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Surprised it hasn't come up here.
One of my favourite people in hollywood. Fabulously funny actor, and a brilliant writer to boot. He co-wrote The Royal Tenebaums, in which a charachter (played by his brother) attempts suicide by slitting his wrists.
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You'll find loads and loads of theories at what happened on the net
Did anyone not think it is a tad ironic how he played the fella ( in wedding crashers ) that gets all depressed and stuff and is reading a book titled "dont jump" after splitting up with a girl and not being able get over it?
I wish him well, and hope he gets through whatever it is he's going through, but I can't stand anything that he has done.
There's a two-page spread in today's London Independent about Wilson. The Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favourite films and Wilson is an actor that I like very much. I wish him well and I hope he finds the privacy that he needs to come to terms with whatever he is going through.
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Mad turn of events alright. Stiller and himself were legends in Starsky and Hutch.
Fingers crossed for the weirdest nose in Hollywood........
shocked when I heard this today.
really like his films to be honest, think he is typecasted at this stage. Reminds me of me to be honest :D. Think he plays himself when filming to be honest, but I remember reading before about him having serious ups and downs, and was a very deep thinker. Always thought that deep thinking can really make ye feel a bit depressed tbh.
Well O'Shea, you don't have to worry about that now, do you.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
No, I was on about the women part :DQuote:
Well O'Shea, you don't have to worry about that now, do you.
paul i cant help wondering that you must surely be the most emmm, ... honest, person on this forum!Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
3 sentences and 4 protestations of honesty....
The lady doth protest too much, methinks!!!
Think he's feckin terrible but i wish him all the best. You think someone like that has it all, the media, as well as the public put them on this pedestool but it takes something like this to realise they are just like us too. God Bless him.
Jays, I think he's brilliant McC, at what he does anyway. Only Ferrell to match him in his domain.
Obviously not as chirpy as he seems.
Thats exactly what I was going to sayQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Different strokes and all that, i never really got into him or Ben Stiller. Now Bens father, Jerry Stiller - that guy is feckin hillarious :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
Ah yes, but the flip side is that without thinking deeply you won't get next nor near self-actualisation, or, as Scott Peck details in his wonderful book on spiritual growth, The Road Less Travelled, God-like status. But you're right, in that it's a bit of a double-edged sword, a rocky road where crash barriers aren't always there to save you. Now that I've gone deep I must be careful not to resurface too quickly, don't want the bends kicking in!Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Look at the films he's written, co-written or produced. Far smarter than the comedies he acts in (which I still love btw) - Tenebaums, Bottle Rocket, RushmoreQuote:
Originally Posted by Anto McC
I'd an argument over this before and realised that life would be much better if you were thick stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
I remember reading of some philosopher, John Stuart Mill who is alleged to have had a nervous breakdown when he was in his early teens.
Just get ****ed, fornicate and play football and you'll be grand.
I hope Owen Wilson wasn't following his advise. Serenity Now!Quote:
Originally Posted by Anto McC
Having watched POS literally steal the shirt off my back, I can confirm that he is in fact Foot.ie's most scurrilous character..... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
Nahhhh - I'd hate to be a Dub........ :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
I don't think anyone's questioning his intelligence, but the majority of films I've seen him act in I have not been impressed with at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Sligoman swoops in! Good job brother.
Was really shocked when I heard this. I wish him well, terrible to have something so serious for him publicised so much but as a celeb that is what happens!
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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
quality :D
Too true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maz
I'd say Irish cops would be much more considerate in regards keeping the press out of it and just enjoy watching the unsubstantiated rumour grow.
It seems Steve Coogan is getting the blame.
At what age do you become big enough to make, and live by, your own choices?
Why is Steve Coogan being dragged into it?
Making a film with Wilson and became close friends. Coogan is notoriously into hard drugs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
I was going to write that kinda differently about coogan.
But thats the jist, he is a bad influence according to Courtney Love, which is where it is coming from which Dodge didnt mention. I never knew Courtney could be so easily swayed, nor did I know she wasn't into drugs till she met him! :8:
Oh rite.
I would say some people are more predisposed to deep thinking than others.
To expand the theme its funny how you get people who of seemingly average intellingence become very wealthy while the deeper thinker who is a genius at Quizs or whatever doesnt seem to progress "up the ladder".Chances are the second guy wants answers to big questions and goes seeking for them and is proably more prone to depression.First guys mind is not cluttered with what he would regard as unhelpful trivia and is focused on getting from A to B.
Second guy is interested in all aspects of footbal including social and cultural but cant afford a season ticket, first guy will go on to own Tottenham Hotspur.:)
Good luck Owen.
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She wasn't the first to talk about his "party" lifestyle.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Gutted to hear this, hes a legend, his films are class. Wedding Crashers my favourite, the combination of stiller ferrell vaughn, and the other dude from evan almighty are class.
I think it's not as straight-forward as the morbid ponderer versus the untroubled simpleton, though I suspect there is a seed of truth in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheifo
The fundamental principle of nature is 'balance'. You often find that the more cerebral/academic a person is, for example, the less practical they tend to be or the less socialy capable they are. Nature tends not to give everyone all life's skills in abundance (or at least, not outside of Derry..... :D).
Without getting into the whole social and behavioural psychology of group roles etc, people tend to lie somewhere along a continum between thinking and doing. Hence - it's not unusual to find a very intelligent person who is totally disorganised or feckin clueless at simple things or at looking after themselves. It's not that they're too high brow for such trivial mundane matters - it's just that they're not wired that way. Likewise, I'm sure we all know people who have done very well for themselves in life despite not being all that bright - because they're hard workers, risk-takers, tenacious, intelligent in non-traditional/non-academic ways (e.g. emotional intelligence, people skills, networking) etc. Just because they're not rocket scientists doesn't stop them getting on and doing/achieving stuff.
The ideal scenario is to twin a good creative thinker with a dynamic doer. Otherwise the thinker gets nothing done, and the doer is just a bundle of poorly channeled energy.
HHhhhhhhhhhmmmm. Interesting concept dcfcsteve.
As for those actors, apparently they're collectively called the Frat Pack.
I don't know why.
Because Americans like to put titles on actors who work in the same area at the same time. The Rat pack being the first, then the 80s Brat Pack, and now the college humour Frat Pack.
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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
great post cheifo, but without getting into a "DCFCSTEVE ive just pulled this out of a book " theory, generally that is correct. However a point to disproof this is that travellers are amongst the highest rate of suicides a year. Though you could say these are the smarter ones who realise that a life that they lead is not what they so wish, but actually the IQ was quite low in a lot of cases.
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Frat Pack.
its a pun on fraternity and rat pack, as the modern day rat pack, but the mindset of college fraternity boys. A La Old school.
At least thats what I reckon, and I know if I go google it i will be right :D
Who pulled anything out of a book POS ? Typical consultant's approach to life..... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Some of us just know things dude. :p
Doesn't everyone have to have proof of a source on here though steve :pQuote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Now that truly is horrible :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by cheifo