Actor Paul Rudd has revealed that he no longer brings mobile phones to work because they are “terrible things”.
Speaking on the red carpet for his latest film, “A Statement,” Rad told Variety that he no longer brings his phone to the set. “I haven’t done that for a while. It’s important to put it down. Anytime. Those are horrible things,” he explained.
“I’m as addicted to it as anyone else. They facilitate our own destruction,” the actor added.
Rad then said that the director of “A Statement,” Tom McCarthy, imposed a strict phone ban on set, which made working on this biographical environmental drama reminiscent of working in theater and further bonded the cast.
“The world has changed since cell phones came along. We don’t look at each other or talk to each other the same way we used to. The phone ban forced us to actually spend time together and talk. When we were working on a film set in 1980, we were dressed a certain way and it was like, ‘Yeah, I remember this. This is what it used to be like when people sat together and talked to each other,’” he recalled.
“I would compare it to stopping sugar consumption. After three days, it’s gone from your body. You don’t miss it! And I hope phones become like toys that you get bored of,” he added.
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