Conor McGregor Says Hollywood Is Screaming For Him, Sees A Little Vincent van Gogh In Himself

UFC fighter and masterful showman Conor McGregor is talking again, this time about Hollywood’s burning desire to see the Irishman on the big screen. Because why wouldn’t they? He’s Conor fucking McGregor, lad. Here’s the chatty fighter confirming as much:

“I’d like to collect in action movies going forward. You know, just here today these director guys coming to the house on some Vin Diesel thing. Hollywood is screaming for me, yes, so we’ll see what happens in the future.”

McGregor’s unapologetic arrogance and direct approach is exactly why he’s so interesting to people who don’t even follow the sport. The brilliant phrasing there in “I’d like to collect in action movies going forward” is basically stating the blockbuster movie route is already a lock and there for the taking.

But he didn’t stop there. McGregor also sees a little Vincent van Gogh in himself:

“I’m so lost in it that I can’t imagine anything else. Like Vincent Van Gogh. He lost his mind in his game. I have lost my mind also. But I am happy with that. I feel to reach the high pinnacle in anything you do, you must almost become insane to what you are doing.”

All of McGregor’s comments naturally come on the heels of a huge fight this weekend against Jose Aldo, so the Hollywood dreams remark is the perfect, calculated move should he wind up losing.

I said showman already, didn’t I? Because this is just outstanding. And also insane. Aldo’s family is probably still having nightmares about this incident:

Oh, and here’s McGregor being a complete dick and basically owning everyone in the room:

“I can make you rich. I change your bum life.”

Yeah. I can see this dude in Hollywood.

[H/T Bleacher Report]