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Post by bluebutterfly on Nov 24, 2011 22:25:29 GMT -5
I think there was probably someone that had caught his eye or that he was seeing casually at that point. I also think his "not serious" answer was VERY quick and VERY emphatic. So while he may have been hedging or lying about seeing someone, I don't think he was lying when he answered the question about his intentions. This was casual, if it happened. I take note too of the fact that he went right back to flirting around the UK and talking about being single and looking for love. And every time he said he was single, he said it very matter of factly. Even an understanding woman wouldn't find the combination of that behavior and his "no, nothing serious" answer charming. Which again to me, points to very casual goings on. And probably short-lived, since this is Gerry we're talking about. I think the hemming and hawing might just be that Gerry's (maybe) not a good liar in interviews sometimes, and was excited about getting some . He also might not have wanted to come across as a jerk or insensitive to the girl, even though she probably knows (knew) what's up. Cuz lord knows, he's stepped in that minefield during interviews in the past...
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Post by doddi on Nov 24, 2011 22:54:01 GMT -5
mgn said: "What i got out of Gerry's answer was that he was/is interested in a special someone but that doesn't mean that the two of them are in a relationship. That "hmmmm..." is the kind of answer i would give if a friend of mine asked me how is it going between you and that guy and i wanted to answer well I'm really into him and it's going but there's nothing "official" happening just yet. What do you think?" __________________________ I have to agree with you. I think you're closest to figuring out what he meant by his wishy washy answer. I think you managed to enter his mind. Yes, I have been there before and I answered exactly like this. This explains why in other interviews from around the same time he was proclaiming his singlehood. So indeed he was single at the time, but he was also hoping to embark on this new relationship with someone new he liked. This explains why he said it like he's sort of seeing somebody and then added that it's not serious at all. The only thing is, this interview is 2 months old and this might not be the case today. It could also be the opposite, but for some reason or vibes I'm getting from seeing him lately, I think it never developed into anything more than what it was back then because we haven't seen any woman around him, and the birthday party seemed a very low-key party with 8 of his closest buddies and a few more people he invited since they are around him a lot nowadays as a result of the shoot. I could be wrong of course, and we'll never know for sure. For all we know, he could have had his lady at his birthday party but made sure she wasn't photographed by whoever took the picture of him on his birthday. I can't be sure that person he was referring to during this interview is no longer a possibility but, it does appear she was only a possibility 2 months ago from the way he responded to the question and that's why I agree with you mgn. Is she still in his life now? I guess that's the next question.
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Post by gersarchitect on Nov 24, 2011 23:17:14 GMT -5
mgn said: "What i got out of Gerry's answer was that he was/is interested in a special someone but that doesn't mean that the two of them are in a relationship. That "hmmmm..." is the kind of answer i would give if a friend of mine asked me how is it going between you and that guy and i wanted to answer well I'm really into him and it's going but there's nothing "official" happening just yet. What do you think?" __________________________ I have to agree with you. I think you're closest to figuring out what he meant by his wishy washy answer. I think you managed to enter his mind. Yes, I have been there before and I answered exactly like this. This explains why in other interviews from around the same time he was proclaiming his singlehood. So indeed he was single at the time, but he was also hoping to embark on this new relationship with someone new he liked. This explains why he said it like he's sort of seeing somebody and then added that it's not serious at all. The only thing is, this interview is 2 months old and this might not be the case today. It could also be the opposite, but for some reason or vibes I'm getting from seeing him lately, I think it never developed into anything more than what it was back then because we haven't seen any woman around him, and the birthday party seemed a very low-key party with 8 of his closest buddies and a few more people he invited since they are around him a lot nowadays as a result of the shoot. I could be wrong of course, and we'll never know for sure. For all we know, he could have had his lady at his birthday party but made sure she wasn't photographed by whoever took the picture of him on his birthday. I can't be sure that person he was referring to during this interview is no longer a possibility but, it does appear she was only a possibility 2 months ago from the way he responded to the question and that's why I agree with you mgn. Is she still in his life now? I guess that's the next question. Agreed Doddi. I have the same feeling that whatever it was is in the past. Of course we both could be wrong... We probably will never know.
