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Nico Tortorella for 429 Magazine
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JA: In an interview with Cosmo, you are quoted as saying, “Relationships and people are my hobby of sorts.” What does that mean? Are you a serial dater? Is it that your attention sort of flits about quickly? Help me understand, because if I met somebody and knew they had said that, I’d be a little scared they’d break up with me.
Nico: I think that line’s been taken out of context a little bit. It’s not like my sport is ...
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JA: Love. Like you’re the Deer Hunter of dating...
Nico: Exactly. I’m not out there to break anybody’s heart. Look, as an actor, my job is to fall in love with people on-camera and get the audience to believe that that interaction is natural. I think that whether I’m doing it consciously or not, I have created a base of experience—and how I project it—that can be read in many different ways. In reality, I think I define myself through my ability to love and to fall in love with people, and to be honest, the number of people who I have fallen in love with is a handful.
JA: But aren’t you just a big flirt as well?
Nico: No, not at all. For the most part, I reserve my attention for the people I’m emotionally invested in. I think I’ve had two one-night stands in my entire life. I’m not this crazy sex fiend either. It’s all about love.
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JA: What caused you to hit rock bottom and choose to become sober?
Nico: Honestly, it was the horrible hangovers. I was living in New York, filming the first season of Younger—two days a week filming. And the other days, I was just out partying, going on three-day benders and being hungover for two days after. I wasn’t a functioning human being. I was at work and did everything that I needed to do, but nobody ever knew that was the other side of my life.
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JA: What does it mean for you to be an ally to the community?
Nico: I think that we live in a time period where defining who you are and what you do is so important, and if you want to do one thing one day and another the next, go for it. You have my full support. I have tattooed on my chest “Not This, Not That,” with the symbols for male and female on opposite sides. I think the spectrum is a very large, beautiful place, and there needs to be a stronger voice for people who play back and forth on it.
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But I'll give the typical response you want:
