A LOT LIKE LOVE
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What was it like having sex in the toilet in the airplane with Amanda? We don’t actually see you because you are behind closed doors.

ASHTON: I have done it in other movies. For some reason directors seem to like the idea of me having sex in toilets! I was really comfortable with that scene.

Have you ever done that yourself?

ASHTON: I tried it once but I did not even actually get into the rest room (toilet.) I was flying with somebody and we were sitting down. I got up and went over to the rest room, but it was too difficult trying to get both of us in there. There were too many people around us and people would not go to sleep. It was really awkward and we never actually made it.

Ashton, your character is seduced in the movie; do you usually make the first move in your relationships?

ASHTON: I am not really a ‘move’ guy. I do not make first moves. I do not know how to make the first move; I am pretty shy about the initial conversation to start a date or relationship. I am not good at that.

Amanda, what are you like in relationships, do you wait for the guy to call or do you make the first move?

AMANDA: I try not to plan too much and I do not have rules like ‘do not call him back until the third day’. Blah blah blah. No I do not do any of that. I like to let things happen and take their course.

Ashton what does love mean to you?

ASHTON: Agh…well... that is a really difficult question for me because I am really a love cynic. I don’t know if it is truly attainable every day. To me love is when your desire for someone else is greater than your desire for yourself, or equal to that. That is a tricky thing to attain. The concept of love that we see in A LOT LIKE LOVE is what most of us called love, where there are always obstacles, but it is hard to define.

Amanda what do you think?

AMANDA: The idea of the movie is that they do have real love but dance around it and keep moving around and traveling before committing to each other, but the love is always there.

Why do you think Emily is so wary of getting involved with Oliver right away?

AMANDA: I think it is to do with being young and wanting to appear cool. The younger you are I think you are more likely to be concerned about having some kind of ‘cool’ persona, rather being who you are and just getting involved. Some people, who have suffered a loss like my character, are afraid of certain kinds of people. She is afraid of Ashton’s character, who is vulnerable and earnest and direct. People like Emily prefer someone who is more aloof and harder to get, because that would make them feel safer.

Amanda why did you find the movie so interesting?

AMANDA: What appealed to me about the movie was the combative beginning. She likes him despite herself. I think this film is exciting because it is an old fashioned romantic comedy. She thinks that she is better than him. And underneath there is a great sizzle and fire percolating.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

AMANDA: I personally do not believe in love at first sight. I definitely believe in chemistry and lust at first sight. But I think love is something that takes work. You can see in the movie that timing is important, timing is everything. Both people have to be ready and open and I think that is what the movie is about.”

Ashton your character in the movie embarrasses himself, or makes himself vulnerable by serenading Emily with a Bon Jovi song on the guitar, have you ever done anything extreme for love?

ASHTON: Oh yes. I don’t think I have done anything crazy or absurd, but I have put a lot of effort into a relationship to try to impress someone. But I wouldn’t call it absurd. The craziest thing I ever did was when I was in Canada shooting a film and I developed a long distance relationship with someone back in the United States. I flew to Los Angeles for thirty minutes to see her and then flew back out again because I only had a thirty-minute window to see that person. But I got there and she wasn’t there, she was late. Then she turned up with only fifteen minutes to go, so I had fifteen minutes with her and then I had to leave.

Ashton do you have religious or spiritual beliefs?

ASHTON: I try not to have religious beliefs - that is the first misconception. To me being religious is doing things because other people say doing them will make your life better. On the other hand spirituality is doing things and seeing the results. The biggest change in my life since becoming spiritual is that I try to live my own life and I think I have become a better person.

Amanda do you enjoy fashion, you look great?

AMANDA: I love fashion, I think it is fun. Being in this business, I think it is part of the glamour, getting dressed up and going to a premiere. It probably fulfils an adolescent fantasy. The outfit I am wearing is by Gaultier.

Ashton you are known in your MTV series, PUNK’D, for playing tricks, practical jokes on people, has anyone ever done that to you?

ASHTON: Yes. John Edwards, the democratic senator who was running for Vice President in the last election, played a trick on me. I was campaigning for him and I was traveling on a private jet with him. At the airport Secret Service officers were there. Security was very tight and strict. They were checking luggage on the tarmac. One of the Secret Service guys asked me if a particular grey bag was mine, which it was, and asked if I was carrying a firearm? I said ‘No’. He said he was going to detonate it because of a suspected firearm inside it. I said ‘detonate it. I am not trying to kill anyone, I promise.’ Then I realized they were playing a joke on me.

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