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Ho tradotto questa intervista veramente simpatica fatta a Gerry da Emily Mortimer:

Interview Magazine
12-1-04
Intervistato da Emily Mortimer

Emily (EM): Bene, "Il Fantasma dell'opera"— Voglio che mi racconti tutto al riguardo. Ma per cominciare, non sapevi veramente di poter cantare, prima d'iniziare a lavoraci, vero?

Gerard (GB): Beh, avevo cantato in una rock band in precedenza, così sapevo che avrei potuto tenere un paio di note; ma quello era soltanto per divertimento e più che altro facevo degli urli. Per soddisfazione personale, avrei sempre preferito cantare ballate e musica più toccante. Così, stranamente, quando è giunto il 'Fantasma', mi è sembrato che la cosa avesse un senso. Presi due lezioni prima d'incontrare Joel. Non volevo ritrovarmi in imbarazzo perchè avevo sentito che alla fine avrei dovuto cantare sia per Joel che per ALW. Così, mi recai a casa di Webber, a cantare in una stanza che non era stata veramente progettata per cantare, con ALW seduto dietro di me. E pensavo tra me, “Che cosa sto facendo qui? Non posso cantare.” (ride) Fu tremendo. Come sai, tutto questo successe mentre stavamo girando insieme 'Dear Frankie'.

EM: Si, ricordo. Ogni volta che c'era una pausa, ti vedevo in piedi con la testa tra le mani che cantavi rivolto alle tue scarpe. (ride) Parlavi anche di come fossi davvero in relazione con la tristezza nel Fantasma e che la usavi per basarlo sulla realtà.

GB: C'era qualcosa su cui io e Joel eravamo daccordo. Il ruolo del Fantasma è sempre sembrato molto teatrale ed io non lo capii veramente finchè non ascoltai la musica. Fu allora che capii veramente i fattori umani del suo viaggio, il suo desiderio di amore ed amicizia. Qui c'era un uomo che aveva così tanto da dare ed era stato oltraggiato da tutti in molti modi. Penso, nei momenti più solitari della mia stessa vita, di essermi sentito così o di essere stato spaventato, così posso ritrovarmi in quella situazione.

EM: I tuoi personaggi hanno sempre nomi come “il Fantasma” o “Attila” o “Dracula” o“Beowulf,” che stai interpretando ora. Hai il desiderio segreto d'interpretare un contabile chiamato Brian?

GB: (ride) Beh, il fatto è che molti di quei personaggi sono stati ruoli principali.

EM: Allora voglio davvero vederti in un film chiamato “Brian.” (Butler ride) Arriviamo anche a parlare di “Dear Frankie,” in cui il tuo personaggio è chiamato, pensa un po', “the Stranger.” Ogni giornalista donna che ha parlato con me di questo film mi ha chiesto come sia baciare Gerry Butler.

GB: Scusa. Fermati — Come è stato baciare Gerry Butler?

EM: E' stato eccellente, specialmente in retrospettiva perchè ho reso tutte queste donne furiose per la gelosia. Come è stato per te tornare in Scozia e girare là?

GB: Era semplicemente straordinario andare in giro per Glasgow e ritrovare vecchi amici, perchè ora che i miei genitori si sono trasferiti nelle Highlands, ci capito solamente di passaggio. Andare a Glasgow ricarica veramente le mie batterie.

EM: (ride) Il che è interessante visto che so che hai cominciato a recitare piuttosto tardi nella vita. Eri un avvocato prima. La tua mamma deve essere inorridita!

GB: (ride) Beh, è stato anche peggio, perchè sono stato davvero licenziato da una grossa società di Edimburgo. Ero stato uno che mirava in alto fino a quel momento — Ero presidente della mia classe, uno dei migliori a scuola, avevo ottenuto un buon lavoro con una buona società. Ma ero miserabile. Bevevo troppo e nel mio cuore sapevo che essere un avvocato non era quello che volevo fare. Ad ogni modo, ad un certo punto mancavo così spesso dal lavoro che ricevetti un ultimo avvertimento — e stranamente, una settimana prima, ero andato a vedere “Trainspotting,” lo spettacolo teatrale, al Festival di Edimburgo ed il mio cuore si era spezzato a guardare questo ragazzo che interpretava il ruolo principale, Renton ed avevo pensato, so che posso farlo anch'io. Così mancai di nuovo al lavoro e mi lasciarono libero. Dovetti chiamare mia mamma quella sera e dirle “So che pensavi che sarei diventato un avvocato, ma così non è. Sono appena stato licenziato.”

EM: Ed ora diventerai un attore fighetto!

GB: (ridono entrambi) Quello accadde letteralmente il giorno seguente. Feci i bagagli e mi trasferii a Londra. Era come una caduta libera, ma c'era qualcosa d'incredibilmente eccitante in tutto questo. Un giorno sentii che stavano facendo delle audizioni per “Trainspotting” e cercando un nuovo attore per il ruolo di Renton. Non avevo un agente, così presi un po' di mie foto e vi srissi sopra il mio numero di telefono. Il regista mi chiamò, entrai e lessi dal libro, recitando due parti, saltando da sedia a sedia; Passai metà dell'ora seguente a convincerlo che non ero realmente sotto l'effetto di droga. Alla fine ottenni il lavoro, così un anno dopo, tornai ad Edimburgo a fare “Trainspotting.” Anche le persone della società legale vennero a vederlo. Lo amarono.

