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.

Aint she just grand?

;)

I never liked her anyway!

I don't get it. Why is it American actors who go to Europe bash their own country??? Why is it the English are so much better at conversation?

And to use Madonna (who by the way thinks she is the Queen of England) as an example, oh paleeeeseeee!!!!!! When Madonna speaks she says uterly nothing except to bash how much she hates America and Americans. These two are so pompous!!! :mad:

Hey Gwen ever thought that maybe your a bore so your converstions went no where, why not give up your American citizenship and stay in England.

I swear, this is turning into that SNL monologue from awhile back when she hosted, where she pretty much did this exact same thing - except jokingly at the time.

"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.

PAH. It always rains there, and the buildings look weird. England seems depressing.

I think this just ties into the other thread ... Is there such thing as bad publicity.... Nope, when some celebrity decides they are geting forgotten they just say something controverial and boom they get talked about again.

Another limosine liberal moron. She knocks capitalism and commands multi-million salaries for her movies. She sure loves the American dollars at the box office.

PAH. It always rains there, and the buildings look weird. England seems depressing.

Well I'm Scottish, so I'm not offended by any of the comments ;)

Your right about the rain though :(

J

Well I'm Scottish, so I'm not offended by any of the comments ;)

Your right about the rain though :(

J
:lol: Yeah, I wasn't trying to offend anyone, it just always seemed depressing to me for some reason.

:lol: Yeah, I wasn't trying to offend anyone, it just always seemed depressing to me for some reason.

Picadilly Circus is pretty cool, similar to Times Square

The best stuff in the UK is outside of England. Ireland and Scotland are breath taking.

Ireland and Scotland are breath taking.

Litteraly! Stand still too long during the winter months and you'll stop breathing pretty quick.

That's why I'm always amazed that some people think we Scots all walk around in kilts, it's far too cold. I love the place though.

http://www.beautiful-scotland.co.uk/2006/scotland-highlands.jpg

My home town:

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/coatbridge/coatbridge/images/mainstreet.jpg

There are some pretty cool parts of England. I like London, but the cost of living is crazy.

So, have you graced our tartan soil with you presence then Lexy?

J

1999 Edinburgh Military Tatoo

Also stopped in for quick visits to London and Ireland.

Well, anyone who would take advice from Madonna can't be all that bright. ;)

I don't get it. Why is it American actors who go to Europe bash their own country??? Why is it the English are so much better at conversation?

And to use Madonna (who by the way thinks she is the Queen of England) as an example, oh paleeeeseeee!!!!!! When Madonna speaks she says uterly nothing except to bash how much she hates America and Americans. These two are so pompous!!! :mad:

Hey Gwen ever thought that maybe your a bore so your converstions went no where, why not give up your American citizenship and stay in England.


I agree.

Looks like Gwynnie did some 'splainin to PEOPLE:

Gwyneth Paltrow is "deeply upset" over stories claiming she made anti-American remarks, and tells PEOPLE exclusively that she never said anything against her native country.

"First of all I feel so lucky to be American. When you look at the rest of the world, we're so lucky, and that's something my dad always instilled in me," Paltrow tells PEOPLE. "I feel so proud to be American."

The actress has recently been criticized after she was quoted as telling the Portuguese newspaper Diario De Noticias, "The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans."

"I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued and I never, ever would have said that," says the 34-year-old Oscar winner. "I definitely did not say that I think the British are more intelligent and civilized than Americans. I am a New York girl, that's how I always think of myself and see myself."

Paltrow, who lives part-time in London with her British husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, and their two children, Apple, 2, and Moses, 7 months, says: "I live in England half the time because I'm married to an English guy. It's not like I've left America."

As for where the quotes came from, Paltrow says she did not give an interview to the Portuguese daily newspaper, though she did give a press conference – in Spanish – for an endorsement she did in Spain.

"This is what I said. I said that Europe is a much older culture and there's a difference. I always say in America, people live to work and in Europe, people work to live. There are positives in both," says the actress, adding, "Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!"

