meatloaf-unofficial
30 Oct 2010, 18:13
From the Guardian posted today:
What I see in the mirror: Meat Loaf
'I am the smallest of all the men on my father's side. I am like the runt'
As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someone else on the mirror. So this morning I combed George Clooney's hair; yesterday it was Brad Pitt's.
I am the smallest of all the men on my father's side. They went up to 700lb (317kg), and one of them was almost 7ft tall. I am 6ft and I am like the runt.
Even so, I am always wanting to lose weight, so I try to eat as much fish and vegetables as possible. Earlier this year, I wasn't eating red meat at all; I was eating almost nothing but vegetables. I started to get tired and weak, and a doctor said to me, "With your schedule, you need protein." Well, I hate tofu, so I started eating meat again.
From my heaviest point, which was back in the early 1980s, I've lost 100lb. People ask, "Do you feel better?" And I say, "No, because I got older." I am 63. Just ask anybody who is getting old – everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet.
I cut my hair 14 years ago when I was doing a movie with Dennis Quaid that was set in Montana in 1963. It wasn't a big deal. Afterwards, my managers were going, "You've got to grow your hair long again." And I told them, "Stop it, I'll get a wig." So on the last tour I got a stupid-looking long-haired wig – I wanted to shoot myself when I saw the pictures.
• Meatloaf's UK tour starts in Cardiff on 29 November; meatloaf.net for details.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/30/meat-loaf-interview
What I see in the mirror: Meat Loaf
'I am the smallest of all the men on my father's side. I am like the runt'
As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someone else on the mirror. So this morning I combed George Clooney's hair; yesterday it was Brad Pitt's.
I am the smallest of all the men on my father's side. They went up to 700lb (317kg), and one of them was almost 7ft tall. I am 6ft and I am like the runt.
Even so, I am always wanting to lose weight, so I try to eat as much fish and vegetables as possible. Earlier this year, I wasn't eating red meat at all; I was eating almost nothing but vegetables. I started to get tired and weak, and a doctor said to me, "With your schedule, you need protein." Well, I hate tofu, so I started eating meat again.
From my heaviest point, which was back in the early 1980s, I've lost 100lb. People ask, "Do you feel better?" And I say, "No, because I got older." I am 63. Just ask anybody who is getting old – everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet.
I cut my hair 14 years ago when I was doing a movie with Dennis Quaid that was set in Montana in 1963. It wasn't a big deal. Afterwards, my managers were going, "You've got to grow your hair long again." And I told them, "Stop it, I'll get a wig." So on the last tour I got a stupid-looking long-haired wig – I wanted to shoot myself when I saw the pictures.
• Meatloaf's UK tour starts in Cardiff on 29 November; meatloaf.net for details.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/30/meat-loaf-interview