EM: Suona come un film che dovremmo girare: un avvocato che abbandona tutto per diventare un attore.

GB: Sì. Potremmo chiamarlo “Quello che Butler capì.”

EM: Io penso che dovremmo chiamarlo “Brian.”

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arielcips 5/3/2006, 20:52
...Spontaneamente....
che dire di questa intervista che non si è già detto???
Invidio molto la familiarità e l'ironia che si è creata tra questi due attori...e vorrei chiamarmi Emily Mortimer...per tanti motivi!!!

boleroazul 5/3/2006, 20:53
Per il momento non l'ho ancora letta...quindi mi limito a ringraziare laura per averla tradotta....
Carina però l'idea di un'intervista fatta da un collega ad un altro collega...

jiujiu 5/3/2006, 21:26

GB: Scusa. Fermati — Come è stato baciare Gerry Butler?
vorrei tanto potergli rispondere anche io.. :swoon:

fantasmina manu3/5/2006, 23:01

GB: Scusa. Fermati — Come è stato baciare Gerry Butler?

vorrei tanto potergli rispondere anche io.. :swoon:

chi di noi non vorrebbe provare?? io nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

arielcips15/4/2007, 10:43
Una bella intervista apparsa su una rivista brasiliana...

Questa è la trascrizione inglese:

Gerard Butler


This Scottish actor has it all-to be one of the Hollywood greats. At least he is following that road, thanks to the success of the film, 300 that the actor aims towards. Light skinned and blue eyes, he doesn’t seem much like the dark skinned King Leonidas from the film by Zack Snider, but his masculine grimace remits directly to his character in the epic.

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Born in Glasgow, he entered law school, but didn’t finish his studies when he saw that he wanted to be an actor. His first role as an actor was the character, Renton, in the theater presentation of “Trainspotting”. In movies, he was in “Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown” (1997). Since then, he has had small parts in some feature length films, until he acted as the principal role of the musical super production, “The Phantom of the Opera” (2004). Butler was in Rio de Janeiro promoting the feature length film, 300, and Cineclick talked with the actor on the side with other journalists. Read the results:


Were you familiar with the graphic novel before you made the film?

No, I only knew a little bit of Frank Millers work and I had heard of The 300 Spartans, but I had never read it. I kept thinking of the project when I was making a visit to Warner Brothers. When one of the executives said the word, “300”, I knew that that I was treated to something simple, strong, that interested me even before I knew what he was saying. I didn’t intend to do more of this type of role, but when I read the role, I saw that this was going to be something special. I met Zack in a café and we were excited, imagining how each of the scenes would be done in the graphic novel. What was definitive in my choice was when he showed me a video of about three minutes, in which he explains how the film was going to be. I saw that this was something no one had ever seen in any way in a film. It looked like I was in the middle of a secret, because at that moment it was still a half independent production, although it had the support of Warner.


How come you didn’t want to make this type of films?

I hate films like 300 (laughs). I didn’t want to do more of these kinds of cultural characters, like Attila the Hun (Attila, a TV production). Also, I played other roles between these jobs, like Dear Frankie, The Jury (TV miniseries), and Game of our Lives-a film I did here, in Rio de Janeiro. But this is a type of role which I didn’t know that I would do until after I moved to the US. I had never performed this type of powerful hero. Before making The Phantom of the Opera, I had never had a singing lesson in my life. I wanted to work with dramas, comedies, romances, and films with dark humor. When I was asked to do this type of work, I responded that I didn’t know; but it was impressive to know that the type of role was going to conquer me, and I didn’t want to limit myself in relation to the roads that I am going to choose. On the other hand, I never would have made 300, the best thing that I made, the most exciting, different and successful.

You left law school to be an actor at 27. When did you see that you wanted to become an actor?

When I was 12 years old (laughs). Since then, I had this dream to become an actor. I remember that around 15 or 16 years old, in a time when responsibilities appeared, I thought, “I can study a lot and becomes whatever I want, a doctor, a lawyer…” I was following this road, but I had a very deep and old desire in me. I started my career as an actor late, but I am a guy and I hate to say this, but it’s much easier for us than for women.

The decision came in the middle of a crisis, when I was very sad, and just as well that I took it. I decided to move to London and become an actor, although I had never tried in my life. I had finished saying good-bye to a law firm in which I worked there were seven years and it was something of fate. A week later, I was watching a piece of Trainspotting at the Edinburgh festival. The film hadn’t been released, but everyone knew the story. When I saw the protagonist on stage, I thought that’s what I wanted to do. At the moment, I had decided to put all my things in a car and move to London. There, I worked at the strangest jobs to get money. The coincidence is that the part was Trainspotting, that would be showing again in the Edinburgh Festival. In the same day, I did a test for a commercial and also that work, with whom I performed with an actor named Paul Ireland, the same guy who was on stage the year before in Trainspotting. At that moment, I thought, “Ok, someone is trying to tell me something.”


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What do you think of Leonidas?

One of the reasons by which I felt so attracted to this role is because I had never played a hero that was so rude, proud, committed and strong in a form that is never exposed. These guys, (the Spartans) are some bastards. When the audience is introduced to the characters, the vision of heroes and villains is distorted and they are ready to kill and are focused like lasers. They are there promptly to do what they must. They are not like Rocky (Balboa), who doesn’t know how to fight and develops that; they form a united group, 300 persons with the power of 30 thousand because of that force. There is a lot of masculinity in this; it’s a simple masculinity, based on strength and power. I’ve been waiting for a hero like this for a long time. When you see him in the film, walking with his guys, you know that he was followed by his group exactly. When I saw the film, as an audience member, I didn’t understand how this relationship is developed.

