Julia Roberts sat down for a pretty decent interview with The Telegraph (UK), to promote Eat, Pray, Love. As of this very moment, I have only been able to get through half of the piece because I’m stuck on this one quote: “It was an endeavor that took me away from my home life so I was proud that that passion was still vibrant in me.” Yes, Julia is farting about her own vibrancy. And she’s saying that making Eat, Pray, Love reaffirmed her own vibrant passion. Are you rolling your eyes yet? Oh, you’ve got to love Julia. The full Telegraph piece is here, and here are some highlights:

On her free time: “I don’t have the luxury of sitting around any more,” she says. “I must have had bags of spare time before I had children but I don’t know what I did with it and I didn’t appreciate it. But it’s such a terrific trade-off – I don’t have time to get a pedicure but I sure am happy. Who cares if your feet look bad?”

On her family life: “Of course my life has changed and I don’t work a lot, so I get a lot of that special time for us to just nurture and cultivate our everyday life and the things we take enjoyment in. But I was never really one to work too much, anyway. I never really did years of movie after movie after movie.”

On her “commitment” to Eat, Pray, Love: “For me to make that personal commitment to do that much work and travel to all those places, not alone but with 150 crew and my whole family, really shows how much I still love what I do… It was an endeavour that took me away from my home life so I was proud that that passion was still vibrant in me. The scope is so massive that it was more work than I would normally want to be doing but I was excited about trying to portray my character’s real passion for her life, and for the people in it and for the places she goes to. When it was finished I was really exhausted but I loved every second of it.”

Relating to the spiritual journey: “I can certainly relate to what she has gone through and there are things in the movie which everybody can relate to: trying to clarify your life and understand your own compass for where you want to go and who you want to be. These are things we all go through and I think you sort of fine tune it every decade of your life: in your twenties, then in your thirties, and then you redefine it again in your forties and fifties.”

Needing to hit the “reset” button: “I used to take off on a vacation every year by myself as sort of a reset button to sit and evaluate what had gone by, to read a great book, maybe get a sun tan and, you know, just collect myself. It’s important to do that. You don’t necessarily have to travel, but just take the time for yourself to exhale.”

On doing Broadway: “That’s a hard place to be, on stage eight times a week. It’s relentless, but it’s also magical and amazing. I would absolutely do it again, for sure.”

On her own spirituality: “You never stop pursuing greater understanding of yourself and the world, and how you relate to people and how people relate to you. That has to keep moving. It’s a definite aspect of my family life and more than anything else, a constant sense of gratitude is really the spiritual foundation of my daily life. I’m so grateful for everything… my family, all the opportunities I’ve had, the enriching relationships. Just everything.”

[From The Telegraph]

So she didn’t come across like a sanctimonious bitch in this interview, which is kind of disappointing. I prefer Julia when she’s being a bitch, honestly. She’s more fun! I dislike the Oprahified Julia where she’s farting about spirituality this and vibrancy that. BORING. You know that’s just what she says to pass the time before she bitches someone out. THAT’S SO TACKY.

header: Julia on August 10, 2010. Credit: WENN.