Yep, it's been less than three hours since Charlie Sheen's last interview which means the actor was due for another round of speed-rambling. This time, the forum was the Howard Stern Show, where the Two and a Half Men star answered forty-five minutes worth of rapid fire questions from the host about everything from that time his gun "accidentally" fired into his ex-fiancée's leg to his porn collection. Click through for the highlights.
On his new mindset: "I actually got pretty calm on Piers' show last night. I thought that was pretty good."
What he thinks of his reputation in Hollywood: "Well, I don't have much of a reputation at this point to ruin."
On whether his crazed interview tour has hurt the number of film roles he is being offered: "No, quite the opposite. They've all stepped up in full force and they're really waiting to see what kind of schedule I have -- which is of course dictated by my television schedule. So I'm not worried about the movie side."
Explaining why he paid one porn star $30,000 to party with him for that infamous 36-hour bender when her rate was just $5,000: "Yeah, but I was paying her for the next seven visits. Come on, man. I'm not an idiot."
Why he even pays for sex when he is a TV star: "I don't know. That's another whole segment. We can get into that later."
On his ex-wife Denise Richards: "We're much better friends now. She's fabulous and she's smoking hot."
Why he's obsessed with Apocalypse Now: "It's a film that every lesson in my life contains. I think it's a magical film. It represents all things good."
Does he own guns?: "Not anymore. They took them all away."
On his sleeping arrangements with his two "goddesses": "No, [we don't all sleep in the same bed] because we're all adults and we've realized that three in a bed is like -- you know, we're all not seven. We have two beds in the bedroom and it's a 2-1 switch-off. [...] They'll take separate beds and I'll have to choose."
On the story that he shot his ex-fiancée Kelly Preston in the arm: "No, she lifted a pair of my pants off the scale one day in the bathroom when she was alone. A tiny little revolver fell out of my pocket, hit the floor, shot through the toilet and it got her leg. It was the dumbest thing I've ever done...even though I wasn't in the room."
His attitude on fights: "I've only been in two and I lost in both. I think it takes a much stronger guy to remove himself intellectually from a conflict."
On Mel Gibson, who called Sheen this week to offer support: "Of course he did. Mel's a rock star. I love him. [...] I'm a huge fan and he's a beautiful man."
On how many hours he sleeps per night: "I average about four or five and that's fine because on the nights I don't sleep, there is a higher power telling me to stand guard."
On his net worth: "I think I'm worth over $1 billion but that's just on a cellular level."
On whether or not he's a narcissist: "They've got a label for everything. I'm just a guy, who -- like I said this morning -- is living a grandiose life. I guess I'm a little grandiose. I'm not arrogant but I'm tired of being like, 'Aww, shucks.' It's very gnarly. I'm living in the dead epicenter of it and loving it."
On the book he is shopping: "It's called When the Laughter Stops: The True Story of Two and a Half Men and Some Other Sh*t. That's a great title, right?"
On whether or not he's slept with 1,000 women: "I don't know. I didn't keep track but if you insist, okay."
On whether he is a role model for men: "Absolutely, because they see a real guy with balls who doesn't back down -- who believes in his own truth. If others aren't onboard, then it's like, 'Catch you in the rear view, losers.'"
On hope: "Don't hope. Hope is for suckers and trolls."
On his availability now that he is unemployed: "I'm available 24/7. Literally."
On whether or not he enjoys tranny porn: "Yeah, whatever."
· Charlie Sheen [HowardStern.com]