Jeremy Piven On Ari, Love And His Bathroom War Of Words

In this week's Page Six Magazine Jeremy Piven- the three-time Emmy-winning Entourage star infamous for his club-going, flirtatious ways- is back in town with a new Broadway show, and is looking for a woman. But this time he's playing for keeps.

On his Emmy and Golden Globe-winning role of Ari Gold in Entourage:

"I'm not Ari. But still, he's a great character to play- he's so reactive and living in the moment, but at the same time, he is driven by things that I think are beautiful, like putting food on the table. In life I wouldn't have the patience for him, and I don't think he would for me. I'm a stage actor making no money doing a f--cking play. He'd be like 'Baby, baby. It's always about the money baby.' The irony there is pretty thick."

On his reputation as a womanizer:

"It just feels so played out. It's not really me. In essence, I am a really boring stage actor from Chicago."

On the exhaustion of working on Broadway, in his current role of Bobby Gould in Speed-the-Plow:

"This show starts off like the [end] of a boxing round, when there are ten seconds left and you just have to give it all you've got. The great ones let their hands go- they let them fly- and they swing. This play feels like swinging from the time the curtain goes up."

On his infamous, bathroom-line war of words with Stephen Dorff:

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"I was seeking justice in the wrong place...I just wanted him to know he had to wait in line at a crowded club like everyone else."

On his nomadic existence and the decision to move to New York City:

"I've been a moving target for the last two decades...Whenever I come back to New York I think, 'Why don't I live here again?' That was the reason for me to take this play- so I could come here and find a place to live, and establish a solid foundation for myself. That's what I really need right now."

On why it's taken him so long to find true love:

"I think seeing my parents together and how they were such a team, it made me think that when you finally pick someone to be with, you do it for keeps...My six-year-old niece put it best when she was talking to my mother about my being single so long. 'All in his own time, Nana,' she said, 'All in his own time.'"

Comments

[QueenVictoria]

This is the son who wants to separate himself from his Martin Sheen family....right?
Someone tell him he will never be James Bond.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

You forgot to ask where the hair came from......he was so bald not too long ago....

[defdes]

It's "flocking", it comes in a spray can....it gets EVERYWHERE.

[charitabledonation]

Cool. But who are you voting for?

[bryand1]

Reminds me of my encounter with Stephan Dorf - in the early nineties, he wanted to move to the front of a long list of people waiting for brunch at a cafe near the beverly center in LA..he insisted repeatedly that he would appreciate going ahead of all the people waiting. As I peered down at his shockingly short self with the not so surprisingly huge sense of himself, I just said no. He huffed and puffed, whined and wailed...and then left. A fly swatter would have been appropriate.