Many people don’t understand, because 300 is so successful, and I think that it has so many elements in the consciousness as well as the sub-consciousness that contribute to this. It’s as if faith in one’s self shows almost in a spiritual scope; 300 men believe that they can’t be stopped. People are watching 300 and are feeling inspired, believing that if they have faith in themselves, they can do anything. In a simpler level, it’s fun to see their heroes destroying everything, as people cheer for them. This mix brings an incredible entertainment.


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How was your preparation to play Leonidas?

Everyone talks of the training camp by which the actors had to work in for the film 300, but three months before, I already was preparing. During the training, I had an instructor who helped me gain muscle. He was a crazy Venezuelan named Franco de Castro, who lived screaming. Mark Twight also trained us, but because of Franco, I was big. I trained six hours a day with Twight’s team, I had my own trainer and I still had to practice with stuntmen. It was very difficult to hold a sword, a lance although it looks very easy.

I am a person who is naturally obsessive; I drink sodas and smoke obsessively. Also, I stayed true to my training. I asked to have weights on the set so that I could lift them between one scene and another. This made me look big, but also it showed my colleagues that I could do this. I didn’t want the band of talented actors to see me as a guy pretending to be a king: I wanted them to think I was crazy (laughs). When you lift weights, you think that you are getting bigger, but you also feel a fire; you see that you are getting stronger. When training in this level, I was focused greatly on the strength. There is a lot of testosterone in this process.

How do you get the other characteristics of the character, like the tone of voice?

There is a lot of tension in this character; I wanted to show that in the movements and in the voice. There is a lot of yelling in the film. What I think correctly, it intends to be faithful especially to the graphic novel. There are 300 people screaming and yelling. Each moment that the audience sees me yelling on the screen, I did ten different vocal levels, as when Leonidas says, “Madness? This is Sparta!” In this scene, Zack chose when I speak in the deepest form. I said that this was ridiculous, but he said that it was incredible. I thought, “He is crazy” (laughs). In truth, I didn’t yell as much as it looks because if I really yelled, I wouldn’t be able to do more scenes, because my throat would have suffered.

What are you next projects?

I will be in the remake of Escape from New York, and I made a romantic comedy with Hillary Swank, PS I Love You, that is really beautiful and romantic. I want to make great films and obtain some minors in the middle. At the moment, I am talking with several projects. It’s an incredible moment for me thanks to the success of 300, so I need to be very careful.

qui c'è http://www.cineclick.com.br/especiais/hots...entrevista3.php



gemini2115/4/2007, 13:58


Non penso abbiano fatto fatica a pensarlo

sabry_aminta14/12/2007, 13:23
questa intervista è sul nuovo numero di Glamour UK,esce in concomitanza con l'uscita di PS ma si parla praticamente di tutto,della sua vita e della sua carriera.









vi propongo alcune delle parti più belle(quanto è adorabile quest'uomo )
"I am a heavy breather. I might sound like i'm about to drop dead but i'm fine. I haven't had a cigarette for six months! You should hear me when i'm really out of breath ..."

Lolita, it turns out, is currently the only love of Gerard’s life. Is she the nearest he’s come, so far, to commitment? “Yes” he chuckles “I’ve actually asked her to marry me. No reply yet. I’m waiting patiently. She’s a grunter, I like grunters.”
:malol: :malol:

Qui un pensiero profondo:
He cites losing his Dad in his early twenties as having a profound impact. “It certainly brought home a reality about morality.” he decides. “When he died I was in a very destructive phase in my life. At that point I was living in LA, where there’s not such a sense of community. I knew a couple of people there who committed suicide. One girl I knew in an apartment block jumped off the top of the building and there was nobody around to clean up the mess. These people had come from other parts and lost touch with their families. It reminds you. When I think of where I’ve been emotionally and psychologically to where I am now; the opportunities I’ve been given … I’ve so much gratitude.”

Riguardo il fatto di non avere tempo per una relazione:
“Just too busy.” he chirps. “I’m starting to give up on all that. I go from one location to another and even if you meet somebody nice, you know you’re about to fly to the other side of the world. And I’m over long distance phone calls!” He says he hasn’t given up hope on “the beauty of love and family” and adds, “I grew up with Scottish girls whoa re so full of personality, they’ll sit down and have a beer and swear and tell jokes. I like a girl who can be one of the guys. And sexy as well. And who can rip the s**t out of you or your friends. Aye.”

E per finire:
What does he want, in the end, from all this?
“well, there’s a selfishness to it,” he decides, “I wanna do well. I wanna make great films. I wanna have a sense of achievement. Have people laugh so much they’re hanging off their seat with saliva coming out of their mouths! Tell a story that passes on. And have a nice house. I think it was Michelangelo who said ‘the worst possibility about dreaming too low, or not high enough, is you might reach it.’ You get there and think ‘well, ok, I got there - is this it? So set your dreams high!”




gemini2114/12/2007, 15:42
Magari avesse davvero smesso di fumare, sarebbe ora!


uhmmm ...

