”I think women know how to be civilized and men are just pretending,“ comedic actor says
Comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan grapples with some surprisingly serious issues — capitalism, the gig economy, toxic masculinity — in his new film “American Dreamer.”
“I play a ride-share driver, a guy who is down on his luck, is not doing well even in the ride-whare game, so he ends up driving around a drug dealer and then there are a lot of questionable bad decisions,” Gaffigan told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven.
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“His approach to fixing things is a very kind of a quick fix, American kind of thing,” the actor said. “He thinks he’s entitled for things and doesn’t want to take accountability for things. I think every man struggles with that because we’re gorillas — we’re just animals. I think women know how to be civilized and men are just pretending.”
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“American Dreamer,”written and directed by Derrick Borte, is available in select theaters, OnDemand & iTunes on Friday.
Watch the full on-camera interview above.
Beatrice Verhoeven
Film Editor, Twitter: @bverhoev