theblondejournal:

• Interview Magazine
• August 2012
• Model: Mila Kunis
• Photographer: Craig McDean
• Stylist: Karl Templer

Mila looks undeniably cool on the cover in a J Brand jacket, Martel tank top and Rag & Bone jeans. For the accompanying article, actor pal James Franco and the raven haired starlet talk Hollywood double-standards, being unpopular as a teen, where she’ll be in five years and more. Here are some highlights from their Q&A:

On doing on-screen things other actresses might not:

“Because I really have no shame, James. Let’s just call a spade a spade. I think that certain things are funny and certain things are okay to make fun of—including myself. I think that you have to laugh at the absurdity of this entire industry and the absurdity of what it is we do. If I didn’t, I’d go crazy… So to answer the question as to why I do silly things: Because … Why not?”

On choosing her roles:

“Well, honestly, after doing a TV show for eight years and a cartoon for more than a decade, you are, financially speaking, in a very lucky position where you don’t have to work for the sake of working. And I decided to take advantage of that. I don’t live lavishly, so it’s not like I have 20 assistants and travel privately and shop every day. I actually live a very mediocre lifestyle. [laughs] So I decided to step back and do things not just for the sake of doing them, but because I believe in them and I want to do them.”

On males vs. females in the industry:

“I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be. An actor goes crazy in a hotel room, gets trashed, throws a bench, breaks a window, and he is considered a rock star. An actress does that and she’s sent to rehab and is thought to have problems and issues and can’t get a job.”

Click here to read the full interview.