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What the facebook creatorhas to say about social network - Insanecowposse - 10-02-2010
MARK ZUCKERBERG DISCUSSES "THE SOCIAL NETWORK" IN ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW
By Manny Fernandez and Lou Stolz - Thursday September 30th, 2010 @ 10:30am PST
MARK ZUCKERBERG DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL NETWORK IN ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW
Palo Alto, CA -- A special screening of David Fincher's new film "The Social Network" was held for CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Palo Alto Facebook offices on Wednesday, September 29th.
Our own Manny Fernandez had the chance to sit down with the 24 year-old tycoon and get his review of the film as well as his thoughts on other matters including childhood aspirations, footwear and his personal dating life. Enjoy!
DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD - DID YOU TRY AND STOP "THE SOCIAL NETWORK" MOVIE FROM BEING RELEASED?
MARK ZUCKERBERG - You can't stop people from making a movie about something that is part of peoples everyday life like ...cheese or milk, or whatever. They don't always need permission of the creators.
THEY DON'T NEED PERMISSION FROM COWS?
Well, not milk per se, that's a bad example, but, like, you know something popular or part of the public domain. Once you become a public figure or like a cultural icon it's all fair game.
ARE YOU CALLING YOURSELF A CULTURAL ICON?
By way of Facebook, I guess, but mostly I'm just a regular guy who likes to doing computer coding and create web applications.
A REGULAR GUY WORTH 15 BILLION?
Twenty-Two Billion, as far as my share is concerned.
SO YOU WATCHED "THE SOCIAL NETWORK"?
Yes, I saw the film.
THOUGHTS?
Interesting, I guess. But a complete fabrication. I can't see this movie doing well or winning any type of awards. It's just, like, you know, not very well made. Five out of ten, maybe. Rent it if you have to or pirate it from a torrent site.
ARE YOU AT LEAST COMPLIMENTED THAT PEOPLE LIKE DAVID FINCHER, AARON SORKIN AND TRENT REZNOR ARE INVOLVED IN A FILM ABOUT YOUR LIFE?
You keep saying this film is about me, but it's clearly not. I never even met Justin Timberlake in my life--
--OH, IT'S 100% ABOUT YOU -- AND BASED ON ACTUAL COURT TRANSCRIPTS.
Look, Aaron Sorkin and Trent Razor are both druggies. Whatever they say is probably clouded by them taking too much pot, so I ignore them. David Fincher to me seems like a rich kid who got a lucky break. Although I did like 'Fight Club' but probably, like, because I am a huge fan of mixed martial arts and stuff.
SPEAKING OF SPORTS, YOU GREW UP PLAYING TENNIS -- WAS PROFESSIONAL TENNIS A POSSIBLE CAREER PATH FOR MARK ZUCKERBERG?
Definetly. I'm very competitive -- especially when I win. At one point I wanted nothing more than to be Arthur Ashe (African-American Tennis star who died in 1993.) It's funny, at this point I could afford a full time tennis coaching staff and even skin darkening or whatever if I was that obsessed and, like, if I really wanted to. Maybe that's another bad example, but it's true. There are no limits to what I can have. If I didn't invent Facebook who knows what other occupation I would have ended up dominating.
SO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART OF HEARTS THAT YOU ARE THE SOLE CREATOR OF FACEBOOK?
Yes, I'm like basically pretty much certain of that. Those people (Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra) who brought up lawsuits were just trying to see what they could get money-wise because of their initial ideas and business plans that had some similarities to the Facebook concept I created. Bottom line is that if they created Facebook, they would have created Facebook.
YOU LIKE SAYING THAT LAST LINE A LOT. DOES THAT MAKE YOU SOUND ARROGANT OR CLEVER?
Way more clever than the guys who made The Social Network and way less arrogant than David Fincher for putting his name on a film about me. How is that a "David Fincher Film"?
CRITICS SEEMS TO LOVE THE MOVIE. ROTTEN TOMATOES IS RATING IT AT 98% FRESH.
Not to sound like a dick, but I could buy rotten tomatoes tomorrow with the change I find in my couch. Seriously, the only reason the movie is getting any positive reaction is because of the positive association it has with my web site. This movie is like a modern day version of the naked Emperor, only it has no clothes and no one is willing to tell them except me.
WHAT IS YOUR OBSESSION WITH SANDALS?
Scandals? What scandals -- the privacy bullshit?
NO, SANDALS. LIKE "ON YOUR FEET"?
I never wear sandals.
YOU'RE WEARING SANDALS RIGHT NOW. I CAN SEE THEM.
I'm wearing shoes. If they happen to have open toes, no laces and no backs that is like, almost irrelevant, you know? Social networking is giving people tools to express themselves. You really have to think about that. All of Facebook's 500 million users have a way to say what they're thinking and have their voice be heard.
SO IF YOU JUST KEEP TALKING YOUR FLIP FLOPS WILL BECOME INVISIBLE, IS THAT IT?
I agreed to do this interview as long as we kept on the topic of the film. However much I feel that the film is, you know, like a distraction and fabrication is irrelevant. But I'm not going to talk about me and certainly not about my clothing.
YOU DATE A LOT OF ASIAN GIRLS. DO YOU HAVE YELLOW FEVER?
See, that's just another stupid assumption on your part. The fact that I have an Asian girlfriend does not mean that I only like Asian girls. She is every bit as American as the rest of America and stuff. The fact that people think just because she is Asian she must be part of some racial stereotype is so frustrating.
WHAT IS HER NAME?
Bing Bong.
HOLY SHIT!
What? Wait... Why are you laughing?
SORRY, I WAS JUST THINKING OF SOMETHING FUNNY ROGER EBERT TOLD ME ABOUT SPIKE LEE -- NEVER MIND.
This interview is over, dude.
LAST QUESTION: ANY TRUTH TO THE RUMOR THAT THE CIA IS THE SECRET OWNER OF FACEBOOK?
(Zuckerberg leaves the room and I am escorted from the offices by two men with machine guns -- M.F.)