Zac Efron: GQ Cover Boy

Zac Efron is GQ’s May cover boy and it’s yet another feast for the eyes and mind.

Oh, to be a parking meter.

Sigh.

The interview is delightfully candid, with Zac spilling details about his high school years, the advice Leonardo DiCaprio gave him and his marriage plans.

“I used to do random things, man,” Zac says about his pre-High School Musical years. “When I was a kid? I dyed my hair silver, to look like Sisqó in the ‘Thong Song’ video. I just didn’t give a f—. I didn’t care.”

When asked about the rumors that he and girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens were getting married in Kauai (they were actually there attending his manager’s wedding) he retorts, “That was such bull—. I’m definitely not getting married. In this business, you’re either getting married or they want you to be pregnant. I’m not getting married until I’m 40. If ever. The thought never crossed my mind.”

What was Leo’s genius piece of advice? “He said, ‘There's one way that you can really f--- this all up. Just do heroin. If you steer clear of that – the other obstacles you’ll be able to navigate.’”

But he is a 21-year-old man, one who’s never had a DUI or a trip to rehab; seemingly a feat in the world of Lohans and Phelpses.

“It’s common sense,” he says. “If you’re gonna be drunk with your friends, don’t get wasted at the Chateau Marmont and hook up with some famous chick. It’s not rocket science.”

Oh, Zac-y Pooh, this is why we love you.

—Sasha Perl-Raver