I think she's just back-peddling. She's said virtually the exact-same thing in interviews before, so she might as well fess up. Madonna more or less said the same thing a number of years ago in a radio interview that was widely publicized... no way she could deny what she said. If Madonna were to rub battery acid on her face, you'd be certain Gwynnie would quickly follow suit... (let's see... Madonna moves to England and then marries a Brit and Gwynnie does the exact same thing...) Notice that Madonna's star in the U.S. has faded considerably over the past decade... She has the right to think whatever she wants, (I love England as well) but she should have some class (which the Brits possess a great deal of) and not vocalize it. I think that would be the smart thing to do...

Here's another article with more insight on Ms. Gwyneth:

From: http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272610287.shtml

Gwyneth Paltrow's Anti-American Script
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By Michelle Malkin
Dec 6, 2006

And the Oscar for Most Dishonest Performance By a Spoiled Expatriate American Actress Trying to Dig Herself Out of a Public Relations Hole goes to...Gwyneth Paltrow.


Gwynnie's Anti-American Script

Over the weekend, the international press sent out word that Paltrow had trashed her native country during a press event in Spain.

"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," the Shallow Gal was quoted as telling NS, the weekend magazine supplement of daily Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias. "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 reportedly mused.

After creating a global furor, Paltrow crawled to People magazine for help in covering her scrawny intellectual assets. The publication's website claimed the actress was misquoted and that she would neeeeever say anything negative about America.

"First of all I feel so lucky to be American. When you look at the rest of the world, we're so lucky, and that's something my dad always instilled in me," People quoted Paltrow explaining. "I feel so proud to be American." Summoning up all her method acting lessons from past tearful acceptance award speeches, Paltrow emoted: "I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued, and I never, ever would have said that."

Never, ever?

The oh-so-wronged actress has, in fact, been reciting from an unambiguous anti-American script for years.

In January 2006, as I noted on my blog over the weekend (http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006470.htm), the British newspaper the Guardian quoted Paltrow snubbing America in nearly identical language. Same old, same old:

"I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money; they talk about interesting things at dinner parties. I like living here because I don't tap into the bad side of American psychology, which is 'I'm not achieving enough, I'm not making enough, I'm not at the top of the pile.'"

In February 2006, Paltrow was quoted in Britain's Star magazine again disparaging American intellect and decorum: "Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick up your pram and put it in the back of the cab without having to collapse it. I love the parks and places I go for dinner and my friends."

In 2005, she was quoted on the New York Post's Page Six: "I've always been drawn to Europe. America is such a young country, with an adolescent swagger about it. But I feel that I have a more European sensibility, a greater respect for the multicultural nature of the globe." She was also quoted that year explaining her decision to move to London to the New York Daily News: "I just had a baby and thought, 'I don't want to live there.'" International press reports had her deriding "Bush's anti-environment, pro-war policies" as either a "disgrace" or a "disaster."

In January 2004, Paltrow was quoted in the pages of Britain's Glamour magazine declaring that America was "too weird" because of its overt displays of patriotism. "At the moment there's a weird, over-patriotic atmosphere over there, like, 'We're number one and the rest of the world doesn't matter.'" (She much prefers the dinner chatter of wealthy British hubby and Coldplay musician Chris Martin, who has proclaimed shareholders as "the great evil of this modern world" and who ranted at a British awards show that "We're all going to die when George Bush has his way.")

In 2003, the Scottish Daily Record of Glasgow quoted Paltrow trashing America's president overseas: "I think Bush is such an embarrassment to America. He doesn't take the rest of the world at all into consideration. It all seems to be for him and his friends to keep getting richer at the expense of a nation, at the expense of the environment. It's like a full-scale assault." (No comment from Paltrow about her own Mercedes Benz SUV gas-guzzling assaults on American roads and her multiple ginormous mansion-owning contributions to the nation's eco-catastrophe.)

Paltrow blames the latest brouhaha on a misunderstanding of her "seventh-grade Spanish." Unfortunately for you, dear, your English is perfect.

^ I read that article the other day, but I forgot to post it. Thanks!

No problem... I firmly believe in exposing the hypocrisy of spoiled-rotten, snooty actresses who think they are God's gift... :lol: