JULIA ROBERTS DOES ‘VANITY FAIR’
Posted Monday, November 5th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Filed under: Julia-Roberts, magazines
She’s baaaaaaaaaaack!
After stepping out of the spotlight to make some gorgeous babies with her cameraman hubby, big screen goddess Julia Roberts marks her long awaited comeback in the December issue of Vanity Fair.
Inside the mag, the mother-of-three dishes on everything from the fall of Young Hollywood her favourite eco-friendly diapers.
Julia on the frenzy surrounding today’s young celebrities: “I think it’s just grotesque. It’s like a circus sideshow. I don’t know why anybody would even want to go into show business these days, with all of the different magazines and shows. It just wouldn’t be worth it. And it’s too fast. Before, you could build a career over years and many movies. Now it’s like you do one good movie and they throw a ton of money at you and a ton of attention at you. You’re being constructed outside of yourself before you even know who you are, and what you are, and how you want to do it, and why you want to do it.”Julia on paparazzi taking photos of celebrities’ children: “I just feel like it’s so demeaning the way they behave, and I hate the fact that I even put any of my energy into thinking about it or being stressed about it. And really, more than anything, it just has to do with my kids. There’s no reason to take pictures of celebrities’ children other than for people to say, “Oh, they’re cute.” I think magazines shouldn’t run pictures of people’s kids. I have a problem with that. I also have a problem with the whole notion that, if I have Henry in a sling, I’m hiding him. He’s a baby and I’m carrying him around, and so’s the lady across the street. I get pissed off, because I think that it’s inhuman to chase a woman with her children.”
Julia on how celebs are just like normal people: “We’re all the same. Why can’t we get on board with this? That we’re all the same. Some have cooler jobs, some have less cool jobs, some have longer legs, some are nicer people, but we’re all the same. We’re all orbiting the same sun.”
Julia on diapers: “I use Seventh Generation [chlorine-free, nontoxic] diapers for Finn and Hazel, and then I was turned on to the [plastic-free, flushable] gDiapers. Henry’s got a gDiaper on.… I would recommend them overall. It is flushable, but you’ve got to stir that thing! If you don’t really break it all the way up, it doesn’t go all the way down.”
Julia on if her kids wanted to get into acting: “I would call Natalie Portman’s mother. Natalie is such a good actress, but she seems like such a sensible person. I asked her about it one day when we were doing Closer, and she said she only worked with people that her parents trusted, and she only worked when it didn’t impact her school. So there were definitely guidelines. No one does it that way, but they did it, so it can be done. I hope I don’t face that, though, because I think kids should be kids and childhood should be filled with … you know that smell, when your kids come in and they smell like dirt and sweat and sunshine? That’s what I hope for my kids.”
Julia on how it felt to be the first woman to earn more than $20 million [for Erin Brockovich]:“Just as good as it would if you were a man, I bet. I mean, I guess I shouldn’t belittle it like that. I should take pride in being a forerunner, even if it’s something that seems kind of stupid, like being overpaid for a great job. But I don’t really think about it. Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas was my agent then, and she took a real position, as a woman in the industry representing a woman, to make strides in that way. So she really deserves credit. It was really a thing for her.”
Julia on getting back into shape after having children: “I have been working out, but listen, it is 97 percent genetics. Don’t let anybody tell you any crap about anything else, because that’s what it is: 97 percent genetics and 3 percent just get your ass moving. Because I’ve never met a cookie I didn’t like.”
November 5th, 2007 at 1:35 am
Very cute cover! I thought I’ve seen Julia Roberts on many magazine covers but this one is very unique, seductive and charming.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:05 am
The cover photo would have been a bit more appropriate if she’d had a sugarcube or carrot in her mouth.
I kid because I love.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:25 am
great, you rock, julia!
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November 5th, 2007 at 4:01 am
God I love this woman!
November 5th, 2007 at 4:20 am
i love reading her interviews. she’s a great role model, and she really seems so intelligent and so down to earth
November 5th, 2007 at 5:03 am
fun interview, but suddenly she seems “dated” saying all these things about celebridom. things have changed so much in the last couple of years, and there ain’t no going back.
November 5th, 2007 at 6:19 am
why is no one yelling homewrecker to her since she basically stole another woman’s husband?
November 5th, 2007 at 6:19 am
+++++++ Bush Economic time bomb ++++++
On the cover of that magazine and in the mind of serious economist everywhere.
Record fall of the dollar.
That is the reality that everybody is ignoring…this country is in the verge of economic depresion thanks to BUSH
November 5th, 2007 at 6:20 am
Great interview! I love how she thinks. I also really like the cover.