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Post by doddi on Nov 25, 2011 0:19:52 GMT -5
I just have a quick question for someone who knows Canadia mentioned Jasmine Burgess, was she a serious GF or just a fling? And also, how long was he with her? I think he hasn't been seen with any woman since her, except Laurie from France, for a short period, so he is due for a relationship if indeed he hasn't been in one since. Oh, and of course there was Lunch Girl from NYC 1 1/2 years ago and we never seen her again. Martina doesn't count, as we know it was only a 1-night stand. So he's definitely due for a relationship and I think the only reason he hasn't been in one is because of his work. He runs a very busy schedule that doesn't allow for most relationships to develop, unless she can be around him all the time. Wisely, he ruled out co-stars and I assume he isn't interested in dating any of his assistants so what's left for him? Actresses and models are just as busy as he is so it's like 2 ships passing in the night.
He's due for one, but I think his work and schedule won't allow it. He said as much in one of his recent interviews. He said he wants to work now as much as he can so that one day he won't have to, and the urge to act will dwindle, as it's already dwindling slowly now. He said he can see himself stopping to act, or quitting this lifestyle, or slowing down, around age 60, when he hopes to live in the Caribbeans, or on a farm raising animals and being a good father. From this I glean that he is not quite ready for marriage right now. The guy wants to work as much as he possibly can now before he becomes too old for most leading-man roles. It will be hard to manage if he works this hard and he has a wife and kids and he needs to gallivant all over the globe shooting films. He'll have to slow down and I don't think he wants to slow down at all right now. He wants to make the most out of his career. I wonder how he tells his women he is not ready to settle down any time soon.
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Post by terezoulini on Nov 25, 2011 2:03:37 GMT -5
There's so much more to this interview than the mmm part. How about his enthusiasm when he talks about the Celtic match? I keep watching that again and again. What about when he shows off his biceps? Normally I am not one to fall for muscles but you got to admit that if this is what he looks like when he stretches out of bed, my, my, my! :-) And the other part that kills me is when he does that English accent mocking the interviewer. I think he does nail it and he would be very funny doing a comedy in an English accent. Although his fellow Scotsmen would probably lynch him now they know who he is so maybe not such a good idea. :-)
Come to think of it, I think he was playing with the interviewer. She was a smart one.
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Post by denifeelingblue on Nov 25, 2011 3:31:49 GMT -5
I agree with you,Terez! But mmm part was the most intriguing because 'gf issue' so we can just guess and don't know for sure... Big for your hard work on wogbf channel!
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Post by HolyMoly on Nov 25, 2011 4:30:44 GMT -5
I don't know that there's too much to read into this. He looks like he's trying not to laugh - probably because he gets asked this in every single interview he's ever done, and he's trying to decide whether to have fun with it for a change. He kept her waiting and waiting for an answer, and when she started to look a little uncomfortable by the non-answer, he finally put her out of her misery and said "No, nothing serious". I really think that's all this is - him and his Scottish humour making the most of a continuously daft question. Only my opinion though..
