http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6063762/keanu_reeves_hollywood_star_whose_acting.html?cat=2
( link first posted by Christine at www.keanureevesforum.com)

it doesn't say anything new, but hey, we do run an archive here ;)

I like the end:

"An actor who was Ted and was Hamlet (and clearly was Neo...) has, by definition, a pretty wide range - and lot of talent."

don't you?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11958563

... and it's Don John , people and journalists. It was the Deppster who played Don Juan, and that was a completely different kind of animal ;)

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I'd love to tickle him and make him laugh

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hmmmm... :\\

Too many friend requests. :/

actually, Belfast Telegraph took a few of K's lines from the Elle interview in November and made it look like a new article... journalism integrity, huh? :D
the original interview is here, dog quote and all
http://www.whoaisnotme.net/articles/2010_11xx_hei.htm

frankly, I think <> could be a typing mistake; I guess it could be 'how do I live without any happiness?' but it was typed like this in the source article, I didn't see the printed version and English is not my first language so... maybe I'm wrong.

as for 'the new happiness' I guess he refers to the concept of 'happiness' all self-help books are trying to sell lately... a self-imposed happiness, established by a set of criteria , which we all must reach following a 30 days step-by-step plan...
... or maybe I've just read too many self-help books lately :\\
I guess he's mocking the all-American belief that there's a receipt, a ready-made solution for everything. And that everyone should live by the same rules.
But that's just how I read it.

Too sarcastic? don't know; maybe; it doesn't seem so to me. But then, 'the Keanu humor' is an acquired taste ; it did seem a bit harsh to me in the beginning, but after reading about 70% of the articles in the archive and almost all his interviews... I got used to it. One thing I've noticed is that, as one journalist so adequately wrote, 'he doesn't suffer fools gladly'. And lately this seems to be the norm. An interviewer /journalist asks a silly question, he gets a Constantine-like answer. ;) :D But if the interviewer is prepared, knows her/his stuff and asks pertinent questions about K's work, he opens up like a flower and talks animated about the process of story-telling-movie-making-magic...
And I've grown to appreciate his rather dark humor.

Defending ? wouldn't think so ; rather deflecting.