Richard Gere Hates Pretty Woman
Richard Gere, star of culturally important films like Shall We Dance, Nights in Rodanthe, Runaway Bride, Dr. T & the Women, Intersection and Autumn in New York is not feeling it for what is probably his most popular piece of work Pretty Woman. Some whores can quote every line in Pretty Woman from memory and some can even tell you the color order of the rubbers Vivian presents to Edward (I hate myself for this), but Richard hardly remembers that shit. It isn't because the mad gerbil disease he suffers from ate his memory. It's because Richard can't stand that movie, because he feels it glorifies Wall Street types. Richard said this mess of words to Woman's Day:
“People ask me about that movie, but I’ve forgotten it. That was a silly romantic comedy. This is a much more serious movie that has some real cause and effect. It made those guys seem dashing, which was so wrong. Thankfully, today, we are all more sceptical of those guys.”
Richard, please shut your hole on a gerbil. Bitch calls it a "silly romantic comedy" and then says it is a "much more serious movie"? I think one of those gerbils crawled up into his head and is now operating his brain. (UPDATE: That "much more serious" part was about the movie Richard is whoring out right now. So obviously I'm the one with a brain operating gerbil. Makes sense!)
Nobody took that movie seriously, because it's a fluffy piece of airy shit. I didn't watch that movie and think to myself, "When I grow up, I want to be a Hollywood Blvd. hooker so that I can meet a billionaire in a Lotus Esprit who will whisk me off to shopping montages set to a Roy Orbison song and defend my honor by beating up Jason Alexander." Okay, I did think that, but this just proves that Pretty Woman didn't glorify Wall Street types. It glorified pussy peddlers. Get it right, Richard!
Besides, how can that gerbil fucker knock a movie that exposed us to the brilliance of Snobby Saleswoman #2?
It's VEEEREEE expensive, Richard. You're obviously in the wrong place. Please leave!
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I read this on CDAN and thought it was hilarious given some of the comments here:
"I heard Gere actually liked Pretty Woman, but the Gerbil found it to be a pain in the ass." Lol.
I watched Pretty Woman when I was older, years after it came out, and I could not believe the fuss people had made about it. I'm not a big rom-com person, but there's not much rom or com about a hooker who went from rent to own. No relationship that starts like that is going to have equality. I agree that it glamorized prostitution.
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the scene where gerbil fucker climbs the fire escape and dried out worm lips says "and she rescues him right back..." always tests my gag reflex.
Seriously though, we all know Kit DeLuca and George Costanza were the real stars of that mess.
What a typical Hollywood film it was:
a fairy and a carpet muncher, both playing hetros!
I love the "strawberries and champagne quote" but I can only remember the portuguese dubbed version.
I truly believe that you haven't begun to scoop up all of life's beautiful moments until you've heard the line "Watch the wig!" from a piece while sitting on their face. - MK
I saw Gere in Manhattan once...he was basically there kissing the Dalai Lamas ass at a Sotherby's auction. I agree that the movie was just a silly romantic comedy but I'll bet he loved the money he made on it.
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
Fuck You Edward.
omg skinnyfat... i just cant stop laughing at your description of the gerbil saga... this made my day!
"When I grow up, I want to be a Hollywood Blvd. hooker so that I can meet a billionaire in a Lotus Esprit who will whisk me off to shopping montages set to a Roy Orbison song and defend my honor by beating up Jason Alexander."
I totally thought this.
VitaminF I need you right now: what is that flower in your avie? I always saw that flower growing around my childhood home, but I never ever found out its name. And I've been trying to describe it to people with no hope.
TELL ME OMG
I'm with Team Hate This Movie!!!!
This story needs to be slapped with a penis.
When your career in movies is basically hit or miss, my feeling is you shouldn't put down the one movie that people are still talking about.
Did he dislike this movie so much especially now that he has given his salary back or away? I don't think so.
Maybe I'm missing his point but my belief is by talking bad about a movie you did makes me look at you and wonder why you did it in the first place.
