As Williams puts it, It is a very special magic trick.
It desensitizes and sensitizes you all at the same time.
We have deep empathy and compassion for animals, way more than we do for humans.
Robbie WilliamsBen King
Can we see a screening ofBetter Man?
And I was like, Yes.
Id love you to.
Howard Donald, Gary Barlow and Mark Owen of Take That.Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images
[My ex-girlfriend] Nicole [Appleton] went to see it last week with Natalie, her sister.
I FaceTimed them all straight after the film andwe all wept together.
I dont know how Liam [Gallagher]s going to behave about being in the film.
The bit Im most concerned about is my dad because hes a crucial part of that film.
We were in the Granada Studios in Manchester and Michaela Strachan was the host.
It wasoverwhelming and scary.
I was already aware that my place in the band wasnt safe.
The Best Advice I Ever Received
To me, this made total sense.
It changed my outlook on my job and what I do.
And the sad thing is that in all of my pomp, I experienced no joy whatsoever.
Now there is heaps of joy and heaps of excitement.
I get to claim my place in the world, feel comfortable in it and enjoy it.
And that is a huge gift.
AndI auditioned for a boy band by mistakeand got in.
And Ive been playing the part of a pop star ever since.
This is me acting as if I am my script writer.
I am directing the shit show.
But that being said, actual acting, I dont want to do that.
That whole thing about, And now we shoot from a different angle.
When do I get to go and say things?
That is 5% of your job.
The rest of it is fucking boring.
My Toughest Career Experience
Having a panic attack for two hours in front of 75,000 peoplein Leeds 2006.
It changed my life because it was such a traumatic experience that I had to take evasive action.
And from that moment, very slowly, Im the person that I am today.
I went away and retired.
It was that huge in my head: This is killing me.
Then my brain started to turn to Swiss cheese because I had no purpose.
And I realized, this is why people die when they retire.
The Films That Make Me Cry
I dont watch films that make me cry.
I stay away from them, becauseI dont need melancholybecause thats how I feel between my ears anyway.
I want escape and silliness.
Because of my isms thats where I am anyway.
Why do I go down that street?
Thats where Im trying to escape from.
Give meHousewives of Orange County.All theHousewives.
I feel like a new artist thats just been signed.
And the excitement of what this new-found world could mean.
And it feels like with a glint in my eye that that might be about to happen.
The Role Id Want to Play
Dr. Frank-N-FurterinThe Rocky Horror Picture Show.
That bit where he comes down in the lift and hes got his suspenders on.
How do you do?
I see youve met my faithful handyman.
Because its fun and its silly and its dark and its stupid and its massive and its glorious.
But like I said earlier on, I dont want to do three angles of me opening the door.
I want to live in the 50s, 60s.
I want to go to that school.
I want to have that life.
I want to be that good-looking with that jaw.
And so, I dont know if there are characters that are, oh, thats me.
Its all characters that I want to be.
My Most Quoted Lyrics
That doesnt happen.
Not for a long time.
Theres not that gathering of fans outside the hotel now.
Everybodys got kids or grandkids.
My Guilty Pleasure
I dont have guilty viewing.
My viewing is my viewing.
WithMAFS, cut to the chase and just do the Australian one because thats the daddy.
Their psych tests arent so stringent, I think.
Its just amazing to watch human behavior and duplicitous actions.
Its a soap and its Shakespearean.
Who Would Play Me in My Biopic
Well, we got the perfect person with Jonno Davies inBetter Man.
Hes in that film with Harry Styles in it?
My karaoke playlist
I dont do Karaoke.
Its not my thing.
Whats your favorite thing to write about?
I dont do it.
Because its my job.
