Its so obvious it is oscars first time playing dnd, because while everyone is looking at their options and abilities during the hunt, he is busy writing a 50k words hob x rue fanfiction.
Nothing can convince me that Bobby doesn’t know about buddie especially not when the first episode they have together you have this moment here where Buck (while trying to be enemies with Eddie) does a look when Eddie is all sweaty and panting because who can blame him he’s only human and then Bobby looks between the two of them LIKE THIS:
you open mikey’s suitcase and it’s like the same 5 shirts, you open gerard’s seven suitcases and out pops a fucking spirit halloween store complete with a bonus ulta beauty for all the makeup
My favourite written Alex interview is the one from the Telegraph where he had to answer questions via email because he was basically incoherent when he was interviewed after a TLSP show. This last part is so so good
IRL Alex would never be able to say any of these things as coherently as he does here so I’m really glad he took the time to write back to the interviewer.
There’s a video interview on YouTube i think it’s with Stijn from Studio Brussels in 2018 where he comments that often people ask him about the lyrics and writing but don’t really want ‘to get into it’ they just want to know the ‘names and addresses’ of whoever they think he’s writing about. I always found that funny because when Martin was interviewing him and Miles in 2016 for FaceCulture Alex gets snarky and jokes that Martin wants to know the names and addresses of the people in the songs. But it’s also a little sad because I get the impression that he really does want to go into it, especially if he can sense the interviewer will actually care to listen and also be patient with him. BASICALLY what I’m trying to say is that Alex actually really likes talking about writing but it’s either that the interviewers aren’t that interested (don’t ask the right questions) or that he literally can’t verbally communicate his thoughts in the way he wants (very relatable). In this interview though he actually really gets into it and the metaphors he uses are so vivid and visual it makes me want to go off on a tangent about the way he translates the images in his head into lyrics (but that’s probably for another day). Honestly wonder how long he’d been developing this metaphor for the relationship between lyrics and melody, but ultimately I’m really grateful that he shared this when he did.
Also this part at the start is so
I always got the impression from his interviews that Alex ‘rehearses’ or at least meticulously plans what he’s going to say, because he’s an expert at not always answering questions directly but still pushing the conversation forward towards what he actually wants to say. So the whole ‘internal cue cards’ thing makes a lot of sense to me. Sometimes I wish he’d be more spontaneous or he’d do more ‘fun’ interviews, but then I remember that when Jo Whiley did a quick fire round with Alex and Matt, Alex could barely answer any of the questions. So I guess the internal cue cards are a good idea!
listened to hozier's apple music interview yesterday, and he said something like "imagining a man 20 years from now, who had all this noise in his head and didn't find a way to exercise it, that's a really sad picture", and when he quoted an irish poet "the only madness is loneliness, the voice that goes unheard" oh my god.
some day, when s3 is out and all is right in the world, im gonna need neil to explain what the fuck was going through his head when he decided that the aziraphale's reaction to being kissed after 6000 years of being in love should be "i forgive you." he was right but like how the fuck does one come up with that.
“I was very frightened [about being back on stage] initially. The thing that is given me and taught me is that- stress. I remember I was standing back stage and there is a little blinking red light. You have to press the goddamn red light and it goes solid, and then it goes green and tells you to go on. I remember on the first night just thinking “what if I don’t press the button?”, I mean, I won’t have to go on, I was so anxious, and then...
...I just took a big breath, pressed the button and I was totally without any anxiety, fear, or anything, I felt totally at home. I really do feel I’ve brought that into my life, that feeling of letting go and trusting in the moment. And frankly, trusting myself in a way I don’t think I’ve ever been very good at. As an actor or as a human, father, a friend. It’s actually been really helpful in that way.”