Billie Joe on Brigitte Quinns 22 Minutes CBS New York October 12th (video)

[Hero_Of_The_Hour]

Watch: ‘Brigitte Quinn’s 22 Minutes’ With Billie Joe Armstrong
By Brigitte Quinn | October 12, 2016 | CBS New York

 

 

 

 

 

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — In this instalment of “22 Minutes,” 1010 WINS anchor Brigitte Quinn sits down with Green Day frontman and star of the new film "Ordinary World,” Billie Joe Armstrong.

Armstrong discusses the parallels between his character and his own life, Green Day‘s new album, fatherhood, jamming with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and more.

BQ: How did you come to be doing that project?

BJA: The writer/director Lee Kirk he approached me with the script and I read it overnight and I really liked it immediately. We sort of worked on it a little bit together and I fell in love with the character and I thought it was great.

BQ: No big surprise there. Perry, he’s a lovable character. He’s a former punk rocker.

BJA: The thing that I related to most was how you become so humble when you become a parent because you put your kids and family before everything else.

BQ: Your character is turning 40, was that in your own life any kind of a crisis?

BJA: Sure, why not? I think it’s a little bit for everybody. When you get to an age where you can look back at time and eras of where you were at in your life, that’s when I think you start going, “Wow, I’m getting up there.” I think the thing about the character was when you have a family and you have kids there’s part of you that sort of goes away, but I think what that the character finds is that there’s something new about him that he’s discovering every day.

BQ: There’s a nice scene where his friend tells him that he got to jam with McCartney…but in real life did you get to jam with McCartney?

BJA: When the movie was finished, and it was edited, and Green Day got inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I was literally jamming with Ringo (Starr) and Paul McCartney. It’s just crazy. I have a weird life, and I like it. I still can’t believe it.

Check out the full interview above.

Also, find out what director Lee Kirk has to say about working with Armstrong in this interview with 1010 WINS:

(video is on the site)

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/12/22-minutes-billie-joe-armstrong/

 

 

[cabot_girl]

I think Billie acts a bit "different"  doing these types of interviews, it's kinda like I feel he doesn't say his opinion about stuff... Like hating Donald Trump etc..he is moderating himself a bit. Wish he had the guts to say his opinion out loud on tv. I'm not sure if all these interviews with these people is a good thing for him really.. I know he is promoting both the film and album,  but it feels kinda "forced"... Just my opinion though 

[Chin for a Day]

35 minutes ago, cabot_girl said:

I think Billie acts a bit "different"  doing these types of interviews, it's kinda like I feel he doesn't say his opinion about stuff... Like hating Donald Trump etc..he is moderating himself a bit. Wish he had the guts to say his opinion out loud on tv. I'm not sure if all these interviews with these people is a good thing for him really.. I know he is promoting both the film and album,  but it feels kinda "forced"... Just my opinion though 

I think part of the problem was she was a shitty interviewer.  There were basic facts that she was not aware of and she clearly didn't know anything about GD.  The interview is generally only as good as the interviewer can make it.

 

[Sixtrix]

I think he does a good job with not giving Trump too much of a platform by bashing him on TV and media. Trump is an idiot and talking about it only makes Trump's hype bigger. I think that's why he isn't going all-out about that.

[Leni.]

28 minutes ago, cabot_girl said:

I think Billie acts a bit "different"  doing these types of interviews, it's kinda like I feel he doesn't say his opinion about stuff... Like hating Donald Trump etc..he is moderating himself a bit. Wish he had the guts to say his opinion out loud on tv. I'm not sure if all these interviews with these people is a good thing for him really.. I know he is promoting both the film and album,  but it feels kinda "forced"... Just my opinion though 

Maybe he doesn't want to add fuel to the fire by saying something about Trump. Some people are upset about the fact he's talking about politics in interviews or elsewhere but don't mind that certain GD songs are about political issues and I don't know why. But yeah, as you said, I agree that he seems he doesn't like doing these interviews that much, I wouldn't too.

[Sanity Loan]

Wow, this was fantastic to watch and listen to. She was a pretty good interviewer and Billie was pretty well spoken throughout the entire thing.

[stories and songs]

5 hours ago, cabot_girl said:

I think Billie acts a bit "different"  doing these types of interviews, it's kinda like I feel he doesn't say his opinion about stuff... Like hating Donald Trump etc..he is moderating himself a bit. Wish he had the guts to say his opinion out loud on tv. I'm not sure if all these interviews with these people is a good thing for him really.. I know he is promoting both the film and album,  but it feels kinda "forced"... Just my opinion though 

Well, when Huff Post interviewed him the other day he actually spoke at length about why Trump doesn't inspire him to write music in any way, and his thoughts on the debate. Even in this interview, he talked about how he's trying to avoid focusing too heavily on the negative politics going on in concert, because it has just gotten so dirty and he doesn't want to add to that. He's definitely sticking to the opinions he has shown all along. He also just happens to be a little more soft-spoken in solo interviews, and is probably trying to act appropriately for the occasion. He can't really tell someone on a daytime TV program that his fans were chanting Fuck Donald Trump or anything, haha. 

I honestly really, really enjoy seeing him interviewed on his own. He comes across as pretty sweet and unassuming, and has always had a knack for telling stories.

[Steven Seagull]

So people are actually chanting about political candidates at Green Day shows?

Damn that's pathetic.

[Hermione]

He's such a sweetie in this. Good interviewer too.

21 hours ago, Steven Seagull said:

So people are actually chanting about political candidates at Green Day shows?

Damn that's pathetic.

People chanting their opinions at a punk rock show? Whatever next!

[House Of Wolves]

Why is there a roll of duct tape on the table?

