He did come across well on Inside the Actor's Studio; I was impressed myself. Except he always looks so pissed off all the time. :p Really I also could care less what he does, but my problem is having to hear about it. I mean, when he threw that phone, it was on my local news. This is news?!? I mean, if he was going on a phone throwing spree across the country then maybe it would concern me.....:rolleyes: But really now. And the cynic in me believes that he knows exactly what he is doing when he pulls these stunts.

He just seemed cheesy to me in LA Confidential. His accent soundxed fucking awful too. But as I said I'm gonna have to check it out again.

while you and I(among others)may not care about what he does in his personal life there are alot of people who do so you can't blame the news for covering the story, you have to blame society for indulging in the bullshit.

you mention that the cynic in you believes he knows exactly what he's doing but you've got to realize that he may have threw his oscar right along with that phone. Yeah he got some press and a few headlines and will he still be nominated? yeah probably so but he may have very well screwed himself out of his thus far deserved oscar which would do alot more for him in the long run than a few headlines.

i thoink the bottom line is that they - like us - are people ..
some (many) are giant assholes.

he's good at his job, but he's lousy at being a human being ..

just like a lot of people i've met in real life ..

Well said.

I hate all the celebrity gossip bullshit. I personally don't need to know this sort of thing. People are such vultures. No wonder he has an attitude towards the public and press wouldn't you if you were hounded like that? I know I wouldn't hesitate to get all Sean Penn on some of those motherfuckers if I was in the same situation.

I can blame my so called serious local news station for running this story. If other people want to hear this, there are many, many other "news" programs and publications that run this crap. Some may say too many.....:rolleyes:

And I also know that celebrities have to stay in the spotlight and a lot of people are fascinated by bad boy antics. Yes, I agree that in the long run the Oscar would do more for his career, but I also know that it is just so darn convenient that he has a big movie out and suddenly he is in the news.......again. Funny how that works.:D

But if that is the way it is, more power to him. If he is just an ass, that's fine too. If he is really a decent human being that gets pushed a little too hard at times, that's great. I will enjoy his performances without worrying about it, because it doesn't impact my life in one way or another.

I havent seen Cinderella Man but I heard its good (from a girl so I'll wait to reserve judgement on that.) I thought Beautiful Mind and The Insider were both incredibly slow moving and over-rated. LA Confidential wasn't bad, but there are much cool cop movies out there. Gladiator was a pretty sweet movie. The fight scene with the tigers was really well done! Romper Stomper was pretty badass too.

Romper Stomper and Gladiator are his 2 best movies, IMO.

(On a semi-related-neo-nazi-movie note, American History X is also awesome! Way better than anything Russell Crowe has done! Ed Norton's the man!)

No fucking way :rolleyes: American History X was lame diluted hollywood bullshit. Ed Norton is so unbelievable as a skinhead it looks like they just tattoed swastika's on some sissy yuppie from the suburbs.

I disagree. I think he was completely believable. The look in his eyes when the police officers arrested him; it was chilling. I think it was an outstanding performance and a great movie overall (especially the end, which is heart wrenching), even though the movie did have a few weak moments. But I found nothing at all weak about Norton's performance.