Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe Trivia
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He was the executive producer of the 1998 movie Velvet Goldmine.
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He was one of the producers of the 1999 movie Being John Malkovich
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He is the co-founder of the New York–based film company C-Hundred Film and the L.A.–based Single Cell Pictures.
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Michael is known to promote causes such as environmental conservation, animal protection and voter awareness.
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He's won multiple Grammy awards with his band, R.E.M.
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He released a benefit EP to raise funds and awareness for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
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He has a tendency to drop his pants when he gets drunk.
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He has been with his current boyfriend since 1998.
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He has described himsef as a "queer artist".
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In 1998, Michael worked on a film production company which released several arthouse / indie movies.
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Michael had a hernia surgery in 1995.
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He and his friends put together R.E.M in 1980.
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He studied painting and photography at the University of Georgia.
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He joined a punk cover band while he was in highschool.
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Patti Smith, Television and Wire was important musical influences on a young Michael.
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He is the lead singer of R.E.M.
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He is a vegetarian.
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His height is 5'9".
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Michael was a very close friend of River Phoenix.
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Michael: In my spare time I like to faint. I do it a real lot and I just think it's very funny when it happens.
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Michael: I feel that our powers as songwriters and co-partners in this venture that we call R.E.M. are as strong as they ever have been.
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Michael: The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I've always been very literal, especially as a kid. Whem they said that anybody can do this, I was like, 'OK, that's me.
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Michael: If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!
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Michael: I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food.
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Michael: I like to be hot, when I`m cold it`s a little harder for me to shake my butt.
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Michael Stipe: I'm not homosexual, I'm not hetrosexual, I'm just sexual.
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Michael Stipe: Sometimes I´m confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn´t obvious.
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Michael Stipe: Eccentricity is an easy face to put on, I certainly never want to fall into that.
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