Julia Roberts: "You are all very talented people..." (please read on)

...What does that mean she isn't?

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It neither says she is or isn't. She is speaking about others, not herself.

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It kind of sounded like, "Wow, I always thought Broadway was a joke and you people were all losers cuz you couldn't get into film...but then I came here and realized you people are really talented! Who knew?"

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I agree, Addy. She had no idea how tough doing eight shows a week was until she was actually doing it herself. She probably didn't think it would be THAT difficult and she was just giving credit to all the hardworking Broadway actors. She probably also didn't think the critics were going to be as harsh as they were. It's a tough business and Julia was just pointing that out.

She is beautiful and gracious. Love her.

I hate how people are turning this into "She was making the moment about herself." She wasn't. I think it was a gracious statement, and, like others have said, I think she just didn't realize how much it took to perform in a show 8 times a week and she was just giving credit to all those are hardworking actors now that she sees how difficult it is.

Ugghhy..Julia always finds a way to make everything about her. Every times she presents an award she decides to ad lib something to extend her time on stage. Bleh. Go away.

"i really hate it when the person giving out the award makes the moment about themselves and their comments. it takes away from the moment and julia is the QUEEN of that...
take a back seat for once and give respect to others in a way that does not draw attention to yourself."

ABSOLUTELY correct!!! Julia IS the Queen of the "me me me" moment. When she awarded the "Best Actor" Oscar to Denzel Washington, after she opened the envelope and before she said his name she said "I love my life!" - making the moment all about Julia and shouldn't we all be happy that Julia's life is wonderful because her buddy Denzel won an Oscar. And at some other awards show, maybe the Oscars or Golden Globes, before she announced the award she did a shout out to her nanny for her birthday. She's such a nasty famewhore.

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Dustin Hoffman show up to present the year he was not nominated for "Merchant of Venice"? So it's no big deal.

And the phrase "You people..." is so derogatory. It's like she just realized there are people who work their asses off eight shows a week who all have the talent to be stars but won't because of luck, timing, etc. Gah, she's a moron.

Julia started the statement by saying "you people" and then followed up with "you are all very talented people." I think some (members of the theatre community) could take offense to the choice of words. By saying "you people" it creates an us/them mentality. Sort of like when a racist person refers to people of color as "you people". It can feel like an unflattering comparison or even putting Julia herself in a different category. I believe Julia was sincere, but some people might not have liked how she expressed herself or the venus she chose to do it. She could have been more articulate-she's an actress for gosh sakes. She could have referred to the audience as "the theatre community" or something like that.

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That's EXACTLY how I thought of it. I took it as 'not everyone is cut out to do Broadway' and it's 'a tough job to do'. These movie people think the only prime time shows & movie actors deserve to be called 'actors'. They forget about Broadway/off-Broadway & even daytime actors.

I thought she said "you people are insanely talented"

To me, I would have preferred her to have been more demure in the moment and less "Erin Brockovich." My goodness, you're wearing an evening gown and you're all coiffured. Could you not have taken five minutes to say the same thing but more eloquently?

I agree with Garland

Updated On: 6/12/06 at 11:37 AM

I believe she was very gracious as well. The fact that she showed up and presented was huge in my mind. When you are in Hollywood, and you do a project that gets bad reviews - it is different - chances are you are already on a new project and moving on. On Broadway however - you get bad notes on opening night and you have to show up the next day, and for eight performances a week for four or five months. That is incredibly humbling, and I think Ms. Roberts showed a lot of class last night - and looked lovely doing it as well.

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am i the only one who was deeply offended by him taking the opportunity to make this all about himself with that unecessary conjuction? i mean who does he thinh he is? golly, just because he wasn't up for anything this year is no reason to attack those who were with such callousness! i'm sick of the presenters making these awards shows about them and think it's high time that the presenters be replaced with animatronic versions of william shatner!

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