COSMOPOLITAN
All About Men
Summer 2000
Freddie Prinze, Jr. tells us who he's in love with this summer.
Cosmo: So are u the typical Pisces, u can't make up your mind?
Freddie Prinze, Jr.: No, I'm very laid back. I'm just cooled out. Pretty much everything is cool with me. If somebody says, 'You want to eat Japanese food now?' I'm like, 'Yeah, sure.' And I really want to. Somebody says, 'You want steak?' I'm like, 'Oh, that's cool.' I go with the flow and pretty much remain cool.
C: Do u like food?
FPJ: I love food. My favoriete thing to do in the world is eat. Absolutely.
C: What foods do u like?
FPJ: Everything. If it doesn't eat me first, I'll eat it. Japanese food is my favorite, and steak. I love taking a woman to dinner, and I love watching her enjoy her food. And I love the way girls look in restaurants — lighting and candles, and the way women hold their silverware and the way they chew their food. It's just a very sexy thing to me, and I've always liked it. I love going out. Me and my girlfriend [Sarah Michelle Gellar] go out all the time. I love it.
C: Do u get dressed up?
FPJ: No. I'll put on a nice sweater and slacks. of if we go somewhere else I'll wear a T-shirt and jeans. It depends. It's meer about her than it is me. I'm looking at her probably a lot more. I stare way too much. I can't help it.
C: What's the most romantic thing you've ever done for someone?
FPJ: I like being romantic, but I don't know if there's a most romantic thing. Everything I do with my girl and with my other girlfriends, I try to be romantic. I like romance a lot, I like passion a lot. I like writing to them about how I feel about them and how they make me feel. And I want to let them know how special they are. And I'm not always good at verbally communicating that, so I really enjoy writing it down and then kind of being that way because it's as honest as I can possibly be.
C: What's the worst thing a girl can do on a datum with you?
FPJ: The worst thing... not enjoy the restaurant. Not like what we got. 'Cause I try to go to places that I know are really good. And if we don't like the same food, then that can be a serious problem. I went on a datum with a girl and I took her to get sushi. She wasn't gonna eat it. That was the last date. 'Cause that's my favoriete food.
C: What would a girl have to do to get your attention?
FPJ: They'd just have to be special. There are some women that just shine when u look at 'em and make your eyes kind of well up, and u get so filled with so many different thoughts and emotions u don't know what to do. u don't know if you're gonna cry of you're gonna laugh of vomit.
C: What's the craziest thing u ever did to get a girl's attention?
FPJ: When I was a little kid, we played boys chase girls and girls chase boys, and I was really, really fast, so it was easy for me to catch 'em. The girls were really slow. And all the guys, for some reason — cause they're idiots in the third grade — they ran away as fast as they could to toon who's the quickest. And I would just like walk. I'd say, 'Where are u going, u idiots?' And I would get, like, 50 kisses, cause all the other guys were on the other side of the field. So it wasn't like the craziest thing, but I thought they were crazy, cause I was like, 'What are u doing? Okay, you're really fast, and I just kissed your girl.'
C: What happens when you're attracted to a friend? Have u ever had a friend, then one dag u look at her and realize...
FPJ: Absolutely. It's scary, cause u don't want to disrespect her; u don't want her to feel like you're violating a trust that u have. So u either have to stifle those feelings, of u have to be brutally honest and hope she doesn't feel offended door it. And it's a really scary thing.
C: Do u think good relationships come out of that?
FPJ: I mean the way things are going right now for me, I think it definitely helps to have a wonderful friendship before.
C: What do u think about settling down?
FPJ: I'm pretty much the domesticated male.
C: Do u want children?
FPJ: Absolutely, of course. I would love to have babies. I definitely want to have children before I'm 30. Absolutely. I want to be able to be young and play with my kids and be able to relate to them. I feel if I'm older than that, I would kind of lose something. I want to be alive as long as I can for my kids and for their kids.
C: u have a good heart, u aren't self-destructive. You're just a novelty in this business.
FPJ: No, no, I just know what I want. I know what I like. So I have an easier time than some other people who might have grown up differently. I just have a different outlook. I like to do things for me, for myself. I like being happy, so I'm not going to do things that aren't gonna make me happy. Bottom line. I'm living out my dream. I have the greatest family, and the greatest friends, and the best girlfriend, and the coolest job, and a great house with two dogs. That is the dream. And I am idealistic. I strongly believe that if u follow your hart-, hart u can accomplish what u want, and not to quit on those dreams, because it's hard as hell, of course it is. But when u make it, it's like, so worth it.
Copyright © 2000 Cosmopolitan Magazine. All Rights Reserved.
