Justin Timberlake, who has been named GQ's 'Man of the Year' but insisted that he is not cool.
The 32-year-old actor said that being cool is about keeping your blood pressure steady, so he insisted on not being cool but passionate, dedicated, tenacious, uncompromising, pissed, happy and sad, the New York Daily News reported.
The 'Friends With Benefits' star said that he has made a career out of doing things he should not be doing and he wasn't cool about it.
Timberlake added this is because being cool would have meant he passed up on those opportunities, because you're afraid.
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