6/19/2007 8:32 PM
posted awhile ago
john travolta
Person: John Travolta, Greatest Work: Grease, Saturday NIght Fever, Ladder 49, Michael, Phenomenon, Pulp Fiction, Look Who's Talking, Gossip: Just wanted to share a recent story I found that may strike up discussion. This was taken today from Yahoo Entertainment. I guess John waited for the initial smoke to clear before bringing up this topic once again. John Travolta says his thinking is in line with fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise, who has publicly defended the religion's stance against psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. Cruise, during a famously heated debate on NBC's "Today" show in 2005, criticized Brooke Shields for taking anti-depression drugs and berated host Matt Lauer for suggesting that psychiatric treatment might help some patients. "I don't disagree with anything Tom says," Travolta says in the July issue of W magazine, on newsstands Friday. "How would I have presented it? Maybe differently than how he did, but it doesn't matter. I still think that if you analyze most of the school shootings, it is not gun control. It is (psychotropic) drugs at the bottom of it." Travolta, 53, portrays Ms. Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray," the adaptation of the stage musical that was spun from the 1988 John Waters film of the same name. The new film opens July 20. The role, in which he dons a fat suit and feminine garb, has added fuel to ongoing speculation about his sexuality. "I have never been compelled to share with you my bathroom habits or share with you my bedroom habits," says the married father of two. "Everyone has a right to privacy, so I have never felt even though I am famous that I had to share that with anybody." Do the rumors bother him? Does he think they've affected his career? "No and no," he says. "What affects your career is the quality of the product. I don't think anyone can hurt me." John recently completed the new adaptation of stage musical Hairspray which opens July 20. Fact I didn't realize was that he married Kelly Preston twice, the first by a French Scientologist minister, was declared illegal. Dropped out of school at age 16. Is of italian decent on his father's side and irish on his mother's. Turned down big films, many of which Richard Gere ended up successful in, including, Chicago 2002, An Officer and a Gentleman 1982 as well as Splash, Forest Gump and Apollo 13.
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