Grazie 1000 Sabry per averla postata!

arielcips17/12/2007, 09:40
quello che mi piace che.con estrema sobrietà,emerge ogni tanto anche la sua cultura...Insomma:ha deciso di ucciderci...!

sabry_aminta13/2/2008, 13:43
una nuova intervista su OK Magazine




crede di non essere sexy quando fa uno spogliarello...ma ha mai chiesto a chi assisteva?

arielcips13/2/2008, 15:51
Va bene...le sue riposte mi piacciono sempre tanto,ma sono sempre più convinta che il suo unico grande amore rimane il lavoro!

gemini2113/2/2008, 20:42

Voglio le prove! Gerry spogliati e facci vedere!

gemini2113/2/2008, 22:27
Un'altra intervista molto simpatica:

Gerard Butler Interview in Magazine Première (France)

French women (and men)… your favourite Spartan is back… after killing a whole bunch of soldiers from the Persian army in “300”, Gerard Butler is back in “P.S. I Love You”, a romantic comedy in which he plays Hilary Swank’s late husband.. We knew there was something there….

(Interview by Mathieu Carratier)

- Correct me if I’m wrong, but in “P.S. I Love You” you spend the entire movie “inside” Hilary Swank’s head (meaning that the memory of her husband still linger in her mind…) who doesn’t accept your death and still see you in her apartment…

Gerard Butler: I still have the chance to still be alive in the very first scene of the movie…

- Did you see things that cannot be disclosed? (meaning inside Hilary’s head)

GB: Inside her head? I mostly saw way too much talent!!


- Did she show up on the set with both Oscars she won?

GB: Yes! That was so annoying! (laughs) No, seriously she would never do that, she has too much class. However, she always shows up with both her dogs and sometimes her bird named Mitch. Hilary is a phenomenal actress but she is still a normal l person, just like you and I.


- It must be a bit awkward to play a late character whose name is Gerry, it is after all your name.

GB: It seriously helped the other actors to remember my name while we were shooting the movie! I do have a lot of things in common with this character who’s a very down to earth guy from Ireland . Most of the clothes or jewels I wear in the movie are my own.


- And you’ve also been a rockstar, just like him…

GB: I’ve never been a professional musician even though I was in a band a many years ago while I was studying to be a lawyer…


- Lawyer in daytime, rockstar in nightime… almost a movie script!

GB: Oh believe me, we could write many movies based on my life itself! It was exactly like that: I was an apprentice in a law firm and one of the lawyers there was a guitarist who wrote songs I was performing. A fellow lawyer joined us and we finally ended up as a bunch of lawyers who all dreamed of becoming rockstars…


- What was the name of the band?

GB: “Speed” (laughs)


- In order to make those months of hard training for “300” profitable, do you know ask for a clause to be registered in your contracts, stipulating you must be shown naked from the waist up in all your new movies?

GB: No, and I’m thinking about asking the opposite! It would be best for me. I wasn’t born in a gym, if you know what I mean. If I have to train for a movie, like “300”, I do it until my bones hurt. I had a kind of inhuman force prior to that movie shooting, I pumped iron and I still don’t understand why if felt like I was possessed. I practiced every sword choreography until I was sick of it, lifted weighs 50 times between takes… totally crazy…


- ...Between takes?

GB: Yes. I really wanted to look like a Spartan, not like an actor playing the role of one. But now… I get sick just seeing a gym.


- How many calls did you get in the week end following the release of “300” in American theatres?

GB: I think I got 400 text messages and 150 calls. I spent the entire week end stressing out because I couldn’t call everyone instead of enjoying the success of the movie. I think every person I ever met in my life called me on that day. I never experienced such a thing, and probably will never experience it again.


- The phenomenal success of “300” brought you on top of the list in Hollywood. Movie remakes such as “Escape From New York” were taking form around your single name. Is it hard to keep both feet on the ground in such conditions?

GB: You have to focus on what’s in front of you and not paying attention to what’s being said. A movie project based on you is more or less an upcoming role you might play. You have more control over your career. That is why I decided not to be a part of the “Escape From New York” remake. The movie wasn’t gonna be what I hoped it would be and preferred quitting. I have the chance to say no to thing in which I don’t believe. It is a huge privilege.


- Where will you be having dinner tonight?

GB: At “P.S. I Love You’s” premiere.. and maybe dining in hell a bit later! (laughs)
themanyoulove14/2/2008, 19:54

è carino quando cita le battute dei suoi film...a volte ho la sensazione come se,una volta finiti,abbia una sorta di rifiuto...

sabry_aminta15/2/2008, 13:40
simpatico come sempre


avrà preso spunto dai 72 secondi?

arielcips15/2/2008, 14:49
In un'intervista Gerry ha fatto questa affermazione:


spands7215/2/2008, 15:10
o mio dio!!!

boleroazul15/2/2008, 22:02
grande veritààà!!

arielcips9/3/2008, 12:25
Una breve intervista da una rivista femminile,in cui gerry parla del suo rapporto con Jodie Foster,dei sacrifici della dieta e del suo carattere a metà fra il focoso celta e...il gattino amoroso!!!

(IMG:http://gbgalsgallery.com/d/46941-4/galsLHJ408.JPG)


GREAT SCOT!
WHETHER HE'S PLAYING A SPARTAN KING OR A FEARLESS FATHER (IN THIS MONTH'S NIM'S ISLAND WITH JODIE FOSTER), GERARD BUTLER
MAKES AUDIENCES MELT

Gerard Butler was just days away from becoming a full-fledged lawyer when he got the pink slip. "It was lovely in a way," says the Scottish actor, 38, who had graduated with honors from the University of Glasgow. "The law firm I was working for could see the law was not my true ambition." Apparently, so could Butler. The next day he moved to London, where he soon landed a role in the Shakespeare classic Coriolanus. With his mesmerizing blue-gray eyes and easy charm, Butler's ht, even when his character is stone-cold, like the dad husband he played in the recent P.S. I Love You. This month the single Butler is both alive and thriving as a dad/adventurer in the Jodie Foster family film Nim's Island.

