# Actors/Actresses you avoid. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989 "2007-01-29T18:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/1 "2007-01-29T18:50:20Z")
Sort of inspired by the Genre thread. After Eddie Murphy made **The Golden Child** I pretty much decided to never pay to see one of his movies again. I think history backs up that decision. I 've heard Adam Sandler has some decent material out there too. I might even agree if you manage to chain me to a chair and tape my eyelids open. Burt Reynolds. Has he ever done anything other than mug the camera at all. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/2 "2007-01-29T18:55:46Z")
Adam Sandler, as a rule, although _Happy Gilmore_ was ok. Nick Cage. Very talented, I just don’t like him. Meryl Streep. See Cage, Nick. Any Wayans. Most Baldwins. Any Flavor of the Month teen sensation. Anybody who has ever won, been on, or seen _American Idol_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/3 "2007-01-29T18:59:19Z")
I 'm so negative about Tom Cruise that I totally forgot he was in one of my favorite movies _Rain Main_. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/4 "2007-01-29T19:02:28Z")
Sarah Jessica Parker. I find myself completely unsympathetic to any character she plays which means that watching her in a film is just making myself think “I hope she gets hit by a bus” for 90+ minutes. I’m not even against the actress as a person – I just hate every character she’s ever played. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/5 "2007-01-29T19:09:37Z")
I have never seen an episode of _24_ because I cannot stand Keifer Sutherland. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/6 "2007-01-29T19:10:27Z")
Pamela Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Catherina Zeta-Jones. All these ladies annoy me for some reason or other and I purposely avoid movies with them. I want to see “The Good Shepard” but I’m afraid Jolie will ruin it for me. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/7 "2007-01-29T19:17:18Z")
Jack Nicholson. The man is way too good at playing creepy, leering psycho degenerates. No doubt he _is_ a creepy, leering psycho degenerate. If I want to spend two hours of my life looking at someone like that, I’ll just go to the bad side of town, pick out a suitable inhabitant, and do it for free. Having said that, I still loved _The Shining_ and will probably watch _The Departed_ when it comes out on DVD. I may hate the actor, but he has been in some great movies. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/8 "2007-01-29T19:24:51Z")
Nick Cage Keanu Reeves in anything after Bill & Ted the First Richard Gere Anyone that ever associated themselves with “Will & Grace” ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/9 "2007-01-29T19:27:56Z")
Kyra Sedgwick. I find her cloying and phony. She’s probably the only instance where I’ll pass on a movie or show _just_ because a particular actor is involved. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/10 "2007-01-29T19:33:18Z")
Kevin Cosner–painful to watch him read his line in front of the camera. Any teenie-bop flavor of the month–not even if I’m armed with popcorn and a large Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/11 "2007-01-29T19:36:25Z")
Julia Roberts, although she has managed to attach herself to a few projects that were otherwise worth watching. The same cannot be said of Richard Geer, who has never, to my knowledge, made anything worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/12 "2007-01-29T19:39:18Z")
Jane Fonda, for pretty much the reasons one might expect. ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/13 "2007-01-29T19:51:57Z")
I also avoid Sandler and Sarah Jessica Parker. In addition Luke Wilson Will Farrell Jim Carrey Kevin Costner Julia Roberts Mike Myers Talent to hype ratio is so way out of whack with these “actors”/“comedians” ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/14 "2007-01-29T19:54:40Z")
Mickey Rourke. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/15 "2007-01-29T20:02:09Z")
Nicole Kidman - the woman is an anti-actor. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/16 "2007-01-29T20:04:16Z")
Eddie Murphy after "Golden Child. Check… except for “Bowfinger”. Nicolas Cage. Check…except for “Raising Arizona”. Jane Fonda. Check…except for “Barbarella”. Burt Reynolds. Check…except for “Stroker Ace”. Tom Cruise. Check…except for “Risky Business” (and “Rain Man”, I guess). John Travolta. Except for “Pulp Fiction”. Can I get a Ben Affleck? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/17 "2007-01-29T20:13:32Z")
Robin Williams. Every character he has ever played is Mork with a different costume. Give him Superman or Stimpy, he will try to make you cry. Kevin Costner. Who ever told him he could act? John Travolta. I mean, really. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/18 "2007-01-29T20:14:21Z")
Ben Stiller. It hurts me just to watch him. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/19 "2007-01-29T20:17:36Z")
[QUOTE=Stuffy] I 've heard Adam Sandler has some decent material out there too. I might even agree if you manage to chain me to a chair and tape my eyelids open. [/QUOTE] You’d never take me alive! ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/20 "2007-01-29T20:18:33Z")
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