…you think so, in objective terms that might persuade someone else.
No “I hate him,” “he just is,” “Don’t you think so?”, “Man, he just EXUDES arrogance,” but instead some actual reasons, things he/she has done, said, some outward manifestations of his/her arrogance…
I’m semi-personally familiar with Dan Aykroyd. He’s one of the worst human beings I have ever had the misfortune to come across. He prances around my little home town (his adopted hometown) spending all his time trying to pick up 20-year-old waitresses. Yeah, I know he’s married; tell HIM. He’s obsessed with getting attention, to the point that if you speak to someone else in his presence he becomes agitated that you aren’t speak to him. His I’m-a-biker thing wears thin after about four seconds, too. Hate his guts.
David Copperfield. He can’t do a single trick without an aura of “Look at how cool and suave I am for doing this.”
Feh. Penn & Teller can spank his skinny white ass any day of the week. 
OK, RJ, but what does DC DO that’s strikes you as arrogant?
It’s much harder to describe something someone DOES specifically that strikes you as arrogant, than it is to just say “Oh, man, they totally ARE.”
How does he give off that aura? Does he prance? Do his eyes gleam maniacally?
I can’t quite put it into words; it’s just a vibe I get from the way he does his shows. If nothing else, you can just say his stage presence rubs me the wrong way.
(Though it’s interesting to note that Copperfield’s performance contract has some rather egotistical demands, particularly in regards to limo drivers and the immediate availability of grilled chicken…)
Russell Crowe. From what I’ve read, he thinks his shit don’t stink.
Sylvester Stallone.
Years ago I went to a weekday afternoon movie in NYC. There were literally 8-10 people in the whole theater. He and his tall, blond, dominatrix girlfriend at the time chose to sit directly in front of us. To add insult to injury they spent the entire frigging movie conversing about topics far and wide in normal voices. My pleas for the courtesy of silence were ignored. He acted like he was in a private screening room and I could just take a hike if I didn’t like it. What a pig! :mad:
What is with all the males required? Is that even legal?
Or perhaps there’s something he’s not telling us?
I heard a story about Leonardo DiCaprio. While filming Titanic, he allegedly enjoyed standing on the wall of the huge water tank and peeing on the poor extras shooting their drowning scene below. Can’t find a record of it though. Maybe I dreamed it?
Russel Crowe. It was widely reported that after the Terrorist bombing in Bali he agreed to film a part in a donation appeal add that many Australian (or adopted Aust) celebrities were going to be a part of. After the charity flew a camera crew out to where he was filming “Master and Commander” he decided he was too busy to film it.
Fair enough if he was too busy, but backing out AND costing the charity money really rubbed me the wrong way.
David Blaine.
Yes, the guy has been on TV a few times, but it wasn’t because of talent. It was because he happened to know Leonardo DiCaprio. He projects the personality of a turnip. He then goes and puts himself in a block of ice for something like 3 days as a publicity stunt. He’s done other stunts as well, but people basically have been laughing at him. The guy thinks he’s the next Houdini, but he’s wrong. He’s just full of himself.
I’ll go out on a limb and say, yeah, you probably dreamed this. I do however recall Kate Winslett saying in an interview that they spent so much time in the water tank that if they had to pee they would just “drift away” from the rest of the cast for a few seconds, pee then “drift back” to their place instead of getting out. Maybe that’s what you heard?
I walked into a bathroom during the filming of Top Gun to find Val Kilmer coaming his hair. The production was working at the Navy base where I was stationed. I told him I enjoyed his work in “Top Secret”, a comedy of a couple of years before. He didn’t even look at me as we walked out of the bathroom without saying a word.
Val Kilmer has long been known as a jerkwad. Ditto Russell Crowe and Sly.
Add to the list Chevy Chase–vastly overrated and, according to many sources, one of the most unpleasant people in Tinseltown.
Another possibility: Bill Murray. During a recent event (Golden Globes?), a random camera man or whatever asked him, in front of hundreds of media types, why he was so abusive and demeaning to some many “underlings” involved in that production.
John Davidson, of Hollywood Square fame, called Paul Lynde one of the most unpleasant, mean-spirited men he had ever known.
This thread is incomplete with Sampiro jumping in.
Val Kilmer has long been known as a jerkwad. Ditto Russell Crowe and Sly.
Add to the list Chevy Chase–vastly overrated and, according to many sources, one of the most unpleasant people in Tinseltown.
Another possibility: Bill Murray. During a recent event (Golden Globes?), a random camera man or whatever asked him, in front of hundreds of media types, why he was so abusive and demeaning to some many “underlings” involved in that production.
John Davidson, of Hollywood Square fame, called Paul Lynde one of the most unpleasant, mean-spirited men he had ever known.
This thread is incomplete without Sampiro jumping in.
I don’t know if Leonardo DiCaprio would do this, but I’m sure it’s false. If you were to go onto a James Cameron set without James Cameron’s permission and do ANYTHING to James Cameron’s toys, James Cameron would hit you over the head with a shovel. Control freak, big time. He is not known for tolerating anyone doing anything without his express permission.
Hugh Jackman, the Australian actor. I sat behind him, his wife and their son on a flight from Sydney to Brisbane a couple of years ago. He was incredibly demanding and fussy, on a flight that goes for all of about 80 minutes.
I’ve never met Hugh Jackman, and have no first-hand knowledge of what he’s like. So, I can neither refute what you say you witnessed nor explain why he behaved so badly (if, indeed, he did).
But my brother is a movie set dresser who worked on a shoot with Jackman, and my brother and his co-workers all thought Hugh was an unusually nice guy, one who actually took time to talk to the underlings, and took the trouble to get to know their names.
So, who knows? Maybe you’re right and Jackman is a real ass. Maybe my brother is right, and he’s a prince of a guy. Or maybe he’s just a human being like most of us, and he has both good and bad days.
That’s one of the tough parts of being a celeb. As Tom Selleck once put it (I’m paraphrasing a bit, but this is essentially accurate), “Most of my fans will meet me once, at most, and whatever impression they get of me that one time is what they’re going to think of me forever. I try to be nice to most people, but there have been times when someone has approached me for an autograph at an inopportune time, and I’ve had to stall them for a minute or brush them off. And I know that, for the rest of their lives, they’re going to tell people they met me, and I’m a real jerk.”
It’s possible that the only difference between Hugh Jackman and ordinary folks like you and me is that, since you and I aren’t famous, strangers who see us when we’re in foul moods or when we’re not on our best behavior won’t pay us too much mind, or won’t remember us for very long. But a celeb who behaves badly will be noticed and remembered.
Woody Allen. He thinks he can do anything and justify it. And most of his films are not that good.