How can anyone hate Pretty Woman? Haha. The bitchy saleswoman scenes are timeless!
"gerbilectomy" and "I thought it was referring to Richard Simmons"
ahahahaha
this is why I love this site!! This movie had some great comedic character actors. And the shopping was fun.
"We're gonna need a lot of sucking up here" wink wink
Gere was smoking hot in American Gigalo and Officer and A Gentleman.
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Submitted by letinstar on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 5:07pm.
i hate everything "pretty woman" stands for...
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i hate everything "pretty woman" stands for...
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I think what he is saying is sensitive and makes perfect sense really...but I wish he would just admit that he hates Julia Roberts and her elegantless ass.
I guess people will always talk about that silly gerbil story....Curb Your Enthusiam did a show referring to it - it was funny. I do not think it's true for one moment.
Wasn't he a jiggilo, in American gigalo?
Please Mr. Francis Ford Coppola, make a Godfather part 4 with Talia Shire as the Godfather and Kay finally with the program.
Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote A Raisin in the Sun, wrote another play called "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" that has a great scene with a prostitute and a writer. He's fascinated with the fact that she's a prostitute and she tells him that she's so tired of men trying to turn what she does into this big romantic, poetic thing when it's not and never has been. I love that.
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Silly rabbit.
I quote the lines from Pretty Woman sometimes.
Very dorky of me.
I truly believe that you haven't begun to scoop up all of life's beautiful moments until you've heard the line "Watch the wig!" from a piece while sitting on their face. - MK
Lmao Sandbitch.
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Submitted by DirtyWhoreMouth on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 9:32am.
It's ok to be a redneck by the way.. just don't yell git 'er done because we all hate that.
" Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer"..William S. Burroughs
i always think of the gerbil thing too with gere. i just can't help it. don't know if it is true. not a huge fan of his, however i thought the film american gigolo was great and his acting in that film and officer and a gentleman were top notch ( in my opinion) otherwise i am just not a big fan but don't hate the guy, i believe he is buddhist. can't hate on old richard. hes still working and probably still getting checks from that film. but it was just fluff and entertainment for the masses, something to make alot of money for him so he can be an " artiste" and do more meaningful film. lots of actors do that, make a blockbuster or two to pay their bills and then quietly run off and do maybe some meaningful but small part, or direct , or whatever.
" Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer"..William S. Burroughs
i never "saw" pretty woman, either in theater or on video/dvd. however. while flipping thru channels i have seen scenes such as the snobby saleswoman, george constanza treating julias character like crap, and the part where she snaps open the box and makes some honking noise when he gifts her with jewelery. i believe from what i remember he "hires" her for a week. i remember her wearing some wig. having been to la in the 80s and seeing real hookers on the street, i can tell you although some were very attractive and seemingly young, they sure didn't look like no julia roberts. never had any desire to see this movie, just not my kind of film. jmo. not a big fan of julia roberts except i was obsessed with her hair in the late 80s, trying to get my hair, which was the same color and length, to look just like hers. i never quite achieved my goals and eventually when perms went out of style i moved on , thankfully.
So glad MK posted a Richard Gere topic because I have shit to share.
Dude comes in to the hospital where I work yesterday with a spikey corn cob holder up his anus. Doctor writes in the chart "patient assures me that the cob is not further up".
heheheheahhehhaaarrr, shouldn't laugh eh.
Of all the fucking things one might be inclined to shove up one's arse... that would not be one.
hehehehaaarrrrr.
@MissJaneTexas
I am willing to believe you.
Here is my story. When I was old enough, I tried Budweiser and Godfather(do not remember which part), and hated both of them thoroughly. Have not tried beer or Godfather ever since. See I was not born here, I was introduced to American culture as a young-ling when I came here to study.
@HomecomingQueen
You are not alone. I liked Julia Roberts a lot between 2001 and 2003 ( I was way too young to like her in 1991), now I am kind of neutral to her. But I do understand her appeal and am not repelled by her.
