I'm not a Sex Symbol

[Clive Owen may be many women’s dream man, but the star insists he doesn’t take his heartthrob status tag seriously.

“Any actor who starts taking ’sex symbol’ seriously or thinks of themselves as a sex symbol has got some serious problems,” he tells Parade.com. “When I’m in my normal life I care very little about how I look. Sometimes I have to dress up when I’m making movies, but that’s not me when I’m just hanging around.”However, the British actor’s many female fans could have a rethink when they see him play a scruffy Interpol agent taking on an evil banking conglomerate in his new film The International. “I don’t mind looking like I need a good wash and a good meal,” he says.

“There’s no vanity about my character and I think that’s real. His absolute obsessive passion is trying to bring a bank down. He doesn’t care how he looks. So I just stopped shaving and left it to the make-up people to make sure I looked bad in every scene.”

Source: Associated Press

Clive Owen may be many women’s dream man,

He doesn’t care how he looks. So I just stopped shaving and left it to the make-up people to make sure I looked bad in every scene.