Gwyneth Paltorw needs to get over herself.
Oscar-winning US actress Gwyneth Paltrow feels dinner talk is far more interesting in her adopted homeland Britain than back in her native country.
“I love the English lifestyle, it’s not as capitalistic as America. People don’t talk about work and money, they talk about interesting things at dinner,” she told “NS,” the weekend magazine supplement of daily Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias on Saturday.
“I like living here because I don’t fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans,” the 34-year-old added.
Paltrow, who won a best actress Oscar for 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love,” lives in London with British band Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin whom she wed in 2003.
She said having US pop star Madonna, 48, who married British film director Guy Ritchie six years ago, nearby was another advantage to living in London.
“She’s like an older sister. Everything I have gone through, she went through ten times worse and ten times longer. She gives me good advice about how to say no and take care of myself,” said Paltrow.
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:28 pm
See! Paltrow is a total snot. Her mom, however, seems cool.
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Gwyneth needs to get her royal English panties out of a bunch. England can keep her and Madonna.
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:39 pm
she’s soooooooooo right!!!!
December 3rd, 2006 at 4:13 pm
I love America, and I live here by choice…but she has a point. Here in the States the first question people ask is, “What do you do?” (i.e. “How much do you make?”) This is considered quite rude overseas, and dinner table conversations are definitely more diverse. In fact, I found that I had a hard time keeping up with the variety of topics that Europeans were so knowledgable of. It really was very interesting.
December 3rd, 2006 at 4:21 pm
oh for the love of god. what’s wrong with asking what someone does? it’s not a gauge of money, it’s a foray into finding out a little about the person. it’s a topic of conversaion, not a foray into one’s financial status.
didn’t blythe teach her that if you can’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all?
i agree with kelli up there
December 3rd, 2006 at 10:20 pm
snobby biatch.
she has no problem earning her money by participating in crappy american films.
gwyneth…you are still an american no matter how hard you try to be british…you owe all your wealth to this country you dislike. you were born into a wealthy american family. you are a stupid arse.
i hate this woman.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:04 pm
She’s right; American behavior and attitudes are far more crass than the European counterpart. Our culture has a lot to learn.
I suspect those of you that disagree have not traveled abroad. It’s a world of difference, overall.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:37 pm
she is merely expressing her opinions, lay off her. And she says is right so she really shouldnt be criticised.
“England can keep her and Madonna”…..okay, thats kind of you, offer accepted
December 4th, 2006 at 2:54 am
I agree with her. Of course, it all depends on the company one keeps, no matter where in the world one is, but in Europe, one *is* more likely to have an intelligent, intellectual conversation than in the states. That’s why I keep my US passport but choose to live overseas whenever I can.
It’s just a cultural fact. America has a culture of consumerism, so people will naturally be more focused on consumer subjects (income, career, purchases, lifestyle). Europe (while certainly, and unfortunately, catching up with America in the consumerism aspect -blame it on globalization) has a more historical, literary culture, and, therefore, is more refined for it. Basic fact. Unless people have lived in foreign countries, I guess most people just won’t understand. It’s called “experience”.
December 4th, 2006 at 8:37 am
Go Gwyneth, love your work, always have. And she is right, the genral consensus of the rest of the world is that Americans only believe America exists.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:07 am
she is right. one of my biggest gripes about americans is how they feel this country is the center of the universe. and most of them have never been outside the country.
traveling abroad is such an eye-opening, grounding experience.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:16 am
Absolutely! I’ve had the privelege of living all over the world, and Americans are definitely different than most of the world on many issues, including work, famiy, etc.
December 4th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
I grew up in europe… now I live in canada.
I understand the difference between america and other countries.
Coming from anyone else i would 100% agree with the statements.
It just irritates me when people who make their obscene amount of wealth from US dollars bitch about US culture.
December 4th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
It’s easy not to talk about money when you *have* it. I can’t stand this fake, hypocritical snob. “It totally breaks my heart, how lucky I am.” Oh yeah, I hear your heart breaking right now. What about working moms, G? Still think that working moms are bad moms???? Guess you changed your mind on that one pretty quickly after you spat out a couple of kids, huh? England can indeed keep this brat AND her *best* friend. Good riddance.
December 4th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
Re: Doc’s comment
Doc, I have travelled abroad and I LOVE Europe! I simply think that generalizations are dangerous. Generalizations are never completely accurate, so the person making the statement winds up being incorrect on some level. This leads to offending others unnecessarily. Additionally, the person making the generalization ends up looking unintelligent/bigoted. Generalizations lead to stereotypes of groups - and in this case, an entire country. That isn’t a good thing.
February 12th, 2007 at 5:02 am
I can’t be bothered with anything lately. Such is life. Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I’ve just been staying at home not getting anything done. I haven’t been up to anything today, but oh well. I haven’t gotten much done lately.