Ladies' Home Journal: What was it like working with Jodie Foster?
Gerard Butler: Nobody's more of a class act than she is. I was in negotiations to do the movie and it wasn't going very well. She called me saying how much she wanted me to be in ti. I was so honored that Jodie Foster was calling me, I jumped on board.

LHJ: Nim's Island is based on a children's book. Did you have a favorite book growing up?
GB: The Hobbit. A lot of the movies I've done have involved some kind of fantastical element-the very things I was so mesmerized by as a child.

LHJ: You worked out for eight months for last summer's hit 300. What was your biggest sacrifice?
GB: My Bad diet. Once the movie wrapped it was great to go to a restaurant and say, "Give me a big fatty cheeseburger, french fries and apple pie and ice cream" - all of that great-tasting stuff that's bad for you.

LHJ: You've played Attila the Hun, Dracula, a warrior king. Are you a violent guy?
GB: I have a lot of fire in me. It's a Celtic thing, that passion. But most of the time I'm easygoing. And I have a sensitive side. I'm the one who helps the old lady on the bus sit down or pulls over when another car breaks down. Pretty much, I'm a pussycat.

jiujiu9/3/2008, 12:40
carina davvero questa intervista


awwwww...

gemini219/3/2008, 14:28
Bellissima intervista!


c'intendiamo Gerry


Haaa la passioneee haaa il lato dolceee

sabry_aminta9/3/2008, 21:20
che carina questa intervista!!


aveva proprio tanta fame dopo i mesi a dieta


aaaaaahhhh
ma anche

gemini2118/3/2008, 14:07
Una breve intervista

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sabry_aminta18/3/2008, 14:26
ma che cariiiina quest'intervista,grazie Laura!!Gli piace passeggiare per la città...arrivo Gerryyyyyy!!!

arielcips18/3/2008, 16:54
...allora:gli piace passeggiare per le strade cittadine,gli piacciono le ragazze pasticcione e scombinate...che dite?c'è qualche chance per noi?

sabry_aminta18/3/2008, 17:00
sono quiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!Gerryyyyyyy!!!!!!
(mi sto dando della pasticciona scombinata... ma tant'è e il mio essere completa il quadro)

sabry_aminta19/3/2008, 11:05
un'altra intervista dal magazine In Style
Gerry parla un pò di moda e dei suoi gusti,ma anche del suo attore preferito,e della cura maniacale( )nell'arredare i suoi appartamenti.

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a nove anni si faceva pettinare dalla mamma come in Grease



arielcips19/3/2008, 19:15
Sa di avere delle cosce spropositate...ihihih

Comunque è sempre adorabile!!!

gemini2119/3/2008, 19:24
Bellissima intervista!! Avrei voluto vederlo pettinato come in grease

E quando parla degli appartamenti e del suo gusto nell'arredare....

(ps. Kriss a quanto pare niente pratone o cactus )

gemini2119/3/2008, 21:59
Gerard Butler talks action heroes

http://blogs.usaweekend.com/whos_news/2008...-now-and-t.html

Every now and then my magazine readers respond overwhelmingly to a particular actor. I'll be scrolling through the hundreds of questions I get each month and realize that I have dozens about one guy. When I first started writing my Who's News column it was Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver, who commanded attention. Since then there have been many, among them Mark Harmon for any of his series, Kevin Sorbo in Hercules, Joe Lando in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, David James Elliott in J.A.G., George Clooney in ER, Chris Noth of Sex and the City, Colin FIrth after the BBC's Pride and Prejudice, Vincent D'Onofrio from Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and since his sexy performance in the movie version of The Phantom of the Opera, the very handsome Gerard Butler. In fact, I still get lots of questions about Butler, whom we also saw in 300 and will see again April 4 when his Nim's Island, with Jodie Foster, opens, so L.A. writer Nancy Mills took the opportunity to converse. (You can watch the Nim's Island trailer below.)

They ended up talking about action heroes. More specifically, why many of America’s recent action heroes — for instance, Spider-Man’s Tobey Maguire and X-Men’s James Marsden — don’t look too tough. “In general, I think that men in America grow up more as boys,” says Butler, 38, who was raised in Scotland. “It seems to be a physical thing. Even if they’re big and pumped, they still have a boyishness about them. In a way, maybe they’re lucky. In America, you have such a broad spectrum. I hate to say it but boyishness appeals because it satisfies everybody. It works on both coasts and the Midwest.”

Butler wants to make sure we make clear that this is a comment, not a criticism. “They might be boys,” he adds, “but there are some incredible actors among them.” As for his own manly looks, he says, “I definitely think, having grown up in Europe and also lived in America, that people in Europe mature faster. But I shouldn’t generalize because sometimes you run into someone like Abigail Breslin (his co-star in Nim’s Island), who’s 12 and is more mature than I am. Or Emmy Rossum, who was 16 when she started The Phantom of the Opera and who was so intelligent and so mature it was kind of scary, actually.”