A good fantasy always sells,particularly to those who don't have a dreamy, comfortable life.I liked Pretty Woman, sue me for being superficial, don't give a rat's fart.
Geez, I am definitely the only one on here who likes Julia Roberts. Not the man stealing part, but shit, who hasn't done that in Ho-wood?
Submitted by VitaminF on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 3:32pm.
Oh man. Not seeing Pretty woman is fine, not seeing Top Gun is okay too (although I love that movie reminds me of my dad) but you are actually missing out by not seeing the Godfather Movies. (I and II that is). Those 2 are GREAT movies. The 3rd one sucks donkey balls though.
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Add me to the list, never seen Top Gun and may I add Godfather franchise to list. I have not seen Godfather or the sequels, there I said it.
Yes, he had sex with a mouse (or whatever) but he's still right about that movie.
Big mistake. Huge!
♥ this movie. So :p Richard.
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Submitted by DirtyWhoreMouth on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 9:32am.
It's ok to be a redneck by the way.. just don't yell git 'er done because we all hate that.
Submitted by skinny fat on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 2:08pm.
LOL I hate myself for asking now.
When he said, "This is a much more serious movie that has some real cause and effect," he was talking about his new movie, Arbitrage. It's about a hedge fund magnate, according to IMDB, so that sort of explains the down-with-Wall-Street tone.
@ skinny fat - thanks for the LM update
I have always LOATHED Julia Roberts and won't insult horses by calling her a horse face. Horses are beautiful, she is not. And I never got the 'she's so talented' thing. Every movie she's done is pathetic...as is her whole persona. Yuck.
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He cares that wall-street fat cats were glamourized. But not that being a hooker was made to look like it was a fun, safe and sexy. Or that being a john is a way to find true love rather than take advantage of some empoverished woman who's probably a junkie and beaten by her pimp every night. Great, Richard.
@skinnyfat- i wouldn't be surprised if the gerbil story was true.
List of foreign objects I've seen removed from men's asses (yes, I've only seen men in these predicaments): Salon Selectives hairspray bottle, water bottle, vegetable (think it was a large cucumber). In extreme cases, a colostomy might need to be done. These people look like your average Joe.
Is Gerbil Stuffing Monthly still publishing?
I can't stand him and his beady eyes and her and her horse mouth. The movie sucked and I believe so did Julia, to get where she is....
Translation - Julia has that crappy ass Snow White disaster coming out so she has little Dicky spout this nonsense to keep her fug, trout-mouthed face in the public eye.
Better him than her, I guess. The public's distaste for that unpleasant woman is almost palpable. I think most have had enough of her undeserved hubris and that movie is going to tank. Hard.
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Submitted by jazzfish_77 on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:56am.
Liver spotted hand
Groping while I cry inside
Merit badge and meth
Submitted by Cinnamon Spice on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 2:20pm.
The whole time I was reading this, I thought it was reffering to Richard Simmons! I was like wtf does he care about the images of business men. It's officially time to have me committed.
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Linda Manz is married with 3 grown sons and lives in northern California. She hasn't seen a movie in 20 years and could give a shit about any of it.
No article yet on Kirk Cameron's little bitchfit? Guess he stopped cruising Central Park long enough to make some homophobic remarks on Fox news...
I hate that movie too.
I remember Richard from "Looking for Mr Goodbar" with Diane Keaton. Remember that movie - mousie kindergarten teacher living on the very wild side she knew she'd end up dead.
The whole time I was reading this, I thought it was reffering to Richard Simmons! I was like wtf does he care about the images of business men. It's officially time to have me committed.
Submitted by mike on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 1:40pm.
The only good movie I've seen him in (and I saw it years after it was released) that comes to mind is Days of Heaven.
The cinematography in that film is amazing. BTW, whatever happened to that freaky little girl in that movie, was it Linda Manz?
Also liked Richard in Looking for Mr Goodbar.
"he's not really my uncle."
"they never are, dear."