European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Profile John Travolta growing up and into roles More to his liking by Vernon Scott United press International John says Hes come of age As an As the Star of being released in Heaters this Travolta plays a journalist caught up in an intellectual web of professional ethics and a personal romantic for 10 Ive done the Best i could with the roles Given he now in finally at an age where i can play really interesting i no longer have to Settle for the various statements of in at a stage in my career to accept roles that went to Hoffman and Newman when they were my playing Guys in their 30s and 40s who have experienced More interesting events in life than Guys in their Travolta has Little Competition in his age he is older than the horde of new screen Tim Sean Michael pare and the and considerably younger than the likes of Hoffman and when i was coming up there were Only a few actors my age working he Guys like Richard treat Williams and Henry producers realized the Talent Pool was too Small and they began developing new Talent to fill the generation Travolta has matured impressively since his debut in 1975 As Vinnie the High school heartthrob in the to Welcome his electric Blue Square jaw and Cleft Chin look better on the Man than the in the past Travolta has starred in Only 10 four of which were stunning Box office hits that collectively earned a billion dollars plus 25 million records saturday night 30 million Urban 5 million John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis get together in new York to celebrate the opening of their new movie Travolta plays a journalist and Curtis an aerobics staying 3 million moment by moment and two of a kind were less but did not lose Travolta turned Down other films that succeeded beyond All an officer and a gentleman which was written for him Midnight express and i dont regret not making those Travolta they probably served other actors better than they would have Travolta has wisely avoided overexposure and although he denies following any specific career he has tried to counterbalance the negative aspects of being a Media Star by keeping a Low profile in private Travolta takes Pride in his since leaving Welcome he has starred in musicals and his Range includes High school Ballet Bank sound technician and now in a Travolta reads As Many As 150 scripts and screen treatments a never seeing hundreds of others that his agents turn Down without consulting he chooses his roles by gut reaction rather than with an Eye to career i do mostly what inspires he and that seems to keep variety in my some of my pictures Ive developed but the inspirational qualities of a script Are the Bottom line personal values and a Good like older successful Travolta is becoming a he will Start production on Lake Forest in september on locations in that Chicago he will appear on Columbia pictures is taking a Gamble with Travolta said with an easy and in determined to make it a Fine i wanted to direct this picture because the material is close to my its what in All it reflects my personal i dont know if ill Ever have the Opportunity to act in a film like Lake so in taking advantage of this Chance to its a family drama and i Haven even cast it in looking for a 40yearold Man to play the father and an 18yearold son to play his its really a but not As dark As Ordinary in also developing another picture based loosely on my own big family with major roles for my brother and i feel strongly about family relationships and Mutual Ive wanted to put together a film like this for a Long 20 stripes Magazine june