2008 Woodie Awards
A walk through Knoxville
Star 'Jackass' and of the new film 'Walking Tall' Johnny Knoxville sat on down to tell the View what it was like to make a film with The Rock
Elizabeth Sinclair-Smith
Date created: 4/5/04 Section: ENTERTAINMENT
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"It was offered to me at the 11th hour, and I would have had to say yes to "Saturday Night Live" and no to all my friends and "Jackass," so obviously, I didn't want to do that," he said. "If I'd went on "Saturday Night Live," it's hard to tell. Maybe [my career] would have taken off, but it wouldn't have been the same."
Aside from "Walking Tall," Knoxville has several irons in the fire, working both the acting side of things, including a new Farrelly brothers film, as well as the producing side.
"I'm producing a film at Paramount right now," he said. "It's an idea I came up with. I'm not writing the script, but I'm coming up with a lot of bits. It's a turf war between two hot dog vendors-it's an excuse for two guys to go at each other's throats for an hour and a half."
Aside from the Farrelly brothers' film, "The Ringer," which is about two men who rig the Special Olympics to pay off a debt, and "Grand Theft Parsons," the true story of deceased country musician Gram Parsons and his trek to cremation, Knoxville will be staring in an upcoming John Waters film, "A Dirty Shame."
"It's about a town full of sexual deviants that battle for control of the town, and I'm the head sexual deviant," he said. "No pun intended, as I say with every pun intended. My character gets introduced by getting a hummer in front of a tow truck."
According to Knoxville, acting is something that he always wanted to do, as he wasn't a big fan of "manual labor." Still, with all that he has going, he feels as though he has not been fully swallowed up by Hollywood.
"I don't really feel a part of Hollywood-you know, one of the boys," he said. "I kind of keep outside of Hollywood, but I know I'm a part of it now."
Aside from "Walking Tall," Knoxville has several irons in the fire, working both the acting side of things, including a new Farrelly brothers film, as well as the producing side.
"I'm producing a film at Paramount right now," he said. "It's an idea I came up with. I'm not writing the script, but I'm coming up with a lot of bits. It's a turf war between two hot dog vendors-it's an excuse for two guys to go at each other's throats for an hour and a half."
Aside from the Farrelly brothers' film, "The Ringer," which is about two men who rig the Special Olympics to pay off a debt, and "Grand Theft Parsons," the true story of deceased country musician Gram Parsons and his trek to cremation, Knoxville will be staring in an upcoming John Waters film, "A Dirty Shame."
"It's about a town full of sexual deviants that battle for control of the town, and I'm the head sexual deviant," he said. "No pun intended, as I say with every pun intended. My character gets introduced by getting a hummer in front of a tow truck."
According to Knoxville, acting is something that he always wanted to do, as he wasn't a big fan of "manual labor." Still, with all that he has going, he feels as though he has not been fully swallowed up by Hollywood.
"I don't really feel a part of Hollywood-you know, one of the boys," he said. "I kind of keep outside of Hollywood, but I know I'm a part of it now."