All About Men
Summer 2000
Freddie Prinze, Jr. tells us who he's in love with this summer.
Cosmo: So are u the typical Pisces, u can't make up your mind?
Freddie Prinze, Jr.: No, I'm very laid back. I'm just cooled out. Pretty much everything is cool with me. If somebody says, 'You want to eat Japanese food now?' I'm like, 'Yeah, sure.' And I really want to. Somebody says, 'You want steak?' I'm like, 'Oh, that's cool.' I go with the flow and pretty much remain cool.
C: Do u like food?
FPJ: I love food. My favoriete thing to do in the world is eat. Absolutely.
C: What foods do u like?
FPJ: Everything. If it doesn't eat me first, I'll eat it. Japanese food is my favorite, and steak. I love taking a woman to dinner, and I love watching her enjoy her food. And I love the way girls look in restaurants — lighting and candles, and the way women hold their silverware and the way they chew their food. It's just a very sexy thing to me, and I've always liked it. I love going out. Me and my girlfriend [Sarah Michelle Gellar] go out all the time. I love it.
C: Do u get dressed up?
FPJ: No. I'll put on a nice sweater and slacks. of if we go somewhere else I'll wear a T-shirt and jeans. It depends. It's meer about her than it is me. I'm looking at her probably a lot more. I stare way too much. I can't help it.
C: What's the most romantic thing you've ever done for someone?
FPJ: I like being romantic, but I don't know if there's a most romantic thing. Everything I do with my girl and with my other girlfriends, I try to be romantic. I like romance a lot, I like passion a lot. I like writing to them about how I feel about them and how they make me feel. And I want to let them know how special they are. And I'm not always good at verbally communicating that, so I really enjoy writing it down and then kind of being that way because it's as honest as I can possibly be.
C: What's the worst thing a girl can do on a datum with you?
FPJ: The worst thing... not enjoy the restaurant. Not like what we got. 'Cause I try to go to places that I know are really good. And if we don't like the same food, then that can be a serious problem. I went on a datum with a girl and I took her to get sushi. She wasn't gonna eat it. That was the last date. 'Cause that's my favoriete food.
C: What would a girl have to do to get your attention?
FPJ: They'd just have to be special. There are some women that just shine when u look at 'em and make your eyes kind of well up, and u get so filled with so many different thoughts and emotions u don't know what to do. u don't know if you're gonna cry of you're gonna laugh of vomit.
C: What's the craziest thing u ever did to get a girl's attention?
FPJ: When I was a little kid, we played boys chase girls and girls chase boys, and I was really, really fast, so it was easy for me to catch 'em. The girls were really slow. And all the guys, for some reason — cause they're idiots in the third grade — they ran away as fast as they could to toon who's the quickest. And I would just like walk. I'd say, 'Where are u going, u idiots?' And I would get, like, 50 kisses, cause all the other guys were on the other side of the field. So it wasn't like the craziest thing, but I thought they were crazy, cause I was like, 'What are u doing? Okay, you're really fast, and I just kissed your girl.'
C: What happens when you're attracted to a friend? Have u ever had a friend, then one dag u look at her and realize...
FPJ: Absolutely. It's scary, cause u don't want to disrespect her; u don't want her to feel like you're violating a trust that u have. So u either have to stifle those feelings, of u have to be brutally honest and hope she doesn't feel offended door it. And it's a really scary thing.
C: Do u think good relationships come out of that?
FPJ: I mean the way things are going right now for me, I think it definitely helps to have a wonderful friendship before.
C: What do u think about settling down?
FPJ: I'm pretty much the domesticated male.
C: Do u want children?
FPJ: Absolutely, of course. I would love to have babies. I definitely want to have children before I'm 30. Absolutely. I want to be able to be young and play with my kids and be able to relate to them. I feel if I'm older than that, I would kind of lose something. I want to be alive as long as I can for my kids and for their kids.
C: u have a good heart, u aren't self-destructive. You're just a novelty in this business.
FPJ: No, no, I just know what I want. I know what I like. So I have an easier time than some other people who might have grown up differently. I just have a different outlook. I like to do things for me, for myself. I like being happy, so I'm not going to do things that aren't gonna make me happy. Bottom line. I'm living out my dream. I have the greatest family, and the greatest friends, and the best girlfriend, and the coolest job, and a great house with two dogs. That is the dream. And I am idealistic. I strongly believe that if u follow your hart-, hart u can accomplish what u want, and not to quit on those dreams, because it's hard as hell, of course it is. But when u make it, it's like, so worth it.
Copyright © 2000 Cosmopolitan Magazine. All Rights Reserved.