# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/21 "2007-01-29T20:18:56Z")
Jamie Foxx Beyonce John Goodman(tho he has been in a few movies I love) The Wayans(will never,ever watch a movie with a Wayans in it.) Bernie Mac Ashton Kutcher Denzel Washington(same as Goodman) Andie MacDowell Bill Murray ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/22 "2007-01-29T20:27:16Z")
Cybill Shepherd, but only because she pissed me off when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/23 "2007-01-29T20:39:52Z")
Another Ben Stiller hater chiming in. I just can’t stand him. Sean Penn. Hate him, and I’m not even 100% sure why. Curiously enough, I will watch Rob Schneider and the occasional Adam Sandler movie. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/24 "2007-01-29T20:41:22Z")
Hanoi Jane - 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/25 "2007-01-29T20:44:06Z")
Tom Cruise – self-satisfied and crazy Keanu Reeves – boy cannot act ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/26 "2007-01-29T20:45:43Z")
Joan Cusak. She just creeps me out in an unexplainable way. However, I am strangely attracted to Keanu Reeves’ movies. Go figure. The above post (about K. Reeves) wasn’t there when I wrote my (unedited) post- freaky! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/27 "2007-01-29T20:52:27Z")
Robin Williams (except he gets a pass for Good Will Hunting) Diane Keaton Jim Carrey for the most part My mom’s list? Steve Martin Bernadette Peters ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/28 "2007-01-29T20:56:55Z")
tom cruise. i break out in hives at the mention of his name hanoi jane. don’t even get me started on her sara jessica parker. i just want to bitch slap her for reasons i’m not going into on this particular board. luke wilson. behind enemy lines. 'nuff said. ben stiller. just… _eewww!_ nick cage. altho i liked him in national treasure. go figure richard gere. i liked mothman prophecies. i don’t understand myself sometimes… jack nicholson. talk about giving somebody the creeps! :eek: will farrell. i will never EVER see one of his movies ben afflek. paycheck. that’s all i’m saying. :rolleyes: jim carrey. he makes me so nervous i can’t watch him any more ashton kutcher. what’s THAT all about??? julia roberts. annoying, annoying, annoying! ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/29 "2007-01-29T20:58:24Z")
I shy away from Nicolas Cage. Tom Cruise isn’t exactly a big draw. And I’ll just throw out ( HA! ) Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/30 "2007-01-29T21:20:11Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] The same cannot be said of Richard Geer, who has never, to my knowledge, made anything worth watching. [/QUOTE] [\*Primal Fear \*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117381/) was a pretty good flick – though mostly because of Ed Norton ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/31 "2007-01-29T21:28:39Z")
Sally Field. I just can’t stand her voice. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/32 "2007-01-29T21:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Jim Carrey for the most part I almost thought I’d be the first to mention him. I’ve heard that a lot of his recent stuff isn’t nearly as over-the-top and is actually pretty good, but not having seen any of those movies, my impression of him is still firmly wacko-crazy annoying. One I think I am the first to mention is Leonardo diCaprio. Yes, I saw _Titanic_, and enjoyed it, but that was despite Leo, not at all because of him. I have a low tolerance for the prettyboy type, anyway (exception: Orlando Bloom), and he’s about the epitome. And I would agree with Pamela Anderson, too, but I can’t conceive of the possibility of her being in a movie I would otherwise want to watch, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/33 "2007-01-29T21:36:16Z")
Michael Douglas gives me the creeps, as does Jack Nicholson (I originally wrote “Jack Nicklaus”), Richard Gere, and (newly) Adam Sandler. ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/34 "2007-01-29T22:04:26Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Diane Keaton [/QUOTE] I saw a preview for some new Diane Keaton movie and my first thought was “Is she just playing herself in this movie? Her clothes style is the same (something to hide her neck), she was wearing the same glasses she always wears, and her hair was the same as it’s always been.” Must be nice to just show up and not have to play a character. Just act like yourself. Don’t even change your look. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/35 "2007-01-29T22:15:13Z")
Calista Flockhart. Just go away, please. Rob Schneider. You’ve ridden Sandler’s coattails long enough, now just go get that burger flipping job you’re qualified for. Robin Williams. Shutupshutshutupshutup!!! Any Steve Martin comedy (post _The Jerk_, of course). Time to move on, Steve. Pam Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/36 "2007-01-29T22:32:59Z")
Dana Carvey. I figure he owes me a refund of about $60 for time and money invested watching the awful _Master of Disguise_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/37 "2007-01-29T22:36:01Z")
Jason Alexander. Everything he has appeared in was worse due to his influence. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/38 "2007-01-29T22:40:19Z")
\*\*Tom Cruise \*\* - I started to loathe him even before his latest bizarro behavior. Didn’t see “War of the Worlds” because he was in it. **Bill Pullman** - My goodness but his wooden acting can only be rivaled by **Kevin Costner**. **Christina Ricci** - Can I really hate someone because of her forehead? Yes, yes, I can. \*\*Kirsten Dunst \*\* - She would have made a great Nellie Olson. She just has a bratty look about her that I can’t stand. **Tori Spelling** - She can’t act. She has bug eyes. Her forehead’s okay, but I can’t stand her. What would the Lifetime Movie Network do without her? ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/39 "2007-01-29T22:45:02Z")
Ben Stiller. He’s been in maybe two flicks I can stomach, one I actually liked, but for the most part I avoid him. Adam Sandler. I actually liked him in The Wedding Singer and a bit in Water Boy, but nothing else…I generally avoid his films any more. The Wayans Bros. Nuff said. Martin Lawrence. Can’t stand him. Listening to him talk for me is like nails on a chalkboard. Rob Schneider. Unfunny and annoying. Sean Penn. His voice and looks annoy me and his acting ability can’t save that. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/40 "2007-01-29T22:53:20Z")
Jimmy Fallon Megan Mullally (or however the hell you spell it) Chuck Norris Jean-Claude Van Damme Tara Reid … and I’m beginning to wonder if my list even qualifies as “actors.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989.md?page=3)