Miles Teller On Why He Stopped Doing Press Profiles After He Was Labeled As “Kind Of A Dick”: “People Want To Click On The Negativity”

Miles Teller is opening up astir why he stopped doing property profiles and really he has taken power of nan communicative astir his persona.

While astatine nan Cannes Film Festival, wherever he was promoting James Gray’s Paper Tiger, in which he stars alongside Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, Teller addressed nan 2015 Esquire floor plan that had categorized him as “kind of a dick.”

“That was truthful mishandled. The logic why I person not done profiles is because I said, ‘Wow, if I’m not doing this question and reply connected camera, this personification tin misquote things aliases put things retired of bid aliases opportunity things that didn’t happen,'” Teller said successful an question and reply pinch IndieWire.

He continued, “It felt for illustration specified a usurpation of what really transpired. I told my team, ‘Guys, I don’t deliberation I’m doing this again, because I’m reference this and this doesn’t sound for illustration maine to me. This is not life, truthful why would I ever want to beryllium a portion of thing wherever they tin conscionable put that in?’ So it’s unfortunate that being a bully person, that doesn’t sell. People want to click connected nan negativity. If you spell to furniture and put your caput connected your pillow and really you dainty group truly, that’s what matters. That [2015] question and reply was for illustration 12 years ago.”

The character added, “The actors, nan directors, nan crew, nan producers, you can’t hide who you are erstwhile you’re connected set.”

In 2015, Teller called retired Esquire connected Twitter, now known arsenic X, and said nan publication “couldn’t beryllium much wrong,” adding, “I don’t deliberation there’s thing cool aliases entertaining astir being a dick aliases an asshole. Very misrepresenting.”