Timothée Chalamet & Zendaya on Friendship, Mental Health & Feeling Different | GLAMOUR UK

Yeah immediately, I was like oh yeah,

this is gonna be great because it was just like,

you understood my jokes.

Yeah, same, same. My humor.

Same, same. You know what I'm sayin'?

Same. The references.

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I, like any fan, got to kind of enjoy it

from a fan's perspective because I didn't get to see

much of what they shot, so I can say,

I too was surprised by,

you know, I was stressed out like anyone else.

I mean I'd read the books but it's one thing

to read the book and then to also experience it this way

so I was blown away, I was totally blown away.

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Well definitely that it's a marathon

and not a sprint on a movie like this.

I had never worked on something this long

or as you put it, physically demanding,

with the stilt suit and just the requirements

that I had to just to be fighting in scenes

or running across the desert.

Obviously there's way harder jobs out there

but it was definitely one of the bigger challenges

that I've been on and mentally when you're surrounded

by great castmates and the great director

and people that are confident and assured,

then it's easier to get through too

and now that we're doin' press, it's a lot of fun too,

'cause we all get along, I think.

That's true.

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I would say for me, I think it's about,

trying to carve out the time to find some consistencies

and whether that be small or big,

I know it sounds really corny,

whether that is like you know,

making your coffee in the morning

or if you have the means to see your therapist every week

or whatever it is, just having a consistent thing

that feels like you time,

I feel like is something I'm trying to get better at.

Like I'll take some time and be like,

you know, I'm just gonna paint

and I spend hours doing it and whether I like it or not

is not the point or I'm like you know what,

I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna paint

and have time just to myself,

I'm not on my phone,

I'm just you know, whatever.

So I think those things are important

and then reaching out to people, right?

You know. Yes.

Like having a support system,

talking to people who help get ya through it [laughs].

That was perfectly said.

All right. Consistencies,

that's really, mostly consistencies,

and I feel like you're really good at that.

Yeah I try. Yeah.

I try, thank you! Yeah.

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Well I don't know about me but I can say,

cover your ears, no.

[laughs] Yeah no, here we go.

I'm really impressed that Zendayas been like

oh these interviewers just blow smoke up.

You're the best! You're the best!

No but she, it's just amazing to,

as she just put consistencies and this is a crazy business,

Zendaya is really one of the most grounded people I know

doing this and it's reassuring to have a friend like that

because it can be an absolute circus.

Yeah [laughs]. So like.

Yeah, yeah. You know,

that's what I would say.

I would agree.

She's like I got nothing for him, he's a mess.

[laughs] No because sometimes you feel like

you're you know, you're in this industry,

you're floating, right?

And you need those

those people that feel like, I don't know,

like some stability or I'm trying to figure out a better

metaphor for this Yeah.

Right but you know, you're like in the middle of the scene

you're looking for the island and I think when you find

true friendships and people who enjoy doing what you do,

but you also admire, I think I admire Timothee's work

and being able to watch him work in real life

is like another special experience

so I think being able to communicate

and talk to someone about a very specific experience in life

that a lot of people maybe haven't experienced

or don't quite understand,

you need that, it makes you feel a little less alone,

like you're not in this by yourself, right?

You're not floating, there is other people that

you can grab onto and help you through it.

So, you need that, you need people to learn from.

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Oh for sure!

I'm a huge. I think so, yeah.

Yeah! Well, I think a lot of,

what are they called, day-a stars?

What was it?

No no no, what was the original name?

I'm not gonna get into,

I'm not gonna put it out. I think,

if I said I was number one,

then I'd be beefing a lot of people.

Yeah, I'm not gonna. I'm like 1,037.

[laughs] One of many.

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I think the first moment,

like 'cause I saw Zendaya when she got to Jordan

and without being agist,

there was no one within fuckin' 15 years of us,

no so, it was just a great.

No, but that's also true for Paul as well.

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah, that he's goin' through tough.

He's kind of like the only.

Tough circumstance where he has to be a leader

amongst adults at too young an age

but just when Zendaya got there,

the energy she brought to Jordan,

we were in part of the world that I'd never been in before

and we just had so much fun and she brought a great energy

and I think we have a similar,

we can tap into a similar chaos

and that's, that can be fun.

That's important. That's important.

That's important. Yeah, I think,

yeah immediately, I was like oh yeah,

this is gonna be great

because it's just like you understood my jokes.

Yeah, same same.

My humor. Same.

You know what I'm sayin? Same.

The references, if you get my references,

that's a very important thing

so I was like yeah we're good, we're good.

You ever watch like Dragons Tales?

Dragon Tales?

Yeah It's like.

[laughs] That's us. That's us.

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I think when you're growing up you always feel

out of your body, looking in the mirror to confirm

your identity or to shred your identity

or hate yourself and you know,

I think that's probably the most challenging period in life

when you're truly a fish out of water

but the brilliance in that too

you can kind of search for your identity,

search for what makes you feel grounded,

find the good people in your life,

those non-toxic ass people

and And [laughs].

And I think that's, yeah I think that's what I would say.

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I would say honestly every project that you kinda take on,

there's a bit of fear there 'cause there's no guarantee

that anything will work out the way you see it in

your head or you hope it will,

and so everything kind of sometimes feels like

a little bit of a leap of faith, you know?

And all you can really control is your work,

all you can really do is your best job

and work your very hardest and hope that something good

comes of it so you know, I would say it kinda happens

every time you kind of tackle a new project.

Take it on, yeah.

You know you're just like you know, here we go,

and so yeah, I don't know,

I think I feel that fear every time

which I think is a good thing.

Yeah. You know,

I think it's good to feel that fear.

I hope that I feel that every time,

even when I get you know, get older and do other things

you know, I think that's good, it's motivating.

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You try to be in the circumstance of your character,

try to be in the circumstance of the movie,

for me playing Paul Atreides in this one,

any sort of tension or anything you're alluding to

would help the character and help the arc in the story,

but then you try to like you know,

distract yourself from the seriousness of that or something

or the self seriousness or the pressure

or outside opinions, whatever,

and you're able to do that really most successfully

when you're you know, colleagues basically are

are fighting that same fight in some way.

I'd take this pressure over other pressures

I've felt in life before I had a career.

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I think I found my power when I'm working.

Which I've learned over this pandemic is maybe a good

and a bad thing, you have to find life and power

in other ways and not just your work, Zendaya.

Yes, outside sources.

You know, which I'm learning about,

but you know, I definitely, I feel empowered when I work

because I really, I really love my job and I feel

incredibly grateful to be doing what I love for a living

and so every day that I wake up and I get to do this,

it's just a massive sense of gratitude

for the fact that this is my job,

again with that, it feels empowering because I feel like

I'm in my element like I don't know when you're just

on set and you just feel like

Yes. Yeah this is my place,

like this is my home!