Julia Roberts: ‘It should be as difficult to get married as it is to get a driver’s license’
Julia Roberts is a star from another age. Julia is perhaps one of the last old-school movie stars, the kind of movie star that never had to get a Twitter account or a Facebook page to interact with fans. Julia doesn’t want to interact with you. She’s above you and she would never dream of interacting with you, especially not on social media. Julia became famous and maintained her fame in the late 80s and throughout the 90s, before blogs and Twitter and such. She kept the few tabloids in print back then, and she was the biggest thing around. In the aughts, Julia began taking a step back from her movie star throne – she began spending most of her time in New Mexico, she got married and had her babies, and she didn’t work that much. But when she did work, she expected people to treat her like she was still the biggest movie star around, and they did for the most part.
But nowadays… is Julia still a big deal? In her mind, she’s still a big deal, I’m sure. But I think the affection people had for her two decades ago has largely faded. Sure, people in her industry still love her – Julia just scored a SAG and a Globe nomination, after all. But I’m not sure the rest of us really care that much. Is this what Julia wanted all along? Or does she have regrets about her faded star power? Julia recently spoke to In Touch about how “great” it is that reality stars are all the rage now:
Julia Roberts is one of the biggest movie stars in the world — but she values her privacy and prefers to stay out of the public eye. The mother of three admits to In Touch that she is thankful for over-the-top TV families like the Kardashians.
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“As a film actor, I’m [only] inviting people to pay attention to my characters. But if you’re a reality star, by virtue you are asking and inviting people to pay attention to you,” Julia explains in the new issue of In Touch, on newsstands now. “It’s great because they take that attention away from me.”
She hasn’t ever watched an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, but hasn’t ruled it out just yet. “I think there’s still time,” Julia jokes with In Touch of the famous family’s long-running reality show. “They’re still on TV, aren’t they?”
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The actress also reveals that reality TV is one of her guilty pleasures! “I love Project Runway because I love to sew,” the actress admits to In Touch. “I’ve also seen Housewives a little bit.”
[From In Touch Weekly]
I’m trying to decide if Julia was shade-baiting. “They’re still on TV, aren’t they?” Like she doesn’t know! Like she doesn’t have an opinion on Lucifer’s Homegirl! Anyway, do you think Julia IS happy that reality stars get all the attention now? Or is she a little bit like… “Whoa, I’m not a big deal anymore”? I’m not even sure she’s self-aware enough to even consider that she’s not a big deal anymore though.
Also, Julia has some thoughts about marriage:
Julia Roberts and her husband of 11 years, Danny Moder, have defied the odds of Hollywood romances, but the Pretty Woman actress reveals to Life & Style that marriage should be for anyone — gay or straight.
“I believe in marriage for everybody,” Julia explains to Life & Style, on newsstands now.
“It should be as difficult to get married as it is to get a driver’s license,” she jokes to the mag. “Less people would get married.”
She adds every marriage has its own secret to success and happiness. So what is Julia and Danny’s secret to wedded bliss?
“Making out every day!” she admits to Life & Style. “Think about it!”
[From Life & Style]
What do you have to do to get married in most states? You have to go get a marriage license and you have to get some kind of registered minister or what have you to officiate your wedding. Which… sounds like more drama than getting a driver’s license, to me at least. Julia makes it sound like “getting a driver’s license” is the hardest thing ever. Maybe she’s talking about the driving test? Julia thinks people should have to take tests before they’re allowed to get married? Er… no bueno.
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