[amberwhite]

21 minutes ago, House Of Wolves said:

Why is there a roll of duct tape on the table?

Right?  I was so distracted by that. And her question about playing with McCartney at "one of the induction ceremonies". I wanted him to say "yeah, OURS " -- good for him being more gracious than I would have been. 😜

[Chin for a Day]

I can't believe people think this woman is a good interviewer.  She was incredibly uninformed about her guest.  That is a huge faux pas in interviewing

[stories and songs]

Especially in a filmed interview @Scattered Wreck! If you're interviewing someone over the phone and you trip up on a fact, they can politely correct you and you apologize and move on. If it's a television interview, you'd better be prepared to get it all right the first time. The job of the interviewer in any case is to be as knowledgable as possible to get the best responses from their interviewee. And sometimes people are genuinely touched when you take the time to read up on them beforehand. Researching someone like Billie is super easy, so there's really no excuse for a seasoned reporter to make several mistakes.

[Leni.]

3 hours ago, House Of Wolves said:

Why is there a roll of duct tape on the table?

Haha I was wondering about that too but nothing comes to mind  

[Steven Seagull]

Yeah blame her for not knowing everything about Green Day when the interview was about the movie anyway.

[straighttohell]

A fanzine documenting 3 years of Billie's life would be insane..

[tdlyon]

I got the impression that the interviewer was a robot or android of some kind and not an actual human being

[sara_gd]

17 hours ago, Hermione said:

People chanting their opinions at a punk rock show? Whatever next!

I know right?

I still can't get why he would say "pulverize the Trump towers" and then get mad when people started chanting "Fuck Donald Trump", and then go into American Idiot 10 minutes later. Oh yeah, we're all killjoys not understanding that we're supposed to have peace and love in our beautiful underground loving bubble. I don't get it.

[Hermione]

1 hour ago, sara_gd said:

I know right?

I still can't get why he would say "pulverize the Trump towers" and then get mad when people started chanting "Fuck Donald Trump", and then go into American Idiot 10 minutes later. Oh yeah, we're all killjoys not understanding that we're supposed to have peace and love in our beautiful underground loving bubble. I don't get it.

I guess it's a mixed feelings thing, like he hates Trump but also wants to have an enjoyable show/not have to think of Trump 24/7. I don't think he's mad at the people chanting it (I mean he literally said "don't vote for Donald Trump" at a show recently ), more at the annoying situation where you want to say something against him but also don't want to have every moment dominated by him or to have to give him attention.

[Hero_Of_The_Hour]

I actually get the distinct impression he is modifying his behaviour or deliberately acting as middle of the road as humanly possible while promoting this movie because it actually isn't HIS movie, it's technically Lee Kirk's and he's been given the responsibility of promoting it. It's not what Billie is used to as he generally promotes his own music and if he offends or alienates viewers or listeners to a show by actually having an opinion on Trump or stating how he really feels about him (like he hasn't been afraid to do in the new issue of NME for example) and they choose not to buy his music as a result it's his loss. It's uncharacteristic of Billie to shrug off all questions about the debates and Trump (we know how Trump gets him riled up since 2011) etc on recent shows and try to give the most polite or neutered answer possible but he obviously has been asked not to alienate potential movie goers. Ordinary World isn't his baby after all. 

[Hermione]

Good point. Plus there's the subconscious being more awkward/guarded when it's a more formal/serious interview thing. Like there wasn't really any reason for him say "well not really a squatter..." when he'd just been happily talking about living in a squat on Howard Stern , but he was naturally more cautious and conservative in his answer just because of the interview setting.

[sara_gd]

9 hours ago, Hermione said:

I guess it's a mixed feelings thing, like he hates Trump but also wants to have an enjoyable show/not have to think of Trump 24/7. I don't think he's mad at the people chanting it (I mean he literally said "don't vote for Donald Trump" at a show recently ), more at the annoying situation where you want to say something against him but also don't want to have every moment dominated by him or to have to give him attention.

Yeah I know, he wants to have some peace and love and get away from the media, yeah, okay. But he is mad at people chanting when he said "don't vote for Donald Trump", that's what makes no sense to me. He looked SO uncomfortable when people chanted at Webster. He took maybe 10 seconds being uncomfortable until he got to speak (saying let's do this peace and love thing, don't talk about Trump right now). And then 10min later he goes into American Idiot! 

[Beerjeezus]

56 minutes ago, sara_gd said:

Yeah I know, he wants to have some peace and love and get away from the media, yeah, okay. But he is mad at people chanting when he said "don't vote for Donald Trump", that's what makes no sense to me. He looked SO uncomfortable when people chanted at Webster. He took maybe 10 seconds being uncomfortable until he got to speak (saying let's do this peace and love thing, don't talk about Trump right now). And then 10min later he goes into American Idiot! 

i think it's quite understandable he doesn't want to turn his band into the "anti-Trump" show. Once they became known for hating Bush but it wouldn't be good if everyone thought they are repeating the formula with Trump. Especially because he is likely to lose. They'd wind up with no one to hate for the rest of the album cycle. It can't look like Trump is their main focus.

[sara_gd]

Just now, Jane Lannister said:

i think it's quite understandable he doesn't want to turn his band into the "anti-Trump" show. Once they became known for hating Bush but it wouldn't be good if everyone thought they are repeating the formula with Trump. Especially because he is likely to lose. They'd wind up with no one to hate for the rest of the album cycle. It can't look like Trump is their main focus.

It's not their main focus, but he is saying stuff against him! That's my point.

[Beerjeezus]

Just now, sara_gd said:

It's not their main focus, but he is saying stuff against him! That's my point.

Yes, he is. I don't think he was mad. I think people at the show made him uncomfortable because he didn't expect this kind of reaction. He was like "wtf do I do now"