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Channing Tatum calls himself a 'fat kid on the inside'

By KATE STANTON, UPI.com
Channing Tatum and his wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum. UPI/Jim Ruymen
1 of 3 | Channing Tatum and his wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

Channing Tatum made a splash last year with "21 Jump Street," "The Vow," and "Magic Mike," his well-received film about male strippers in Florida. In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, the father-to-be and 2012's Sexiest Man Alive talks marriage and how hard it is to stay in shape between films.

"You have to want it," the 33-year-old "White House Down" star said of his marriage to Jenna Dewan-Tatum. "Jenna's and my thing is checking in with each other all the time, like 'On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you love me right now?' And you gotta be honest, and you've got to want an honest answer."

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Tatum may flaunt his famously chiseled body in films like "Magic Mike," but the actor told Cosmo that it's all just for show.

"I'm a fat kid on the inside," he said.

I love food so much, and I fluctuate about 25 to 30 pounds between movies. I feel like I have to do a chess movie that requires very little movement at some point, just so I can eat pizza and play chess on the beach all day. And then eat more pizza and cheese-burgers and drink beer. That'd be amazing. I'd give anything for that. I gotta figure that movie out.

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As for the future of Tatum's already hot career?

"I wouldn't mind being the male Jennifer Lawrence. I think she's incredibly cool," Tatum said.

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