Brad Pitt Is Fooling You

In a recent appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Brad Pitt walks into the room with practiced affability. His graying blond hair is shaved into a buzz cut, evoking his Troy and Mr. & Mrs. Smith era. He wears light-wash jeans and a baby-blue cashmere button-up from his brand God’s True Cashmere, which receives a lengthy shout-out. Pitt discusses early career woes and navigating a shifting Hollywood landscape. They talk about “truth” and “honesty” and his time in Alcoholics Anonymous (he first met Shepard at a meeting in 2016). “I’m afraid to ask you this one, but here we go,” Shepard says 46 minutes in, “Have you ever heard this Cary Grant quote, ‘Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.’ You relate to that at all?” Pitt stumbles momentarily, his eyes gazing at the ceiling, “Maybe in the early years. I don’t know. I don’t think much about perception anymore.”