LOS ANGELES TIMES: The geeky Leonard's alter ego: Johnny Galecki
The 'Big Bang Theory' star aims to play ordinary guys, like the geeky Leonard on the CBS show. Audiences are taking notice, and now the Emmys and Globes are too.
By Yvonne Villarreal
February 2, 2012
Johnny Galecki seeks to be average.
The star of "The Big Bang Theory" is seated outside a small Hollywood restaurant, talking about his longing to play ordinary, run-of-the mill figures rather than the larger-than-life characters that actors and audiences sometimes embrace.
"Guys like Dustin Hoffman and Jack Lemmon have always been my leading men," said the 36-year-old, leather jacket-clad actor, who minutes before was crushing the butt of a luxury cigarette with his scuffed combat boot. "Those are my guys. I know there's something to be said for the leading men who veer more toward action and stuff like that — the John Waynes, the Harrison Fords and guys like them. But my acting heroes were the guys that men might not necessarily aspire to be because they already are them. That's what [Hoffman and Lemmon] represented to me and that's what I want to try to help carry a torch for in my career..."
The Big Bang Theory airs Thursday at 8/7C on CBS.
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