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Jackson Enjoys Sleeping On Motel Room Floors

Fantastic interview/article with Jackson that you guys should definitely check out!

ContactWhile teens, suburban moms, vampire lovers and closet fans in just about every other demographic are over-the-top excited about Rathbone’s appearance the new Twilight movie, New Moon, the actor himself is most enthusiastic about another project all together.

While acting pays his bills, Rathbone clearly wants to talk about his band, 100 Monkeys. A blues/funk/rock ‘n’ roll combo comprised of Rathbone and some old pre-fame friends, the band are about to release a new album called Grape. Rathbone audibly lights up when asked about 100 Monkeys, but unconvincingly denies being more into his music than his acting.

“People say that [I'm more excited about music than acting], but I just feel like I have more control over music than I do over, say, playing Jasper in the Twilight series,” Rathbone said late this summer from the set of the third Twilight movie, Eclipse. “Because I get to write the words that I sing. As opposed to as an actor, I wear what people want me to wear, I stand where they want me to stand, I say what they want me to say.

“That’s great — I love being an actor and I’ve been studying to be an actor since I was about 14 years old. But music balances it out. I can’t have one without the other.”

Music provides something else for young Mr. Rathbone: a reality check. With the huge amount of attention directed towards the New Moon stars (though, he at least has to worry about the spotlight less than Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson), it would be easy for a young actor to develop an ego worthy of a sparkly vampire.

Since Rathbone spends his free time riding around the country in a van with an indie rock band that includes members who have known him since high school, though, he doesn’t have much opportunity to morph into Mr. Movie Star.

“We don’t have a cushy life,” Rathbone says. “We’re not playing arenas and selling them out yet. We play dirty dive bars and love it. Whenever we’re on the road we sleep in two motel room and take turns sleeping on the floors. It’s not all glamourous and it’s great. If it were all glamour, it’d be boring.”

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November 11th, 2009 • By Gel • 100 Monkeys, Jackson
Nicole said:

Well he wasn’t sleeping in a Motel in Nashville! I believe he was on the top floor of the Renaissance Hotel! LOL

November 11th, 2009

Gel said:

Haha, I am so not surprised about that.

November 11th, 2009

Stef said:

Aww love him! I’m not surprised about the Music or the motel floors. Can’t wait for the second monkeys Album. Hope it’s as good as the first!!! :)

November 11th, 2009

Susie said:

Nashville might have been top floor of the Ren – but these guys still break down their own gear, they still haul equipment, they load and unload – and they do it all on a very tiring schedule!
I have never met Jackson – but I’ve met all the rest of the band – and they aren’t spoiled rock stars, nor are are they going to let “J-Bone” become a pampered movie star when he’s with them.
To love the 100 Monkeys is to know how hard they work without a large entourage of people surrounding them.

November 11th, 2009

Jillian Mary said:

that’s the life i want, i want to tour with bands and go to like scummy bars and like live in a van. i thought i was crazy and the only one who would want to live that way.

November 11th, 2009

t said:

i’ve met them all and none of them have an ego about them. and they love the scum of the earth small bars that put their fans as close to them as possible. they feed off the energy of the crowd and its amazing.

November 13th, 2009

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