Miles Teller Says 2015 Esquire Profile Was 'Mishandled,' Led Him to Avoid Written Interviews for a Decade
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Larisha Paul
12d ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
Miles Teller revealed at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival that a 2015 Esquire profile, which opened with the journalist questioning whether Teller was "a dick," was so "mishandled" that it led him to intentionally avoid written press profiles for over a decade. Teller felt misrepresented, claiming the journalist misquoted him, took things out of order, and said things that didn't happen. The experience pushed him away from print interviews entirely.
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The reason why I have not done profiles is because I said, 'Wow, if I'm not doing this interview on camera, this person can misquote things or put things out of order or say things that didn't happen.'
Miles Teller said his 2015 interview with 'Esquire' pushed him away from written interviews because he felt misrepresented in the article.