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Post by Maddie on Nov 25, 2011 6:26:22 GMT -5
I didnt think about that interpretation HolyMoly
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Post by canadia on Nov 25, 2011 15:14:11 GMT -5
I just have a quick question for someone who knows Canadia mentioned Jasmine Burgess, was she a serious GF or just a fling? And also, how long was he with her? I think he hasn't been seen with any woman since her, except Laurie from France, for a short period, so he is due for a relationship if indeed he hasn't been in one since. Oh, and of course there was Lunch Girl from NYC 1 1/2 years ago and we never seen her again. Martina doesn't count, as we know it was only a 1-night stand. So he's definitely due for a relationship and I think the only reason he hasn't been in one is because of his work. He runs a very busy schedule that doesn't allow for most relationships to develop, unless she can be around him all the time. Wisely, he ruled out co-stars and I assume he isn't interested in dating any of his assistants so what's left for him? Actresses and models are just as busy as he is so it's like 2 ships passing in the night. He's due for one, but I think his work and schedule won't allow it. He said as much in one of his recent interviews. He said he wants to work now as much as he can so that one day he won't have to, and the urge to act will dwindle, as it's already dwindling slowly now. He said he can see himself stopping to act, or quitting this lifestyle, or slowing down, around age 60, when he hopes to live in the Caribbeans, or on a farm raising animals and being a good father. From this I glean that he is not quite ready for marriage right now. The guy wants to work as much as he possibly can now before he becomes too old for most leading-man roles. It will be hard to manage if he works this hard and he has a wife and kids and he needs to gallivant all over the globe shooting films. He'll have to slow down and I don't think he wants to slow down at all right now. He wants to make the most out of his career. I wonder how he tells his women he is not ready to settle down any time soon. My understanding about Jasmine Burgess and I was not around the fansites at the time is that they were together long enough for them to be photographed together and for him to say he had a girlfriend when asked or at least she is not disputed by the fandom as being an ex girlfriend as far as I have come across. She is in the exgirlfriend archives if you will LOL. Gerry did say when he talked about hiding his girlfriends in plain sight around the time they kept saying he and Aniston were an item etc that he had had two relationships both of around 18 months or so I paraphrase and it is assumed by those who know more than I that he was referring to Jeannia Robinette esp when he later admitted they were exes in another interview and Jasmine Burgess. Some say those two relationships may have ehem overlapped. I think Gerry is all about fuzzy lines if you know what I mean. Dating assistants creates the same problems as dating co-stars IMO. What is that expression, excuse a bit vulgar but don't shit where you eat, though in fact that has never stopped most people in the acting profession fuzzying up those kind of lines all the time. They don't call it casting couch for nothing. If you have a decent assistant, you don't want to risk losing them if your advances are unwelcome or set yourself up for sexual harrassment allegations or when you break up she's going to sell all your secrets to the tabloids because she's annoyed or she wants to move up the ladder in show business - assistants know where the dead bodies are buried etc as they say in Hollywood AND you don't want to develop that kind of rep or you'll never get good assistants to come work for you. Millions of people who have schedules far more demanding than Gerry seem able to have successful relationships, including other actors who are even busier than Gerry [take Ralph Fiennes for instance or say the President of the United States.] It is all a matter of what your priorities are, what is important to you, what your values are and I think Gerry is just not actually that good at too much multi tasking and let's face it, long distance relationships don't work for a lot of "regular" folk.
The older you get the more you get set in your ways and the harder it is to compromise which is what you need for a long term relationship to work. Then I think you really have to met someone that blows you away, that really seems to be your soul mate as corny as that may sound, for you to be willing to compromise.
Maybe Gerry has some idea of where he wants to be before he wants to settle down, maybe he doesn't think he has reached the level of success he wants in the business. And with MGP perhaps not meeting up to his expectations, he may feel he has to work even harder than ever to get to that place. What is unfortunate, however, is a lot of people achieve their goals or achieve them more quickly with the right partner by their side, it is huge to have someone you can completely trust esp in this business and who can give you the solid support to help you get to where you want to be. Managers and agents and even friends have their own vested interests. I use the example of Hugh Jackman and his wife. I was just reading somewhere else that she really was the one that got his career going in the US, she is smart cookie. They are together almost all the time and they take the kids with them wherever they go.
So either he is enjoying his current lifestyle too much and really does not want to change, or having a serious relationship isn't a priority right now or he's just not met anyone yet that's worth the investment of time heart and soul. Or maybe he has and he's hiding her in plain sight again or she didn't feel the same way LOL. He keeps us guessing that one.
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Post by gersarchitect on Nov 25, 2011 16:46:29 GMT -5
Agree, but on the flip side of this coin the wrong partner could really get you in trouble. And it's very hard to find just the right person, unfortunately. Hugh Jackman is a very lucky man.
