# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Evil\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Evil\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/61 "2007-01-30T01:29:55Z")
Artie Lange - if he’s in it you know its going to be bad. 😉 ---
**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 30, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/62 "2007-01-30T02:53:56Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] You really don’t like her? [/QUOTE] 😃 I once met Max Grodenchik (“Rom” of _Star Trek: DS9_) at a convention. He talked about the episode “Bar Association”, in which his character tries to organize the workers at Quark’s Bar. I suggested he call it _Norma Rom_. He was amused. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/63 "2007-01-30T03:06:47Z")
Thanks for mentioning Farrell everybody, gahhh he sucks!!! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/64 "2007-01-30T03:15:25Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Oh, crap. I mentioned Bill Pullman in my previous post but I meant Bill Paxton! Ahem. \*\* Bill Paxton\*\*'s wooden acting is rivaled only by Kevin Costner. [/QUOTE] I had even put “not to be confused with Bill Pullman” in my post ,but erased it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/65 "2007-01-30T03:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] Rae Dawn Chong. She makes me shudder. [/QUOTE] She makes me shudder, too, but in a good way. Anyway, my list: Adam Sandler. Couldn’t stand him when he was on SNL. Heard some of his later movies were ok, but I can’t bring myself to spend money on renting them. Tom Green. Absolutely refuse to reward this man by ever spending a penny on anything he’s done. Actually, ‘spending a penny’ on his life’s work would be appropriate. Mel Gibson. I like his past work, but now just makes me feel dirty. Tom Cruise. ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/66 "2007-01-30T03:30:59Z")
I normally don’t dislike any particular actors or actresses. I tend to look at the movie as a whole and not pick on a person from the movie. But Juliette Lewis annoys the living shit out of me. She has been in several movies I liked: Strange Days, Natural Born Killers, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Kalifornia, Cape Fear. She was the center of suckitude in every single one of those; the only dark point in what were otherwise decent movies. The only movie I think she was perfectly cast in was [The Other Sister](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123209/), which I never saw because I had no interest in the premise or the actress. She was perfect for the part because her delivery of any line makes me think, “Now there’s a girl who has some ‘mental challenges.’” ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/67 "2007-01-30T03:33:56Z")
[QUOTE=monstro] I can only think of two movies that she was in, so it must not be too hard for you to avoid her! [/QUOTE] And that’s two too many. While her resume isn’t extensive, it seems like I always manage to find her on tv. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/68 "2007-01-30T10:06:19Z")
The mere sight of Bill Paxton’s face fills me with an overwhelming desire to scream obscenities at the screen. It’s best I avoid his films. mm ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/69 "2007-01-30T10:48:40Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] Rae Dawn Chong. She makes me shudder. [/QUOTE] Really? I had the hots for her in high school circa _Soul Man_. To answer the OP - Adam Sandler Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie John Travolta Halle Berry and many, many more. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/70 "2007-01-30T11:07:06Z")
Meg Ryan. I don’t hate her peformances THAT much but I have yet to see her in a film I’ve really enjoyed. So now, I never watch any film she appears in to save myself the grief. I also don’t like Meryl Streep in serious roles because I can never shake the notion that she is Acting with a capital A. However, I enjoy her rare ventures into comedy roles. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/71 "2007-01-30T11:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=Promethea] I also don’t like Meryl Streep in serious roles because I can never shake the notion that she is Acting with a capital A. However, I enjoy her rare ventures into comedy roles. [/QUOTE] This from IMDB: “According to Katharine Hepburn’s official biographer A. Scott Berg, Meryl Streep was her least favorite modern actress on screen: “Click, click, click,” she said, referring to the wheels turning inside Streep’s head.” I read that book several years ago and now I think of Hepburn’s comment instantly whenever I see or read about Meryl Streep. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/72 "2007-01-30T11:22:09Z")
Adam Sandler Rob Schneider Martin Lawrence Chris Tucker Owen Wilson Vince Vaughn ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/73 "2007-01-30T11:36:47Z")
I’ll add another vote for Adam Sandler. He just makes me cringe. There there’s Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Leslie Nielsen, the entire cast of every “Police Academy” movie ever, and I’m sure there are a few more. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/74 "2007-01-30T13:22:57Z")
Ashley Judd. She’s the Richard Gere of women. (also, as far as I can tell, this is post #74 and no one has mentioned Tom Hanks even though just about every other known actor in the free world has been mentioned. To me, that’s a good thing. He’s one of my favorites.). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/75 "2007-01-30T13:46:59Z")
Tom Cruise. Top Gun was on TV and I was reading a book and only looking up when planes came in until my brother said “hey, isn’t Ice Mad Mardigan?” Oooooooh, eye candy! Jim Carrey. Jack Nicholson. I went to see “le llaman Bodhi” (no idea what it’s called in the original) for the Swayze eye candy and came out saying “what’s that cutie who played the cop called?” There’s movies where Keanu actually does some acting and others where he’s just eye candy but what can I say, I have a soft spot for him since I found out we were born the same day 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/76 "2007-01-30T13:57:04Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] I went to see “le llaman Bodhi” (no idea what it’s called in the original) for the Swayze eye candy and came out saying “what’s that cutie who played the cop called?” [/QUOTE] It was called “Point Break” for those who might be curious. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/77 "2007-01-30T14:12:53Z")
Charlie Sheen - this is a pity because, Like Tom Cruise, he’s been in some otherwise good movies. Keifer Sutherland - like Sheen, he’d be nothing were it not for a successful Dad. Tom Cruise - barf. Keanu Reeves - Geez, Point Break could have been an awesome show were it not for him. Christian Slater - perfect in True Romance, horrid in everything since. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/78 "2007-01-30T14:19:10Z")
I forgot–Andie McDowell, ever since she shat all over Four Weddings and a Funeral. She managed to get through Short Cuts since the role called for a mumble-mouthed catatonic person but even there it was touch and go. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/79 "2007-01-30T14:29:02Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] Nicole Kidman - the woman is an anti-actor. [/QUOTE] Did you see her in “The Human Stain” opposite Anthony Hopkins? I thought she was wonderful. Good news! She temporarily lost the “tight hair”, which annoys the shit outta me. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989/80 "2007-01-30T14:30:31Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Charlie Sheen - this is a pity because, Like Tom Cruise, he’s been in some otherwise good movies. Keifer Sutherland - like Sheen, he’d be nothing were it not for a successful Dad. Tom Cruise - barf. Keanu Reeves - Geez, Point Break could have been an awesome show were it not for him. Christian Slater - perfect in True Romance, horrid in everything since. [/QUOTE] Keanu was great in “The Gift.” An evil motherfucker from the bowels of hell. It’s his niche. Otherwise, I hate him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-avoid/389989.md?page=5)