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E' per questo che sta in America? Perchè può sentirsi meno maturo?

boleroazul19/3/2008, 22:19
(p.s. per Laura...non sa cosa si perde )

jiujiu20/3/2008, 15:57
splendide tutte quanteeee!!!


mi piace tanto passeggiare per strada...ma sono troppo perfetta e sofisticata per lui!!! che si fa? ( )


(p.s. per Laura...non sa cosa si perde )



gemini2126/3/2008, 22:30
Nuova intervista:

Extra! Extra! More from Our April 2008 (Man)ifesto Interview with Gerard Butler

http://www.redbookmag.com/your/celebrity/m...o/gerard-butler

By Holly Hays

When we caught up with Gerard Butler, he had just wrapped up filming a movie in New Mexico and was on his way to the airport. Gerard didn’t have a lot of time to talk, but turns out you don’t need a lot of time to be completely won over by the outgoing, funny star. Here’s a little more from our interview with him.

What was it like playing a dad?

[Laughs] Yeah, it was interesting. You know, it’s funny. You always kind of dread that moment when you go from being the young, hip guy and they say, “We want you to be a dad.” And you go, “Oh, f---. Okay, I’m a dad now.” [Laughs] But you know, I always felt that I was really right for that role. When you feel right for something and you know it’s gonna be something different and a challenge, then that’s exciting to me. So to take on that idea of playing a dad who’s not just a dad, he’s kind of a very sweet but geeky scientist. He and his daughter live a very unusual existence on this island and he’s a father to her, but they’re best friends as well. They’re really on the same level in a lot of ways.

Do you think of yourself as having an adventurous spirit?

Oh, yeah! I mean, I think that’s a similarity between both characters [I play in Nim’s Island]. I mean, obviously, Alex Rover is an adventurer by trade. But in a way so is Jack [Nim’s dad]. I mean, he and Nim have sailed around the world and found this little paradise of a secluded island and nobody even knows where they are. And he goes off out to sea to search for the strangest sort of marine creatures that you can imagine. So, yeah, I have an adventurous spirit. I can definitely buy into what these characters do, which is why I’ve often taken on these kinds of roles.

What would you say is your ideal date: ziplining through the jungle or an oceanside dinner? Or something even better?

I think doing anything conventional — like, yeah, an oceanside dinner — would be awesome. But I like the idea that you do something that automatically pulls a little bit more out of both of you. Like for me, actually, a great date is to meet somebody and walk through the streets of a city and grab a coffee. Two people get to know each other so well just by reacting to each other and their environment. Whether it’s a park bench or a statue or the smell in the evening air or the characters that they run into — to me that is so much more fun than just sitting down at a table and doing what everybody else does. So ziplining would be my choice.

Fill in the blank: My secret superpower would be...

Probably being able to travel through space, travel right to the other side of the universe or into other universes, to other dimensions.

So we’re not talking about disappearing and turning up in Paris or something. We’re talking about turning up on Mars.

I mean even further than that. There’s that photograph by Carl Sagan that shows that the Earth is a tiny speck of light in a ray shining from some distant star, and we realize how tiny we are. I want to be over there. To think that you could experience that — even for a tenth of a second — would be awesome. All the wars, all the violence, all the people fighting for a piece of this planet, and in the end, it’s really just this tiny speck. I think that if everybody could venture out into space and realize how small the planet is, even for just a few seconds, I bet you there would be peace all over the world.

arielcips26/3/2008, 22:46
Come sempre le risposte di Gerry non sono mai scontate...ah...quest'uomo incanta!

boleroazul26/3/2008, 22:50

Che dire Ge...parliamoneeee

jiujiu26/3/2008, 22:52
ok, dopo aver letto questa intervista ho solo una cosa da dire....gegiuzzo mio...vuoi sposarmi? ( )

gemini2126/3/2008, 22:55



sabry_aminta27/3/2008, 13:40
CITAZIONE I think that if everybody could venture out into space and realize how small the planet is, even for just a few seconds, I bet you there would be peace all over the world

quando fa queste riflessioni profonde mi piace tanto tanto!


ecco si...vuoi sposare anche me,gerrryno?


sabry_aminta1/4/2008, 12:31

eccovi una carinissima intervista del http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment...86908-20369274/
Argomenti trattati:
- A tutt'oggi in Scozia ancora non lo riconoscono
- E' stato a Glasglow per natale ( )
-Racconta di quanto 'magica' sia la Scozia ( )
- Parla di quando ha deciso di smettere di fumare e di come i suoi amici accolsero la notizia
- Lavora troppo(fino a 16h al giorno!)
-Quando esce una sera poi risente della nottata per una settimana( )
- Parla un pò della sua vita sentimentale

My days of partying are over, reveals Gerard Butler

Apr 1 2008 By Rick Fulton


HOLLYWOOD has been fighting over Gerard Butler since he flashed his acting talent - and his amazing six-pack - in 300. Yet he can walk down the street unrecognised in his native Scotland.

No doubt that is because the handsome actor has worn a mask in his two biggest films to date.

The 38-year old wowed the critics as the masked hero in the 2004 film version of The Phantom Of The Opera.

Then his features were hidden by a warrior's helmet to play King Leonidas in 2006's 300.

But that hasn't stopped Gerard - who was born in Glasgow and brought up in Paisley - stacking up the roles to become second only to James McAvoy as the hottest Scot in LA.

After his recent rom-com success in P.S. I Love You, he is about to hit the big screen alongside Jodie Foster and Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin as a remote dad turned action hero in family flick Nim's Island.