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Post by mymymy on Nov 25, 2011 16:58:01 GMT -5
I completely agree with you Canadia. I think if a relationship was a priority he would have one. I think the excuse of not having the time is not valid in my opinion. He is a hard one to figure out.
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Post by gersarchitect on Nov 25, 2011 17:29:40 GMT -5
I completely agree with you Canadia. I think if a relationship was a priority he would have one. I think the excuse of not having the time is not valid in my opinion. He is a hard one to figure out. I think for the most part it's his restlessness. He can barely stay in the same town for more than 2 weeks (unless he's forced to for a shoot). I think I said that before, if he was born 200 years ago he would have been a sailor or adventurer. That's my take on it. Though for some people marriage just doesn't happen early in life or may never happen for who knows what reasons. I speak from experience. There are plenty of single people in the same boat.
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Post by Catty on Nov 25, 2011 18:55:13 GMT -5
???Such an interesting discussion- all from one interview where he says.."mmmmm-nothing serious ".
my opinion only - I think he has not found the one person he is prepared to settle down with & have kids.
At the moment his life revolves are his career - which is clearly important - but as he gets older he will realise that it is not as important has what happens 'outside it'
BUT maybe he is starting to see this- he said recently in an interview he loves making movies but he wants to be' just as happy' when he is not making movies- so he does not have to work as often.
He has made similar comments in the past...maybe a special some-one is creating this shift??
OR maybe we are just reading 'way to much' into what he says ?
Either way, I hope he does find someone to share his life with & support him with his work & crazy lifestyle.
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Post by mgn on Nov 25, 2011 22:46:58 GMT -5
Gerry keeps mentioning how he thinks he'd make a great dad, how he'd like to get married, yet when Howard Stern asked him about him giving up the playaaahh lifestyle, he seriously answered that it is hard for him and he wonders how people do that. So maybe Gerry has very high and traditional ideals and he wants to see himself as a potential family man but in reality he just isn't cut out for that. I hope that is not the case with him because finding out that you are not who you have always wished to be is one of the harshest feelings in the world.
As far as work goes, i will agree with most of you that this is just an excuse. Plenty of people, famous and non-famous, manage to sustain careers and relationships at the same time. It is hard work but it's life!
If i were to take this even further, i'd say that he has the kind of obsessive personality that seems to strongly focus on one thing, then the next one, then the next.... Most men can't multi-task right?
Yet, i just don't see him as another George Clooney wo seems to not take anything seriously as far as his personal life is concerned. Perhaps i don't want to see him like that, i just don't.
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Post by bluebutterfly on Nov 25, 2011 22:49:30 GMT -5
???Such an interesting discussion- all from one interview where he says.."mmmmm-nothing serious ". my opinion only - I think he has not found the one person he is prepared to settle down with & have kids. At the moment his life revolves are his career - which is clearly important - but as he gets older he will realise that it is not as important has what happens 'outside it' BUT maybe he is starting to see this- he said recently in an interview he loves making movies but he wants to be' just as happy' when he is not making movies- so he does not have to work as often. He has made similar comments in the past...maybe a special some-one is creating this shift?? OR maybe we are just reading 'way to much' into what he says ? Either way, I hope he does find someone to share his life with & support him with his work & crazy lifestyle. He's been making those kinds of "settling down" comments since at least the promo rounds for 300, according to other fans. I don't think anyone (ie, a gf) is driving this discussion except the media. I think Gerry wants a wife and kids in one part of his heart, but wants to keep right on the way he's going in another part. Not to mention the trust/restlessness issues that he's admitted to and are fairly obvious. Gerry may settle down someday. I don't get the idea that it's coming anytime all that soon, and I sure don't get that there's a woman right now that's making him reconsider the way things are at the moment. I think he's still playing with the media on this issue, because they keep asking. And you're right, this has been an interesting discussion off of one little phrase
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