Pitt's sickness
"I'm so tired of thinking about myself...I'm kinda sick of myself," the 42 year-old Brad Pitt said on the "Today" show this morning. That's good....I like it when movie stars say stuff like that. He's not voicing despair (he's just starting to see beyond his personal crap so he can focus more on his kids), but it put me right into the opening lines of Bob Dylan's "Queen Jane Approximately" anyway. Being sick of yourself is a very healthy place to be -- a very significant philosophical touchstone. Because once you get there, you can then move on to someplace else.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 17, 2006 at 7:32 PM
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c fontana says ...
...said on the "Today" show this morning.
Real sincere, Brad, real sincere.
Hey Jeff, this is something truly reflective people say in the privacy of their own homes, or more personal still, in their own heads. Don't be a sucker.
Posted by c fontana at July 17, 2006 7:54 PM
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Osama bin Laden says ...
gotta agree with c on this one, Jeff....blah blah blah. So fucking sick of starfucking. Mick really said it best.
Posted by Osama bin Laden at July 17, 2006 8:10 PM
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c fontana says ...
great song, btw...film taste aside, you're batting 1.000 with your mp3 hosting.
Posted by c fontana at July 17, 2006 8:16 PM
comment #4
The King says ...
What an absolue tool! Maybe this douche bag should spend less time thinking about himself and more time reading the scripts he signs on to (if he can read). Talk about an array of turd: Troy, Oceans 11 and 12, Mr & Mrs Smith, The Mexican,Spy Game, Meet Joe Black. This no talent twat should be thanking his lucky stars he's tight with David Fincher!
Posted by The King at July 17, 2006 10:13 PM
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Amy says ...
Really, Brad? You don't say! Join the queue of those of us tired of YOU.
Posted by Amy at July 18, 2006 12:03 AM
comment #6
Daniel Zelter says ...
So cheating on Jen with Jolie is not actually selfish?
Posted by Daniel Zelter at July 18, 2006 1:01 AM
comment #7
Skip Noonan says ...
Sounds like the kind of thing one says, well, to get quoted. Or pick up chicks.
Posted by Skip Noonan at July 18, 2006 3:16 AM
comment #8
nola says ...
First, unlike many of his peers Brad can read :)
I loved the version of the script I read for Mr & Mrs smith. What the hell happened? sigh. Anyway, at least he has charisma and the people I know who work with him, say he's a good person to deal with. No diva drama, None of that "don't look at me on set thing", that Tom Cruise does.
Also none of us knows why a relationship falls apart. I'm glad some of the obession with Jen/Jolie/Pitt has died down. Although I fear once they find Suri Cruise it will start up again.
Posted by nola at July 18, 2006 7:53 AM
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Griff says ...
Having kids does change your perspective a lot. Personally, I think it's one of the final steps into true adulthood. Perhaps the man was simply (gasp) being honest about his personal journey. Whether or not Pitt should have said it in an interview is another question.
Posted by Griff at July 18, 2006 8:28 AM
comment #10
CCA says ...
I'm just glad he could read 12 MONKEYS, FIGHT CLUB, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, TRUE ROMANCE, KALIFORNIA, and (to a lesser extent) SNATCH, which put him above just about all of his peers.
I didn't see Mr. and Mrs. but I distinctly remember reading Doug Liman talking about David Fincher telling him that if you make a Brad Pitt movie, you make Brad Pitt's movie, or something like that. The implictaion being he wasn't THAT easy to work with. Maybe that's what "happened" to the original script?
Posted by CCA at July 18, 2006 9:04 AM
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Nicol D says ...
"this is something truly reflective people say in the privacy of their own homes, or more personal still, in their own heads."
C,
There was a nail. You had a hammer. You hit the nail straight on the head.
Truely reflective people do not announce what they think. They just change their behavior gradually and gradually people notice the change.
This is more self awareness for the sake of everyone saying how enlightened Brad is.
Dime a dozen.
Even Jolie's 'UN work' seems more cut from the 'see how great I am' cloth than anything sincere.
Posted by Nicol D at July 18, 2006 9:56 AM
comment #12
richard crawford says ...
Hey, it's their energy and money. I say good for them and good for the people they help.
Posted by richard crawford at July 18, 2006 9:58 AM
comment #13
Nicol D says ...
But have they 'helped' anyone?
I don't mean in the esoteric 'they let the world here their cries sense'. I mean in the 'I now have a job thanks to Pitt and Jolie' sense.
If they have great. But I get the impression they are more like poseurs who like to have photos taken with emaciated African kids to show how great they are. No heart or soul required.
I hope I am wrong.
Posted by Nicol D at July 18, 2006 10:21 AM
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Amy says ...
Why exactly is he on Today if he is so sick of himself. You want to go to New Orleans after a year and yakking on about Architecture, go ahead but fucking stay OFF Today!
Posted by Amy at July 18, 2006 11:20 AM
comment #15
nola says ...
Sorry I have to respond to Nichol. I know for a fact Angelina gives 1/3 of her salary away to charity and has been for years. Who cares if they take some photos? I'm sure someone in the world has a job because of them, maybe some clean water, and there is a hospital and an orphange in Africa that have better medical equipement thanks to her.
People are damned if they don't give money/time to a cause greater than themselves and then when they do they are considered poseurs. She is actually informed about the issues she cares about and does a lot of work we never hear about.
I rather read about them in the news doing good works than britney saying how after the next baby she's coming back.
Posted by nola at July 18, 2006 3:00 PM
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lac says ...
Why is he on the Today show. Because a year after Kathrina NOTHING has happen. People still have no homes. The media focused on the story for awhile but now there are new stories so the hell with the people of New Orleans. I thank people like Brad Pitt that come to New Orleans.
CCA you need to see the commentaries on the DVD of Mr and Mrs Smith to see why there was changes from the original scrip. It had nothing to do with Brad Pitt.
Posted by lac at July 18, 2006 3:09 PM
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Brad Pitt says ...
Man, you are one bitter and angry dude, Nicol D.
Posted by Brad Pitt at July 18, 2006 4:27 PM
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The King says ...
Hey CCA, I query whether u can read! I have no qualms with the Pitt/Fincher efforts. Did I not make this clear u twat!
12 MONKEYS = I'll pay that!
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT = Boring, pretentious rubbish!
KALIFORNIA = Your kidding!
TRUE ROMANCE = I'll pay that but for plenty of reasons other than Pitt!
SNATCH = Give me a break! A remake of what had been done fine a year earlier.
That makes 4 out of plenty. Not a great batting average and your setting very low standards stacking him against his peers! Then again, anybody who rates A RIVER RUNS THROUGHT IT, KALIFORNIA AND SNATCH clearly has fairly low standards!
Posted by The King at July 18, 2006 4:54 PM
comment #19
Dave Poland's Gut says ...
Ohhh Poor Brad. How we all feel for how tough you have it.
Posted by Dave Poland's Gut at July 19, 2006 12:54 PM