Will any reviews or opinions matter in the case of Julia Roberts!??

She is her generation’s Audrey Hepburn.

TIME magazine went further and declared that not even Garbo had Miss. Robert’s following or clout!

She may never be Cherry Jones.

But then Cherry Jones will never be Julia Roberts.

Updated On: 3/29/06 at 08:40 AM

Exactley!

And she is a superstar of gigantic proportions which can not be said for Lane/Broderick.

Pray she does all of the above - The TONY Ratings could use any boost!

I want to clarify and say that I usually enjoy her as an actress and I'm sure she'll be fine, but let's face it, if she had starred in 'In My Life,', the Music Box would have a sold out hit on it's hands and the people over at "Wicked" would be biting their nails.

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Heh... I can totally relate to that!

I collect autographs for a fundraiser I do and Julia Roberts was in town for an event at Lincoln Center and I really wanted to meet her and ask her to sign for me. I went to Lincoln Center the night before the event to kind of scope it out and when I found what I think was the closest they had to a stagedoor, there was a black SUV outside and a couple of guys with cameras, so, I decided to wait and see if she'd come out.

I'd like to think that I've gotten less starstruck over the course of three years of doing this, but, when someone came out who I thought was her, I got a little weak in the knees and sick to my stomach at the thought of talking to her (weird!). And that was just a false alarm!

When she *did* come out, she was totally nice, but, I did feel those things again.

I think I managed to eek out *some* coherency, but, I definitely found myself a little more overwhelmed talking to her and asking for her autograph then I had for just about anybody I'd encountered to that point.

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Star Quality.

Star Quality! Bingo!!!

Julia Robert's is the most fiscally sucessful actress of her or any other generation.

Billions in worldwide tickets sales.

And not just for a year or two but for 16 years!

What I find to be funny is that she used to be the highest paid actress in Hollywood up until a few months ago.

Now, it's Reese Witherspoon.

Now, I love me some Reese...but she's no Julia.

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She's got "it" -- that indefinable, unteachable thing that a handful of actors, singers and dancers have that makes you unable to take your eyes off of them. No one knows where "it" comes from or why some people have "it," but Roberts does. I don't think she's necessarily a great actress -- though she's a good one -- but she oozes a certain charisma that makes her larger than life and that makes her performances memorable.

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I'm going to go a little James Lipton for a mo.

For her work in "Erin Brockovich", Julia Roberts won the following "Best Actress" Awards:

Oscar
Bafta
Broadcast Film Critics
Chicago Film Critics
Golden Globe
LA Film Critics
National Board of Review
San Diego
SAG

Mighty impressive!

Think this performance will garner her a Tony nom? I mean she is Julia Roberts....another race that would plug some viewers into the Tony's...If I didn't do theatre and knew she was up for an award I'd probably tune in to see the out-come...And would she be considered leading actress or featured actress? I didn't get to see any plays on my trip so I'm not sure how the race is this year in those two categories...

Cheers,

Christopher

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I have to stick up for Julia Roberts.

Her huge appeal comes from the fact that she has this immense star quality but her star quality is mixed in with the fact that she seems like someone you could relate to, and someone you would want as a friend and would get along with.

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