville. 

**You’re on the cover of** **_Out_** **this month and have also graced the cover of the** **_Advocate_** **. Why are you reaching out to gay audiences?**  Why not? It seems natural with _Jackass_ — nine naked dudes in thongs running around. I actually tried to get on the cover of _American Grizzly_, which is all about hairy gay guys, but they said they didn’t want any celebrity endorsements. I was so crushed. 

**You’ve been linked to Jessica Simpson and Lindsay Lohan, though the publicists always say you’re “just good friends.” Any truth to the rumors?**

 Absolutely not! People write that stuff all the time. I can’t take it very seriously. 

**There’s a lot of strange goings-ons with animals in** **_Jackass_** **. Any concerns about PETA?**

 Someone from either PETA or the Humane Society came on the set one day when we were doing something with bulls. I asked them ‘Are you serious? You’re worrying about the bull? It’s going to be stomping my head in about three seconds.’ But no, we’ve never had any trouble with animal rights people, because the animals are the ones who are \[messing\] us up. 

**What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done with a four-legged creature?**

 Steve-O and I were both in a llama suit walking around in a pen with wild boards, and all of a sudden we felt something pushing against us. I looked around, and an elk had mounted us. 

**You’ve done ads for Mountain Dew, Coors Light, Taco Bell. Is there anything you actually use that you’d like to promote?**

 They talked to us about product placement for _Jackass_ and we said no, it didn’t seem like a good idea. Then they said they would give us free beer if we featured Miller, so we agreed. Now they send us cases of beer to every city we go to, so that was a good deal. It’s delicious. 

**You have a 10-year-old daughter. Do you encourage her to do stunts too?**

 No, but over the last year she came out of her shell a bit. We were in a surplus store and she saw an air horn behind the counter. She said, “Look dad, doesn’t that look like something we could use to wake up \[Jackass director\] Jeff Tremaine with?” I was so touched and proud — I was like, “Awww, she wrote her first bit.” 

**You’ve been a journalist, a wanna-be skateboarder, a TV star and now you’re in movies. What do you want to do when you grow up?**

 Jeez, I hope I don’t.

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