November 5th, 2007 at 6:20 am
yeahso? - it takes 2 to tango.
November 5th, 2007 at 6:33 am
yeahso? - from what I remember, they were separated.
November 5th, 2007 at 6:34 am
BTW, did anyone else notice that there is a Longfellow quote on the rose? Can anyone make out the entire quote?
November 5th, 2007 at 6:42 am
da devil — that header is the one i focused on also. yeah, this country is headed for a very dangerous economic collapse. it will be a miracle if citigroup and merrill lynch survive. and if those huge financial institutions collapse due to their criminal lending practices, they are going to take billions in capital with them.
but, hey, brittney has a new album out….
November 5th, 2007 at 7:21 am
yeah baby..
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November 5th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Can’t read the whole Longseller quote, but the last words are “of the mother’s face”. She looks beautiful in the cover. I adore Julia as a person. She is very down to Earth and real.
November 5th, 2007 at 8:07 am
“Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother’s face, her aspect and her attitude.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
November 5th, 2007 at 8:32 am
it does take two to tango, but i lost a lot of respect for julia when she wore a t-shirt that said “A Low Vera”. Danny’s ex-wife’s name is Vera. It was just an abuse of power and not classy. I expected more from her.
On a side note, her head looks really weird on the cover. it looks like it’s plopped onto someone else’s neck.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:08 am
OMG!! just beautiful!!She looks wonderful and cover is so orginal..maybe they use some photoshop but looks great
November 5th, 2007 at 9:11 am
I remember when I first saw here I didn’t think she was attractive. But to me over the years the way she has presented herself profesionally, personally, etc. it really makes her beautiful. I really respect her, she and I are only a few days apart in age so when I see what she has accomplished and how her attitude is toward life, I feel honored. I know that sounds corny but there are so many selfish, money hungry celebs out there that think looks and fame are the most important thing ever. I love how she doesn’t seem changed by fame and is able to have somewhat of a normal life. The paparazzi don’t follow her like they do Britney because they can’t make as much money. People may not care for her but she has done a lot and has lived a good life so far. P.S. Don’t know about the A Low Vera shirt. Where did she wear it?? Was it an inside joke between them? Did it mean Hello Vera? Fill me in.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:15 am
P.S. Just found it on google. I don’t think there was good blood between Danny’s ex and Julia.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:20 am
“We’re all the same. Why can’t we get on board with this? That we’re all the same. Some have cooler jobs, some have less cool jobs, some have longer legs, some are nicer people, but we’re all the same. We’re all orbiting the same sun.”
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That quote should be imprinted in the forehead of every stupid heiress ditz who think they are superior to other people. She looks super cute here, but I always hated her nostrils. They are huge!!
November 5th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Pak31, you’re right–there was NOT good blood. His ex, Vera, apparently wanted him back, but Danny thought it was over. He met Julia, and they hooked up. Vera wouldn’t sign the divorce papers. Around this time, Julia took to wearing a shirt that said, “A low Vera,” referring to the fact that she wouldn’t set him free so they could be together.
BTW, thanks hiedi.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Oh, and “a low Vera” was a play on “aloe vera,” Pak.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:35 am
#1 her face looks superimposed onto her body, like its not attached. It reminds me of a Jib Jab clip.
#2 “Now it’s like you do one good movie and they throw a ton of money at you and a ton of attention at you.” isn’t that what happ’d with Julia? After Pretty Woman she was in a ton of bad flicks including Hook and Dying Young….
November 5th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Wrong Erica they admiited it was a msg to Danny’s estranged wife after she sold a copy of one of the court papers to the Enquirer.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:57 am
the genetics quote is so right on!
November 5th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
This b*********** has slept with more men than a hooker on 21st stret. She is always trying to seduce married men. shes gross. her head is so big. her mouth is too wide. She has bizarre names for her kids. She is a rotten role model. sleeeping around with either married men or men who were good friends of her fiance ( THEN KEIFER SUTHERLAND). shes old and used up and sick. Shes a man stealing hussy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
I love Julia Roberts– always have, always will. And yes, I know the country is rapidly going to hell in a handbasket thanks to the current administration. Just because I come here for a little relief doesn’t mean I don’t know or care what’s going on in the real world.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
jujy fruits, you sound like a guy who struck out with her and now you’re trash-talking to soothe your bruised ego. Entertaining rant, though.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:56 am
does anyone know the name of the designer of the vintage dress she wore on one of the inside pages of this issue?
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