Are
you also one of those who can go to the movies and come
back a different person, emotion-wise I mean? Sometimes
I can be so intrigued by an actor or actress that I
can't stop thinking of their performance or character
for a couple of days. I felt that way after having seen
Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient or Keanu Reeves'
juvenile spontaneity in The Tonight Show two months
ago.
Some of the athletes at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
are no different for me than a few tv-personalities.
It's probably their charismatic appearance, their will,
their muscles, their endurance of hard training, which
make them catch my eye.
Olympic athletes have suffered to get to Sydney. In
one of Capote's movies there is a lovely quote which
goes like this, "when God gives you a gift, he
also gives you a whip, to beat yourself with it."
It takes a freak to be the best.
Olympic Fever is striking and it has struck me. I'm
glued to the television almost 24 hours a day and I
enjoy swimming, gymnastics and judo as much as I love
watching the equestrian sport.
Maybe the Olympics are another opportunity for me
to find -- on tv -- the adrenaline of a charismatic
figure which can opiate me for at least a few days.
I think I detected a new person. A true figure which
stands out in what he does. Have you already seen Australian's
17-year-old swimming talent Ian Thorpe. Isn't he a star?
Are
you also one of those who can go to the movies and come
back a different person, emotion-wise I mean? Sometimes
I can be so intrigued by an actor or actress that I
can't stop thinking of their performance or character
for a couple of days. I felt that way after having seen
Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient or Keanu Reeves'
juvenile spontaneity in The Tonight Show two months
ago. 
