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Excellent!!!
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:29:51 GMT, "pepper" wrote:
>"Donna" wrote in message
>news:e0cc9d05.0404242343.25cbf6a4@posting.google.com...
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>[snippo]
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>> 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.
>>
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>Relationships are more complicated than that.
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>> 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.
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>Yep!
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>He also doesn't have much of a choice anymore. It's like Beatlemania out
>there.
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>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.
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>And slowly relocating your entire life to a small city in Italy isn't
>exactly "stah" behaviour.
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>> 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.
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>Yup, I ditto!
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>> If he were an accountant, he'd probably be married (or in a long term
>> relationship) by now.
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>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.
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>>The sad thing is that he could actually be a much better artist if he had
>>a more stable and fulfilling personal life.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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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