He is also in Guy Ritchie's new London gangster flick RocknRolla, will team up with 27 Dresses beauty Katherine Heigl for The Ugly Truth and is in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables: Capone Rising.

Weird, then, that this in-demand star is still just a face in the crowd at home.

He grinned: "The funny thing is, in Scotland, I think people know who I am but they see me as a Scottish guy doing well in Hollywood.

"I was back in Glasgow at Christmas and I walked down the street and wasn't recognised once."

Joking about his big roles, he added: "I put a mask on and still they didn't recognise me. I was disappointed."

At least not being recognised isn't spoiling his view of his homeland.

Now living out of homes in Los Angeles and New York, he gushed: "Scotland is a magical experience.

"I know so many people from all over the world who have been there who have the most incredible time.

"It stays with you for a long, long time because it is a magical, historical land.

"There are so many places to go. All over the Highlands and off the west coast there is a mixture of rough coastline and rockiness and islands - then there are palm trees as well because of the Gulf Stream. It is such a beautiful country.

"I miss the freshness, the untouched feel about it and also how much it haunts you, how much it stays with you in your soul."

This Scottish tough guy has gone a bit LA, by the sounds of it.

But that's not the only change in the life of a man who turned to acting after his first love, the law, fell through.

Gerard graduated from Glasgow University and landed a trainee position with a legal firm-until his bosses grew tired of the wild partying which left him late or hung over and fired him.

Spurred on to change his life around, he headed to London.

Not only did he give up on booze, he also landed the lead role of Renton in the 1996 stage adaptation of Train spotting, which in turn led to his movie break opposite Billy Connolly in Mrs Brown.

Gerard said: "I have done a lot of partying in my life. Now, I don't drink anymore. I quit many years ago. It was time to stop, but I did have a lot of fun back then.

"I stopped when I moved to London. It was hard to give up while in Scotland, where most of my friends were.

"When I was telling guys I was trying to stop drinking, they started to laugh.

"They thought it was funny and told me, 'But we love it when you are drunk.

You smash up cars, jump off buildings, and get into fights - you even try to set yourself on fire. We love that.'"

IN contrast, Gerard's life these days is more work than wild.

He said: "You go out a lot more when you are younger. Now I work a lot more - and I find it hard.

"I often work 16 hours per day. It is crazy. I am working non-stop.

"My start is usually about 5am and I don't get home until around 9pm, then I climb straight into bed.

"If I go out one night in the middle of that, I am as good as dead. It screws me up for a week."

This clean-living approach has also fuelled Gerard's latest battle - he gave up smoking a few months ago and admits he is finding it tough.

Following a well-worn celebrity path, he has found release through yoga with guru-to-the-stars Deepak Chopra.

Gerard said: "I tried everything but what finally worked for me was hypnotism then I went down to the Chopra Centre - actually, I went to Deepak Chopra's place.

"Because I love him and his writing, I went there and spent two weeks meditating and studying meditation academically and also doing yoga and doing a course called Perfect Health.

"A lot of the reason why I loved smoking was because I get very tense and need to keep myself busy.

"I live a very fast-paced life and quite a stressful life and I'm always busy.

"It has been my experience that, when I go to a place where I actively have to engage in being relaxed, I have a constant nagging voice which yells, 'I'm just sitting about on this beach doing nothing'.

"I find that hard. I like it for a couple of days and then I'm like, 'I have to do something.' "When I was at the Chopra Centre, I got engaged in those activities and I didn't need cigarettes."

Now he is managing to conquer that demon, perhaps Gerard will turn his thoughts to romance.

But, with so many jobs on the go, he insists there has been no time to woo any among the army of fans he won in 300.

He said: "No girls have been seeing whether I'm still in good shape.

"They might in the future but I haven't been showing it off in the way I think you mean."

However, he admits not being in a relationship sometimes worries him.

He said: "There's always a pay-off, isn't there?

"You're busy, you're having a great time and then you stop and think, 'Wait a minute. I'm not really giving any relationship a chance here because I'm working so much.'"

And the actor, who kissed Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and Hilary Swank in P.S. I Love You, takes it as a huge joke when talk turns to his heart-throb image.

Asked if he looks in the mirror and congratulates himself on being a sex symbol, he joked: "I've been doing that since I was two.

"When I am filming, I don't feel like a sex symbol, I feel I am doing my job.

"It is a nice compliment but you don't want to get too caught up something like that, because you don't want to start to play towards that.

"I am completely, truly unaware what is sexy in a guy.

"It surprises me what women find sexy. I can't imagine why a guy stripping is sexy.

"I don't know what men do that is sexy.

"It is a hard question to answer, to presume your own sexiness."

Of course, as a star - and one who doesn't seem to go out socialising - it is probably hard for Gerard to find a woman with the right intentions.

Now - with Nim's Island out next month and RocknRolla scheduled for October - Gerard hopes his boosted profile could soon nudge into production a Robert Burns movie he's been tied to for a long time.

Perhaps by returning to work in Scotland he might finally get recognised at home ... and find the perfect woman.

Nim's Island is released on May 2.

'At Christmas I was backout in Glasgow and didn't get recognized, even in my mask. I was disapointed'

arielcips1/4/2008, 12:50
D'accordo...la citerei dall'inizio alla fine,ma provo a selezionare:

Ragazze:ma quando lo passiamo un Natale in Scozia...a colpo sicuro???


Un disastro...una catastrofeeee....


