Apple hasn't ditched 'Mac guy', actor says
Apple Computer is still contracting actor Justin Long to play the "Mac guy" in a series of upcoming Mac holiday ads and is paying him handsomely for his services, the actor wrote in a blog posting on his website Monday.
"As for the Mac commercials, I don't know where that report came from that said i wasn't going to do anymore," Long wrote. "[I'm] literally setting my alarm right now to wake up for a Mac shoot tomorrow. If I'm not doing anymore I guess I can sleep in on my day off --that'd be nice."
He was referring to a report published on RadarOnline last week, which cited an unnamed representative for the actor in saying that his days as Apple's 'Mac guy' were over.
"Every ad you see Justin in is for that previous time period only. There's no long-term deal with him," the rep purportedly said. "Justin's a movie star, not a commercial guy."
In his blog posting Monday, Long said he continues to film some new "holiday spots" for Apple which he thinks "will be pretty funny" but "not nearly funny enough to justifiy the money they're paying me though."
"They're easy to do," he said of the ads. "I love John (the PC guy) and working with him is so effortless and fun that I definitely wouldn't rule out doing some more -- and, as I said, they pay us nicely."
"As for the Mac commercials, I don't know where that report came from that said i wasn't going to do anymore," Long wrote. "[I'm] literally setting my alarm right now to wake up for a Mac shoot tomorrow. If I'm not doing anymore I guess I can sleep in on my day off --that'd be nice."
He was referring to a report published on RadarOnline last week, which cited an unnamed representative for the actor in saying that his days as Apple's 'Mac guy' were over.
"Every ad you see Justin in is for that previous time period only. There's no long-term deal with him," the rep purportedly said. "Justin's a movie star, not a commercial guy."
In his blog posting Monday, Long said he continues to film some new "holiday spots" for Apple which he thinks "will be pretty funny" but "not nearly funny enough to justifiy the money they're paying me though."
"They're easy to do," he said of the ads. "I love John (the PC guy) and working with him is so effortless and fun that I definitely wouldn't rule out doing some more -- and, as I said, they pay us nicely."
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In his blog posting Monday, Long said he continues to film some new "holiday spots" for Apple which he thinks "will be pretty funny" but "not nearly funny enough to justifiy the money they're paying me though."
"They're easy to do," he said of the ads. "I love John (the PC guy) and working with him is so effortless and fun that I definitely wouldn't rule out doing some more -- and, as I said, they pay us nicely."
Whuut?
Dude, money is money. "A man's gotta eat".
Stop complaining!
Whuut?
Dude, money is money. "A man's gotta eat".
Stop complaining!
Given that Macs are now often cheaper than equivalent PCs does that mean Justin gets paid less than John?
I bet. He's probably just saying it
Given that Macs are now often cheaper than equivalent PCs does that mean Justin gets paid less than John?
I'm glad he's staying in the ads... I like the camaraderie that the 2 of them have....
Whuut?
Dude, money is money. "A man's gotta eat".
Stop complaining!
I think he was doing the opposite of complaining.
maybe he's saying the truth, but you'll never get a raise if you say "my work... actually, it doesn't justify the money they're paying me though"
And, well, he should stay at Apple anyway.
Love him and love the commercials, it really represents my thoughts of PC's
OLD, FAT, NOT attractive, NOT too clever, rather ENOYING most of the time, etc!
Sorry, couldn't resist the capslock for once.
http://www.apple.com/jp/
Good for him clearing up the rumors that tend to be unfounded lately on the Intertubes.
And I think it's essential that the ad leaves room for feeling more sympathy for the PC guy.
This is a pretty funny thread. The rumor that he was canned led to 99% anti-mac guy comments, and this one is pretty much all pro-macguy (except for his poor grammar). Kind of similar to the Intel rumors a little over a year ago when everyone said that Intel was evil, and AMD should be the next mac supplier, and now Intel kicks ass and AMD is second rate in comparison. ALL HAIL JOBS! for creating such a wonderful army of loyal fanboys. The only thing i'm wondering is if someone could please make a firefox plug-in to filter out fanboy forum posts? Would save everyone lots of time.
fun fact: you dont need a firefox plug in. usually if the site is called "applesomething" it will be pro-mac and anti pc.