Despite playing the lead in the movie based on the Apple CEO's life, Kutcher never actually met Jobs. However, the actor did reveal to Esquire about what made him decide to take on the role in the first place. As it turns out, it all started with watching this clip below:



And here's how the actor described how he felt after watching the video:
Jobs was an extraordinary guy, but a very ordinary guy in many ways. There was a speech that I found where he said, ‘So when you grow up, if you spend your life trying not to bounce into walls, just inheriting what you get, you’ve got to know your life can be a lot broader than that. Once you realise one simple thing: Everything around you that you call life was made by people who are no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use.’

And I heard that and I knew exactly what the niche for making that movie was, what the social need for making the movie was. For people seeking purpose.
What do you think? Do you agree with what Ashton has to say?