E noi che ce lo immaginiamo a godersela...seee:alle otto si schianta peggio di Criss!


e ci siamo spiegati anche il viaggio in India...aaahnnnn

sigh...mi ricorda tanto il sig Emilio...ma che c'hanno sti uomini? e datevi na calmataaa....


BUGIARDOOOOOO....Non ci credo nemmeno se lo vedo(lo vedo????fatemelo vedereeee!!!)


Questa è sincera,finalmente!!!

Quanto al non trovare sexi gli uomini,come dire...è una bella garanzia!!!

Ok:non voglio dire niente su Burns... e:ODDIO! ho fatto un commento alla JIUUUUU....

gemini211/4/2008, 13:26

Che carini gli amici (avrei voluto vederlo però quando tentava di darsi fuoco )

:phanchristine: :phanchristine:


Non ti preoccupare Gerry te lo spieghiamo noi volentieri

sabry_aminta1/4/2008, 16:11

anche subito!





pure io


si si,appena ti vediamo te lo facciamo capire in un lampo

arielcips1/4/2008, 18:09
Posto l'intervista originale,perchè...ehm...direi che anche la grafica merita!!!

http://www.gerard-butler.net/gallery/v/new...-page2.jpg.html

gemini211/4/2008, 18:23
Anche questa è davvero carina...

Exclusive: Gerard Butler Talks Dating Older Women, Apocalypse Now

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/gera...r-interview.php

It comes as no surprise to the readers of Film School Rejects and the listeners of Fat Guys at the Movies that Neil Miller’s mom is Gerard Butler’s biggest fan. Recently, we had a chance to chat with Butler about his upcoming film Nim’s Island. In the process, he was kind enough to answer some burning questions from Neil’s Mom.

FSR: How do your fans who have been with you through your whole career differ from your new fans?

GB: The fans that have known me for years are fans of the heart, fans of passion. I always feel that fan base would increase after roles like Atilla or Phantom. And even though Atilla is still a warrior role, there was very much something romantic about him. Whereas in the last year, there’s been a massive jump, and I think that has more to do with the kick-ass nature of 300. I think they probably don’t really care what I have to say in interviews. They really only want to hear me say the line, “This is Sparta!”

FSR: Of all the characters you’ve portrayed on screen, which is the most like Gerry Butler?

GB: I don’t know about nowadays, but while I was playing it, the character I was most in touch with was the Phantom. I was feeling a lot of stuff in my life at that point that had a lot of serendipity with the Phantom and what I was going through. But on a lighter note, the Guy Ritchie movie [RocknRolla], the one I have coming out. My publicist called me after watching that and said “I feel like I just hung out with you for an hour and a half. That is all you. The silliness, the goofiness, the strong part, the vulnerable part. It’s got all you in there.” That’s one people haven’t seen yet, but I think that’s probably most like me nowadays.

FSR: What is your all time favorite movie?

GB: Apocalypse Now. Even films that I love and blow me away, for some reasons, I don’t even watch them again. That’s a weirdness I have. But Apocalypse Now I think I’ve seen about seventeen times. I can just put it on and watch it. It’s visual. It’s stimulating. It makes me think. There are certain things you can’t explain. I love that film.

FSR: What is your idea of a romantic evening?

GB: I, in my limited life experience, have found that so often the best situations come out of nothing rather than having to dress the whole thing up. You’re not really trusting what goes on between two people. Some people might say, “We’d go on a helicopter ride here and stop at a fancy restaurant.” This is why I’m single. There’s a scene in So I Married An Axe Murderer when Mike Myers is out with this girl, and they’re just walking around, and they’re making use of the things they come across – statutes, park benches, and they’re dancing about. To me, I have had the best times when I’m just walking about somewhere, whether it be the streets of Paris or New York. I live in New York now, if I were to go on a date, to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and see things and make fun of things and come across the strange things that you come across that, to be honest, you don’t find when you’re sitting in a restaurant. That would be great for me. But like I say, that’s why I’m still single.

FSR: Are you interested in dating slightly older women?

GB: [big laugh] Yes. I’ve always liked older women. Preferably 40 or 50 years older.

There’s definitely a chance for Neil’s mom. We put in a good word for you, and Gerard Butler sends big kisses your way!

Nim’s Island, starring Abigail Breslin, Jody Foster and Gerard Butler, hits the theaters on Friday, April 4 from Fox/Walden.

arielcips1/4/2008, 18:37
CITAZIONE I don’t know about nowadays, but while I was playing it, the character I was most in touch with was the Phantom.

questa mi ha mooolto gasata:oh master!!!

E questa mi ha convinto a vedere il film..che già aspetto con ansiaaaa...


su questa preferisco sorvolare...perchè il solo pensiero di un appuntamento così...ahuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

E questa finalmente mi dà qualche chance!!!!

Edited by sabrinta - 6/5/2008, 17:52

muarghhhh!!!

Grazie per questa intervista, sabry! carinissima

Bella questa intervista!





Peccato che ultimamente l'abbia ritrovata

Finalmente svelato il mistero: si è degnato di spiegarci come dev'essere la sua donna ideale
(v. riquadro riferito a Lena)

Beh dai, considerando che sicuramente si riferiva più all'atteggiamento che alla bevanda e che lui non beve alcolici, credo che anche un crodino in simpatia potrebbe essere sufficiente

per ballare ci sono io sabrinta! ce lo dividiamo, tu ci giochi a calcio e io ci ballo?

Sembrerebbe una musica new Age...quella dei Bent(mai sentiti prima...)