From: islandccips@mailblocks.com   
      
   "Donna"  wrote in message   
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   [snippo]   
      
   > He says he "adored" her, but if that were true, he would have   
   > made the relationship work. He didn't though, he let it slide away.   
   >   
      
   Relationships are more complicated than that.   
      
      
   > I think this relates to the whole issue of George and women. I think   
   > George has let himself get all caught up in the life of a movie star.   
   > It's like he's so grateful for his success and the attention he gets,   
   > that he doesn't want to miss or waste 5 seconds of being a star.   
      
   Yep!   
      
   He also doesn't have much of a choice anymore. It's like Beatlemania out   
   there.   
      
   He doesn't do many "star" things these days ..you don't see him   
   on the red carpet much.  Or outside the Ivy having his picture "not taken".   
   Or at the opening of every new restaraunt/bar/envelope. Occassionally he   
   shows up to support a cause or his friends and that's about it.   
      
   And slowly relocating your entire life to a small city in Italy isn't   
   exactly "stah" behaviour.   
      
      
   > He says he thinks he only has a certain amount of time in the spotlight   
   > so he hates to turn down work. Well, that's the logic of someone who   
   > might not think he's THAT good.   
      
      
   No, that's the logic of an actor. There's no resting on your laurels in   
   Hollywood and no job security. As soon as you think you're "great", you're   
   history. Every actor with a shred of integrity is afraid they'll never work   
   again. Without that fear, and the willingness to continually fight and   
   challenge themselves, they wouldn't have a career.   
      
   Also, he doesn't hate turning work down. He turns it down with flair and   
   relish. Look at his choices since 1998, challenging projects with world   
   class directors. He could have made Swordfish for a lot more money (and box   
   office clout) but he turned it down.   
      
   He hates turning down *good* work, and who wouldn't? Have you noticed how   
   rare good projects are? He worked a long time and put up with a lot of   
   crap in order to be able to do what he loves, why should he sacrifice that   
   now? There are a lot of unhappy marriages and families out there b/c people   
   weren't willing to stand up to peer pressure and admit that that life wasn't   
   for them, and that their personalities and passions were better suited for   
   other things.   
      
      
      
   > I think he has that Imposter's Syndrome where successful people   
   >get nervous thnking their success is a mistake and the world will soon   
   >find out.   
      
      
   What successful actor doesn't? Or director, writer, musician, etc? Hollywood   
   is so fickle (and the rewards so excessive) that any non-delusional human   
   would feel that way imo.   
      
      
   > He seems to prefer flying all around the world to exotic places and   
   > spending time on a movie set or interacting with fans than staying   
   > home and living a "real" life.   
      
   Until 012 started shooting, he was home living a "real" life, we just didn't   
   hear much about it b/c he stayed out of the limelight.   
      
      
   > When he's surrounded by fans and he's   
   > being Mr. Nice Guy, that's when he's in his element. He thrives on the   
   > attention. Maybe that relates to something about proving his worth as   
   > a kid, since his Dad was such a larger than life figure to him.   
      
   Yup, I ditto!   
      
      
   >   
   > If he were an accountant, he'd probably be married (or in a long term   
   > relationship) by now.   
      
      
   Not necessarily, there are a lot of screwed-up accountants. The divorce rate   
   is over 50% and half the couples in America aren't Hollywood superstars.   
   There's an intense spotlight on George while there isn't one you, me or our   
   neighbors. That doesn't mean our neighbors are any better at playing Little   
   House on the Prairie than George is. They just get to screw up in private.   
      
      
   >The sad thing is that he could actually be a much better artist if he had   
   >a more stable and fulfilling personal life.   
      
      
   Ugh. The great lament from non-artists about artists everywhere.   
      
   Look ..the same drive, eccentricity and spirit that fuels artistic talent   
   also tends to annoy the moral majority. Such is life. We have the option of   
   either being open-minded or living in a stagnant, artless society. There are   
   reasons Picasso was never a soccer dad and, imho, his work wouldn't have   
   improved if he were.   
      
   I'm not equating George to Picasso, LOL! Nor am I saying that talent is an   
   excuse for being a selfish turd. We all have a responsibility to ourselves   
   and to other people. But I DO think it's a fool's errand to assume someone   
   would be a "better"artist if they only lived their life more like we choose   
   to live our own.   
      
   If he wasn't a needy workaholic, we wouldn't have Three Kings, Ocean's 11,   
   Confessions. I'm glad we have those movies, he seems glad we have those   
   movies. He also seems to have a very fulfulling personal life with a loving   
   family and many loyal longtime friends. A lot of accountants don't have   
   that. The idea that a romantic relationship determines whether or not you're   
   sucessful in life is kind of adolescent imo.   
      
   I'm sure GC has his problems and issues, but he doesn't look on the verge of   
   ruin to me. He dated Krista, ok. At least he never appeared to be obsessed   
   with her, unlike some of her fans and anti-fans out there! I don't think   
   it's HIS health people should be worrying about at this point.   
      
   :-)   
      
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