# actor/actress signature movie behaviors (or the Tom Hanks peeing thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825 "2010-06-20T00:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/41 "2010-06-21T13:28:15Z")
Kevin Costner usually drinks his own urine at some point in many of his films. Generally his character is tricked into doing this, but it is also done voluntarily on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/42 "2010-06-21T14:25:48Z")
#6 on the list of douchiest Michael Bay movie scenes of all time: [noparse][Redirecting...](http://www.manofest.com/Content/the-10-douchiest-michael-bay-movie-scenes-of-all-time.html%5B/noparse%5D) (NSFW) > [@](#): > > **The “For Some Strange Reason Michael Bay Is Obsessed With Helicopter Sunset Scenes” Montage (Every Single One Of Michael Bay’s Crappy Movies)** - Some people have foot fetishes and some people love to be intimate with stuffed animals. Michael Bay gets off on helicopter sunsets. Here’s a youtube link of the montage for those who (probably wisely) don’t want to open “[manofest.com](http://manofest.com)”: [a Michael Bay Montage](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyx2dHAguuU) Note that it’s not just helicopters. It’s helicopters, in slow motion, at sunset. In every single movie. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/43 "2010-06-21T14:34:32Z")
Johnny Depp always seems to slip in a shot where his character is bewildered/perplexed/bamboozled by something and he makes his crazy eyes and draws his chin back. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/44 "2010-06-21T18:14:01Z")
Jean Reno’s characters have a strong tendency to die right before the end credits in many of his movies, as in _The Big Blue_, _La Femme Nikita_, _Mission Impossible_, _The Professional_ and probably some more I can’t think of right now. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/45 "2010-06-21T18:31:41Z")
Hugh Grant - excessive eye blinking. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/46 "2010-06-21T19:03:47Z")
Alan Rickman has a way of saying “However . . .” that I always watch for. He MAY not have done it in _Galaxy Quest._ Worth a watch, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/47 "2010-06-21T19:13:35Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Jennifer Connelly likes to stand on the end of a [pier](http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/423593/jennifer-connelly-on-a-pier) and stare out at the sea. That’s a good one. I remember it struck me seeing that image in _Requiem for a Dream_ after seeing it in _Dark City_. I didn’t realize she also did that shot in _House of Sand and Fog_. (But some of these y’all are mentioning are really just acting tics rather than signature images.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/48 "2010-06-21T19:26:51Z")
Alan Rickman is ALWAYS worth a watch. He gives wonderful acting. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/49 "2010-06-21T19:36:29Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > That’s a good one. I remember it struck me seeing that image in _Requiem for a Dream_ after seeing it in _Dark City_. Accidental, according to [Darren Aronofsky.](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20001203/ANSWERMAN/12030303) My guess is by the time **House of Sand and Fog** came along they were doing it as an inside joke. > [@scifisam2009](#): > > Sarah Connor bit him on the hand when trying to escape from him in Terminator. Ed Harris bit him when he was fighting him in **The Abyss** , just before the huge guy punched him. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/50 "2010-06-21T20:37:01Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > Jean Reno’s characters have a strong tendency to die right before the end credits in many of his movies, as in _The Big Blue_, _La Femme Nikita_, _Mission Impossible_, _The Professional_ and probably some more I can’t think of right now. I think _Ronin_ is another. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/51 "2010-06-21T20:44:51Z")
This is more of an acting style than a behavior, but **Jason Lee** often bobs his head in a certain way when he’s talking. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/52 "2010-06-21T20:48:35Z")
This is kinda both a tic/acting style _and_ a director’s choice: the Kevin Spacey head tilt. Usually done to intimidate / scare / creep you out. I say it’s a director’s choice because I’m pretty sure the camera shots are purposely drawn out enough to give Kevin the time to stare at his opponent unblinkingly, and then tilt his head ever-so-slightly to the right. As if to say: “Yeah, I seem quiet and nebbishy but I am _so_ totally capable of ripping your tongue out and eating it. Just give me an excuse.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/53 "2010-06-21T21:09:15Z")
> [@choie](#): > > This is kinda both a tic/acting style _and_ a director’s choice: the Kevin Spacey head tilt. Usually done to intimidate / scare / creep you out. I say it’s a director’s choice because I’m pretty sure the camera shots are purposely drawn out enough to give Kevin the time to stare at his opponent unblinkingly, and then tilt his head ever-so-slightly to the right. As if to say: “Yeah, I seem quiet and nebbishy but I am _so_ totally capable of ripping your tongue out and eating it. Just give me an excuse.” I think Benji invented that move. That dog was evil! ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/54 "2010-06-21T21:15:43Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Jennifer Connelly likes to stand on the end of a [pier](http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/423593/jennifer-connelly-on-a-pier) and stare out at the sea. That is awesome! In Labyrinth (IIRC) she did a similar pose, at the beginning when she’s practising for her play. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/55 "2010-06-22T00:02:38Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > Michael Douglas always plays businessmen or lawyers or cops or rich guys of some kind. Burt Reynolds has a large number of movies where his is a lawman, or an active law breaker. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/56 "2010-06-22T02:13:54Z")
One of my faves: [Leland Orser - panicky guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLS2BmUYEA) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/57 "2010-06-22T08:24:13Z")
Michael Mann will always have a long, tense sequence with distinct music and no dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/58 "2010-06-22T09:30:07Z")
Early in their careers, Stanley Tucci spent a lot of time tied to chairs and Judy Davis died a lot from decapitation or head trauma. I always wanted to see a film where they combined these tropes and forced tied-up Tucci to watch as Davis’s head got blown off. Michael Keaton used to scoff and mime masturbation a lot, as if to say “What a jerkoff.” It seemed to stop dead with **Batman**. Jean-Claude Van Damme sure seems to kick people a lot. Nic Cage likes to lead with his pouting lower lip. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/59 "2010-06-22T09:37:24Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I think _Ronin_ is another. Just watched it (again), no. The dénouement, cribbed from [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronin_%28film%29),… Days later, in a Parisian cafe, over radio broadcasts revealing a peace agreement reached between Sinn Féin and the British as a result of Seamus’s death, Sam and Vincent part as friends before Sam drives off with his CIA contact. Vincent himself leaves and disappears into gloomy Paris. The contents of the case are never revealed.CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825/60 "2010-06-22T15:07:26Z")
John Travolta has to clench his jaw and talk through his teeth. Bugs the hell out of me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825.md?page=4)