"I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him"
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The subtext is about refusing a manufactured triangle. Pitt, as a global symbol more than a person, comes with an entire media weather system: comparisons, speculation, “feuds,” the expectation of commentary. Martinez’s sentence sidesteps that gravitational pull. He’s asserting a boundary between private life and celebrity mythmaking, but also between different tiers of fame. You can hear an actor protecting his own identity from being reduced to “the other guy in a Brad Pitt story.”
It works because it’s both plainspoken and strategic. There’s no dramatic denial, no sanctimony, no fuel. The first half keeps him likable; the second half cuts off follow-up questions. It’s a micro-lesson in modern celebrity survival: you can acknowledge the superstar, but you don’t let the superstar’s narrative annex your life.
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Martinez, Olivier. (n.d.). I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-brad-pitt-i-just-have-nothing-to-do-with-13542/
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