I didn't know it was possible to swoon even harder over him.
Sunnydale's got too many demons and not enough retail outlets.
Glory ,'Potential'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
brenda m - Jan 06, 2008 2:28:01 pm PST #9371 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Laura - Jan 06, 2008 2:30:57 pm PST #9372 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Like I needed another reason to love George.
Laga - Jan 06, 2008 2:31:08 pm PST #9373 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah some of those comments are really angry-making. To some degree I think the point that actors are paid out of proportion to their contribution to society is true, but I don't think there is a profession that is paid in proportion to it's societal contribution. That's not how the free market works.
Kristen - Jan 06, 2008 2:33:18 pm PST #9374 of 10001
Nikki Finke is reporting that it's not true.
Clooney's longtime publicist Stan Rosenfield emailed me today: "Yes, the story is 100% false. The only thing he EVER said was he would not cross a picket line. The writer never called me or anyone I know of to check it out."
brenda m - Jan 06, 2008 2:35:47 pm PST #9375 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There's a proportion issue too - sure, Clooney makes obscene amounts of money. As do about a hundred other people at his level, and maybe a thousand or so a notch down. Most people are making a living ranging from comfortable to scraping for rent. Not terribly different than just about any other industry, and quite possibly far less, just better publicized.
Kevin - Jan 06, 2008 2:51:50 pm PST #9376 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Clooney has also been involved in many social and political issues over the years, and has done many personal project films.
I noticed the UA deal failed to materialise. I wonder if Nikki Finke buggered it up by running the story early.
Kristen - Jan 06, 2008 4:29:17 pm PST #9377 of 10001
I noticed the UA deal failed to materialise. I wonder if Nikki Finke buggered it up by running the story early.
I always thought it was odd that it was being "announced on Sunday." Why not Monday?
I suspect we'll hear something, confirmation or denial, tomorrow.
Fay - Jan 06, 2008 10:24:03 pm PST #9378 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Not terribly different than just about any other industry, and quite possibly far less, just better publicized.
Well, a couple of years ago (when I was thinking about trying to get into acting) the average actor in the UK earned 10,000 sterling per annum, iirc. I would imagine that most actors stateside are equally strapped for cash, even though the big names earn shitloads of cash. The people at the top in any industry are earning shitloads of cash.
aurelia - Jan 06, 2008 11:56:39 pm PST #9379 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Most actors stateside are waiters or temps.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2008 5:10:29 am PST #9380 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I do think the curve is a bit steeper for actors than most, though. I don't imagine the best garbage collectors in the world earn over a thousand times what the average one makes.
One of the big things that got me riled up about the NHL strike was some players' attitude that they were being robbed with their paltry $8 million dollar salaries for being better than anyone else at smacking a piece of rubber around with a stick. Dude, that's a skill with no intrinsic value beyond how many people you can entertain by displaying it, and it was very clear that that number was not high enough to sustain the escalating payrolls.
It's the same thing with actors. If you can get a movie $100 million in business just by being in it, you're worth the $25 million paycheck. If you turn in devastatingly skillful renditions of King Lear that will only half fill a 500 seat theatre, better brush up on your clerical skills.