Johnny Knoxville

The Jackass In Chief sounds off

 
THE 21ST QUESTION:
Do the Jackass movies really need a director?

KNOXVILLE:
You have to have someone to control all the idiots. All of the guys look up to Jeff and want to perform for him. And I know the tricks he pulls on people. I know the psychology he uses to get the guys to do a stunt. Everyone knows it. I love this one where he says, "Don't worry, man. You got this." He says it like it's no big deal when the guy doing it and the guy saying it know full well that this guy doesn't got it. Bam Margera's good one is, "Quit being a little bitch about it." In this movie, Jeff was trying to get Ehren McGhehey to do something involving rusty nails in India. Jeff started in on him but Ehren kept saying, "You want me to sit on rusty nails in fucking India? Hell no. I don't care if I got a tetanus shot." Jeff told him it was fine and sat down on the nails, but when he felt how sharp they are he jumped up and said, "Trip (Taylor), show him it's safe." Trip touched the nail and it went right into his hand. He started bleeding. Ehren kept saying, "Jeff, you're a used car salesmen. You've sold me five cars. Three have worked. Absolutely not." Then cut to footage of Ehren doing the bit.

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