Timberlake es doble portada de Entertainment Weekly

El nuevo número de Entertainment Weekly muestra a Justin Timberlake en dos portadas diferentes promocionando «La Red Social», acompañado por sus compañeros de reparto
Jesse Eisenberg y Andrew Garfield en una de ellas.

En la entrevista con Dave Karger, el también cantante habló sobre su carrera musical: «¿Hace un pintor un cuadro porque tiene que hacerlo para el 21 de diciembre? No. Lo hace cuando sale de él. Así es como funciona la música para mí», respondió Timberlake respecto a la presión de la industria musical.

Preguntado por la posibilidad de caer en el olvido al esperar demasiado tiempo en sacar un nuevo álbum, el cantante contestó: «Si me preguntas a mí, no. Nunca dejo de hacer música. No sé que más decirte, excepto que simplemente ya no sé en qué trabajo quiero estar involucrado», y aunque al Karger le pareciese algo muy definitivo, Timberlake recalcó: «No. Todo lo que digo, en términos muy simples, es que lo sabré cuando lo sepa. Y hasta que lo sepa, no lo sé».

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Here Timberlake talks about coping with industry pressures and why you shouldn’t expect a new record from him anytime soon. See below for a portion of the Q&A, running in this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly:

EW: So how did you land such a choice part?

Justin Timberlake: I did a marathon of testing for the film. I tested more than anyone. I have to fight against my music career—I’m cognizant of that. But I didn’t care. I loved the part and I wanted to work with David [Fincher] so bad that I was like, «We can read this scene butt-naked if you guys want.»

EW: Are movies your priority now?

Timberlake: My priority is inspiration. It always has been. I grew up in a generation that was like, «Why not do everything?» I grew up in a family where they said, «Why not do everything you want to do if you have the opportunity?»

EW: There are only so many hours in a day, though.

Timberlake: True. And to be honest, ever since I went solo, I’ve felt like an infiltrator more than not. I feel like I’ve been made to feel that way.

EW: By whom?

Timberlake: Just everything around you.

EW: But if there was any resistance to you as a solo artist, it ended pretty quickly, wouldn’t you say?

Timberlake: I don’t know. Maybe I’m more tortured than I think and I only focus on the bad.

EW: Do you feel like an infiltrator in the music world now?

Timberlake: No.

EW: How about in the movie world?

Timberlake: Absolutely. Maybe that’s my own demons. I know what I want to be, and that’s an artist. It feels stupid to talk about it. I told you, you’re catching me at a vulnerable state. I just need to shut the f— up.

EW: Are there people you work with who are telling you that you should put another record out sooner rather than later?

Timberlake: [Long pause] When someone starts alluding to that, it gets shut down so fast. It’s like, «Talk all you want. Predict what you want.» I’m talking about people that work with me. «Ask me what you want, but know that I’m going to do what I want.» Does a painter make a painting because he has to make it by December 21st? No, he doesn’t. It happens when it pours out of him. That’s how music is for me. It’s not methodical. It’s so much more of an outburst of emotion. That’s the way my two albums have been. And when it does, it’s like Niagara Falls. I’m constantly creating. I’m into photography, I’m into music, I’m into film. I’m into a lot of things, but I don’t think that every idea I come up with is the greatest idea ever. I don’t have to tweet that I’m going to the bathroom in a song.

EW: Do you think it’s dangerous to wait so long? Christina Aguilera waited four years between albums, and her fans don’t seem to care about her right now.

Timberlake: If you’re asking me, no. I never stop making music. I don’t know what else to tell you, except that I just don’t know [in] what capacity I want to be involved anymore.

EW: That sounds very final.

Timberlake: No. All I’m saying is, in very simple terms, I’ll know when I know. And until I know, I don’t know. Every time I’ve gone against my gut, I’ve made the wrong decision. Call that New Agey if you like. I don’t give a s—. I know that I could wake up next year one day and be like, «Hey, I want to go on tour again, so I want to put a record out.»

EW: In the meantime, what do you want to do in film that you haven’t yet?

Timberlake: You talk about film with me, I’m like an open flesh wound. But in the good ways, too. Sensitive to everything, sensitive to what could be great, afraid of success and afraid of failure.

EW: Would you want to play a superhero like Andrew Garfield is about to do with Spider-Man?

Timberlake: I don’t think so. I tested for one [rumored to be The Green Lantern]. I don’t think I’m the superhero type. I think it’s important to know when you’re not the guy.

EW: How about a movie musical?

Timberlake: It’s so funny you said that. There’s something in my brain that’s been brewing and brewing and brewing. I’d be happy to talk about it when it comes to fruition in this playground. [Points to his head]

EW: How was it working with Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher?

Timberlake: Holy s—.It is so f—ing funny. You’ll love Cameron in this movie. She’s

so funny. Like, Bill Murray in her body. It’s weird when it first hits you, but you’re like, «I like this side of her.»

EW: You’ve already won two Emmys and a few Grammys. So you’re halfway to an EGOT, to use 30 Rock’s term. What’s going to be harder for you to get, an Oscar or a Tony?

Timberlake: Why would you think I would ever answer that question? There’s no answer I could ever give you that would not make me sound like the biggest a–hole on the planet. My mother’s going to read this, bro! She’ll be like, «You sound like a little a–hole!» I’ll tell you this: Getting a laugh on SNL means as much as winning a Grammy. Listen, I’ve won Grammys that I didn’t think I should have won and I’ve lost ones when I thought I wrote a really great record. It’s not important. In a lot of ways the Emmy kind of means more to me than a Grammy. Because it’s the kind of thing that I don’t think I would ever expect to have. This is how my brain works: I just think that it’s fantastic that there’s an Emmy that exists that has the word «D—» on it. That’s funny.