Shel you obviously missed the Tom Cruse "interview" with Oprah. His behaviour during it & in various other interviews around the same time are uncharacteristic to say the least.
I have seen him interviewed many times over the years. He has always come across as charming and entertaining. But his behaviour & ill informed ramblings of late I can only categorise as weird! But he's rich, so he can't really be weird or crazy, just eccentric :-) Dave On 1/23/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In which this statement can be found: > > "Don't immediately assume that he is ruining himself," said Allan Mayer, > managing director of Los Angeles-based Sitrick and Co., which regularly > handles celebrities' PR crises. "He himself has said he doesn't care, and > who are we to say he's made a mistake? . . . What's the point of being a > hugely successful and powerful movie star if you can't talk about the > things that matter to you? We may think it's silly and bizarre, but it's > obviously important to him." > > I'm not a believer in Scientology, nor do follow or advocate any religion > specifically, however, there are many people with numerous causes and > beliefs who are extremely outspoken about them, who sometimes get their > facts wrong, and who are also in the public eye. Most of these people are > not branded with the label "weird" just because of those beliefs. Tom > Cruise is more visible than many celebrities because of his huge box office > draw and his world-wide fame. He's the ability to make his views heard in > ways others don't. > > The article portrays Cruise as something that he may not be - out of > control. He is a primary spokesman for Scientology, if not the primary and > premier spokesman. It's his job to get people interested in the scheme, and > he may even believe what he says. But is that any more weird than the way > other proselytize? He carries his views to the extreme ... so do many > others. > > Wikipedia is bullshit .... > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: E.R.N. Reed > > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > >I just asked Marnie in what way she thought Tom Cruise is weird. > > > > > Well, I don't know for certain what provoked Marnie to say it, but I > > agreed with her in large part because of the incident referred to here: > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/24/AR2005062401 > 866_pf.html > > > > The Wikipedia (spelling?) entry on him is kind of, um, interesting as > well. > > > > Incidentally, to clarify in advance -- I just found that Washington Post > > item for the first time, but since it provides the story, I didn't > > continue searching for my original source of information about the > > episode. I didn't base my opinion on the WP article, which appears to be > > an opinion piece, but on news reports of the same interview (and its > > fallout.) > > >
