Mr. October: Jake Busey

He likes T-Shirts from Hell because they have funny slogans on them. He says “right on.” He and his father have been the subject of much gossip and talk, and have reputations for being crazy and out-of-control. Much of this information can be found on the Internet. He says things like, “The internet is fucked. People don’t know what they’re talking about.” Jake Busey is a funny, adorable, likeable, and way cute actor who has been in some really heavy hitting genre film favorites like Starship Troopers and Peter Jackson's The Frighteners. He's been in epsiodes of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, and Charmed. Usually cast as the funny guy or the villain, Jake's got a sense of humor that allows him to play roles other actors don’t have the charisma to carry. He’s got a new horror film coming out called Haunted Prison, which airs this October 14th at 9PM on The Sci-Fi Channel, and Jake is dishing the dirt about his innermost secrets to Pretty/Scary...

Dark, disturbing secrets like “I always had a crush on Helen Hunt my whole childhood. You know, when she was in that show with the family that lived in the big tree house.” He’s trying to quit smoking but “nobody likes a quitter”. Did I mention that Jake is totally cute? Read on for more Jake...

Yes, I have played a few villains, and some more villainous than others. I believe it started with Motorcycle Gang, a Showtime '50'S remake directed by John Milius. That’s when my career really started to take off. The funny thing is, I am more suited for comedy, and prefer it. In fact my agent sometimes wants to slam his head against the wall when producers and execs claim, "Jake is only a funny guy, we don't see him as a bad guy". But that's only because they've perhaps only seen me do comedy. The same situation happens in reverse as well. In fact back and forth many times a day according to my agent. I always thought being a truly versatile actor was the only way to be a REAL actor, not just a good-looking flavor of the month. Unfortunately, nowadays all Hollywood cares about is what Paris Hilton is up to, and who's gonna get Brad. We've lost all integrity as an industry!

This picture is good because Jake has his shirt off. And a third arm. Which is hot.

What’s a date with Jake Busey like?

Not as scary as somebody might think. I am actually more into laughing and the humorous side of life. Going on a date with me would be a lot of laughter, and the full treatment; I’m door opener, I like fine wine... I would try and do some unique and different things on a date… Go parasailing. Or Go on a roller coaster ride. The best thing for me is like, an afternoon into the evening date. I like long dates. I don’t wanna just go to dinner and a movie. That’s fairly average. I would love to date someone that I could show my wild side. So; good times and laughter.

Jake on the set of Starship Troopers with hot chick costars

What’s scarier; dead people in a haunted prison trying to kill you, or alien insects hell-bent on destroying the human race?

The ghosts in Haunted Prison because I never even saw the insects in Starship Troopers. They were computer-generated effects, and we only saw them afterwards. But the Haunted Prison guys were actually really scary. There was this one guy, a giant guy, with his eyes burnt out, black hair, and he’d been electrocuted. He was pretty scary.

Jake with hot chick Coors girls. Check out the tat. Nice.

Who is Jake’s Ideal woman?

Someone who is game for anything at any time. A Spontaneous road trip… Someone who loves life. A people person. Someone who’s funny. I really like hanging out with girls who are funny and make me laugh and generate things in life that are creative. I’m always drawn to women that are artists, into graphic design, or actors, or something like that. It’s inspiring impressing to be with someone who is that way. Funny creative, outgoing, energetic, and ready to do anything.

One of those pictures on Jake's website where he's all "serious"

I haven’t seen Haunted Prison. Based on the rest of the movies I would say Starship Troopers, because in The Hitcher II I was killing people. In The Frighteners I had a shaved head and was maniacal. Definitely Starship Troopers because I was at least moderately attractive in that. And moderately humorous.

This is another website picture with jake being all "fun-loving but non-threatening". He can do lots of "looks"

What are your turn-ons?

Always working on a project, being active, I really like afternoon barbecues. I am really into cooking. I love cooking. I have gotten past basic 101 cooking and I am now into French sauces. Slow cooked barbecue stuff. Salmon.

This is Jake at a Chili Cookoff. He makes really good chili, so he says.

Jake has some really good tips on BBQing trout: You don’t de-bone it, you can’t filet it. You just wrap it in tin foil and put it n the BBQ. My stunt double is a commercial fisherman and a stuntman. Last week we went out n the ocean. I caught the biggest fish I’d ever caught…I pulled in a 5 1/2 foot Mako shark. That fucker was something else… we let him slowly die, which was hard, because I am an animal lover. Even though sharks are gnarly. It’s still a beautiful animal… This guy, at 51/2 feet, wouldn’t bother with you cause you’re bigger than him. But if you’re smaller than they are, you’re done.

Jake's chili is all about hanging ten. With Satan.

What are your Turn-Offs?

I hate complaints. I hate government. I hate taxes. I hate traffic. I hate bossy people. I hate people on a power trip. Rudeness. Sunburns. And I hate cleaning dog vomit out of the back of my Mercedes because my dogs have separation anxiety.

I have a ten-year-old American Staffordshire terrier, who is white, named Romeo, I got him summer of ‘96. And I now have a puppy, her name is Juliet, 16 months old, she’s a fawn colored Great Dane. She’s 120 pounds.

 

Jake built this dog house with his own two hands for Romeo and Juliet. This is the obligatory scary stud "dog" picture, because chicks dig guys who like animals.

 

 

Jake had a band, called Feedback. He was the drummer. Alas, the band is no more.

 

I quit my band, which broke it up, unfortunately... I more of a Tommy Lee/John Bonham hard-hitting rocking drummer, and he was more laid back, wanting to be more mellow…

 

This is Jake's face as used in The Frighteners.

 

 

This is Jake in some football movie or something. Now, jocks can be assholes, but doesn't he look good? Makes you want to stoop and take a jock to the prom.

 

What else does Jake have coming up this year?

Comanche Moon airs on CBS in January, Val Kilmer, the prequel to Lonesome Dove. I play this wacky dude who lives on the Texas/Mexico border, working for this Mayan guy, I am his scout to tell him whenever anyone comes near the border. With Tourette’s Syndrome.

 

Jake picks bananas from his own backyard with childlike abandon

 

Visit Jake at JakeBusey.net

Anyway, I get to filleting it, and cooking it. I cut out the jaw. And I built a tiki bar at my house, it’s an outdoor palazzo, it looks like something out of the south pacific. It’s got a bunch of stuff all over it that I have collected over the years of traveling. It looks like one of those tropical bars you go to in like, New Orleans, its got Mardi Gras beads and a puffer fish hanging around. Now it has the jaws of the shark hanging there.