Transcript excerpt from a YouTube video in which Johnny Knoxville introduces himself, describes his stunt-driven career and injury history, and discusses his reaction to the book 'You Can't Win' by Jack Black. The tone is conversational and anecdotal, featuring stage prompts and brief Q&A about his stunts, injuries, and connection to the book.
So we're shooting, and I have a sword. So I ran to the back and stabbed the wall, and the sword bounces off the wall and straight into Steve O's back. My name is Johnny Knoxville, and this is the High Five. Do something you're good at. And since I suck at everything, why not try stunts? Nobody wants to see someone make a stunt. They're only good when they fail. So, yes, I made a career out of failing.
Please welcome.
Johnny Knoxville. Society was a machine geared to grind me to pieces. There was a high wall between me and society, a wall reared by myself.
It's crazy how much of this you know by heart.
It just blew me away. I didn't know people lived like that.
Who was the genius that decided to put you in the new Fear Factor?
You know, I was looking at it kind of like jackass. Like I can really.
Do you have a general sense of how many times you've been to the er?
Yeah, I don't have access to that. Too many concussions. I've read it so many times, you.
Can'T put it down once you start.
Yeah, I feel really close to everyone in that book.
So the big question, how did you Can't Win by Jack Black change your life?
Who doesn't love an outlaw?
