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Excellent!
"pepper" wrote in
> [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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