European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                An hour after a scheduled interview a reporter and photographer arc ushered into a new York hotel room to meet Gere. At 43, the Star of looking for or. Goodbar american Gigolo an officer and a gentleman and 1990�?Ts biggest hit pretty woman looks a decade younger. Gere does not get up from the Couch but he extends his hand and flashes a Bright smile. A Chi in a Richard Quot he says All movie Star stubble boots jeans and Blazer. Things look promising. But right after the opening question a softball about his new movie Sommers by the temperature dips precipitously and the first Clouds appear. A a Gere announces that he Isnit fond of interviews. And Only docs them for movies he cares about S.C. As som Crsby a romantic drama in which he co stars with Jodie Foster. A a in be seen it 50 times and it still moves me Quot says Gere who attended a screening the night before for Industry executives and the press. A i shed a few tears last  he leans Forward. A did you Quot the answer a no a is not to Gere a liking. His lip curls into a near sneer. A you know everyone but you and one other person was in tears at the end Quot he says menacingly. Summersby is about a Soldier who returns Home from the civil War a changed Man. Because he is a nicer Man than the one his family and friends re member they done to want to look too closely at whether he is actually a different person. A a it a about masks about lies about How to fulfil our hearts seeing that through lies the deeper truth emerges Quot Gere says. In an Effort to glean the deeper truth about Gere a few More softballs Are lobbed a few deep questions about his own masks. Like this one a what is Richard Gere really like a warn Bros Richard Gere plays Jack som Crsby who tries to raise tobacco of his War torn property in Summersby bad idea. Gere is like a shark smelling blood. A no Way. In a not playing this game a he says shifting in his seat and staring Down at his boots. The question is rephrased. Gere stares moodily into space and begins a Soliloquy. A a in a always shifting the mask Quot he says. A a in a not knowable. I think something happens once you Start making movies once you Start being an icon. You Start to see you can to take things personally. The universe goes on without you any it a it7?. A a a a Way. V it you sound like a pretty serious Guy he is told. Gere frowns. A Well you Arentt asking any funny questions Quot he snaps. Of. What does he think about comedian Denis Leary a Well publicized fantasy about Gere s wife supermodel Cindy Crawford Leary has said he wants to see her naked on the Empire state building eating an Eskimo pie. Gere allows a rare smile to interrupt the tension. A i love Denis he a a Good Friend Quot Gere says. A i told him there was even a joke in my family about Eskimo pies. Every night after dinner my father would ask for an Eskimo  but any visions of Gere relaxing and letting Loose with a Stream of family anecdotes Are Short lived. He Waits for each new question with a mixture of scorn and derision. When it is suggested he a a bit defensive he smiles. A How much can you expect to learn about me Quot he says. A you just walked in the door. All i know is you re someone who writes about celebrities. What do you want to know Quot Well you asked. How about those recurring rumours that you and Cindy Crawford Are Gay Crawford has addressed the rumours in recent interviews saying she and Gere Are a a secure in their sexuality and denying that either is homosexual. Gere was also the subject of a particularly vicious Rumor a few years ago one that was resurrected in a cartoon in the february Issue of spy Magazine. Gere smiles at the question and then adopts a Blank expression. A i done to know anything about any of that Quot he says flatly. Then he amends the statement a a it skid stuff. Kids in a  oddly enough the Gay Rumor question seems to put him in a Good mood. He talks More about Crawford. He a proud of her booming Model mtg reporter exercise video Queen career. Quot she a forging her own Way a he says adding that she a Bright having studied chemical engineering in College. An hour was promised for the interview but 30 minutes seems just Long enough. There a just one last thing. The photographer having waited 90 minutes has set up an elaborate array of strobes umbrellas and lights in the adjoining room so he can take Gere a picture. Gere strides in the other room followed by a nervous publicist. The actor looks around. There will be no picture he announces. He wants a still from the movie used instead so people will go see the film. He flashes the smile again and walks out the door. And the universe goes on anyway. Cafes cart Sommars Aywill open on i circuit in  Only to would air these Winner by Howard Rosenberg tos Angeles times. Year after year i labor Over my program proposals. And year after year the television Industry rejects my Best advice. So Why do i keep beating my head against this Wall because i really care. Thus once again Here is a Batch of programs that to should be airing phantom of Oprah the famous talk show hosts Chicago studio is haunted by a mysterious masked figure who one Day abducts her and vows to keep her hostage in his subterranean hide out until she reveals the formula for her ratings Success. In a climactic scene Oprah rips off the mask and finds herself looking into the hideously tormented face of Phil Donahue. Madonna Hue a bold talk show concept in which Donahue who once wore a dress to hype ratings for his present show continues to operate from the studio audience this time Cross dressing in female underwear. Rush Howard Steinbaugh a sitcom about a radio talk show Host who not Only constantly criticizes female left wingers but also requires them to disrobe and play butt Bongo on the air. Allem Tho to movie a science fiction drama in which the joint chiefs of staff go on a fact finding space journey Only to crash in a Distant solar system where ung renown to them their bodies Are inhabited by the spores of heterosexual devouring Gay aliens. Unaware of what they Are caning they repair their spacecraft and return to the United states ultimately creating havoc among the military. Done to miss the Shower and foxhole sequences. Tho army a moot wonted hosted by sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., a reality half hour presenting information about soldiers suspected of being Gay. Cisco and Ebert americans favorite movie critics make a few changes on their series in the interest of ethnic diversity. The Jackie compost show an urbane politically sophisticated sitcom about a crude to comedy Star and his powerful producer wife. In the Pilot Jackie and his wife take a courageous first amendment stand by threatening to walk out when the network refuses to allow him to defecate on camera. Page 8 a sunday february 14,1993