Being Julia...

Just coming back from New York City after doing a one-on-one interview with Julia Roberts.   This is a true movie star who doesn't act like one.  Down-to-earth, sweet, and forth-coming.  She gets it.  She knows how to play with you and play to the camera, but it doesn't come across as "playing you" -- she is truly grounded in her family life and her marriage, and isn't afraid, with the right questions, to open up about it.  I've interviewed her many times in the past, and she remembers everything.  Every question.  Every moment.  And SHE brings them up.   She connects the dots.  Gracious.  Beautiful.  The kind of girl you want to go out drinking with.   And in that 10 minutes, she makes everyone in the room feel comfortable.   And that smile.  That thousand-watt smile.  She still can literally light up a room with it.  And is unabashed about it.   In "Duplicity" she's back in her first leading lady role in awhile, and better than ever.