# Actors/Actresses You Hate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428 "2008-04-15T11:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/41 "2008-04-15T22:56:12Z")
I can’t stand Ben Stiller. I don’t know if it’s his persona, or his choice of roles, or what, but I can’t take the undertone of angry hatefulness in his comedy. I want him to go pure dramatic with a role as, like, a killer or rapist. I think he’d be terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/42 "2008-04-15T23:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] I can’t stand Ben Stiller. I don’t know if it’s his persona, or his choice of roles, or what, but I can’t take the undertone of angry hatefulness in his comedy. I want him to go pure dramatic with a role as, like, a killer or rapist. I think he’d be terrifying. [/QUOTE] Look at who his mother is – the end of every Anne Meara’s sounds as if she thinking about that sharp straight razor she’s got waiting for her to use in the next room, even in comedies. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/43 "2008-04-15T23:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I hated Woody Allen even before the Mia-Soon-Yi shit. And I still do and always will. When he dies I will do my Happy Dance. [/QUOTE] I’ll dance along with you. Can’t stand him. Creeeeeeeeepy old sonofabitch. ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/44 "2008-04-15T23:14:04Z")
Someone mentioned Steven Seagal, in the context of “actor”. No, no, no, a thousand times no. He is not an actor. He is a . . . human-like animated object. He looks like, if you poked him with your (gloved, hopefully) finger, your finger would sink in. All the way. Ick. Ick. Ick. _leaves the thread to toss her cookies_ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/45 "2008-04-15T23:27:51Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] I can’t stand Ben Stiller. I don’t know if it’s his persona, or his choice of roles, or what, but I can’t take the undertone of angry hatefulness in his comedy. I want him to go pure dramatic with a role as, like, a killer or rapist. I think he’d be terrifying. [/QUOTE] ooo Good one! I forgot him! Add Ben Stiller to my list. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/46 "2008-04-15T23:38:04Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Sarah Jessica “Seabiscuit” Parker and that Ferris Bueller no-talent she’s married to. Renee “Squinty” Zellwegger Melanie “tits” Griffith Jennifer “explain my presence in film” Tilly Jamie Lee “chromosome challenged” Curtis Adam Sandler Paulie Shore Will Ferrell That fat guy That other fat guy Oh hell, all former SNL hacks Chris Tucker Ryan Gosling Gerard Depardieu [/QUOTE] Thank you. I LOL’d. But it’s still Sarah Jessica “HORSEFACE” Parker. And as for Jamie Lee Curtis: hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little hermaphrodite!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/47 "2008-04-15T23:39:21Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] **Eleanor** - I’ve seen Marie Antionette and believe me there’s not a lot of history or drama going on in it (but there are a lot of pretty costumes). [/QUOTE] Mute button? ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/48 "2008-04-16T00:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Mute button? [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’ve thought about that. Maybe she’d mostly unrecognizable in the pretty costumes and without the voice. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/49 "2008-04-16T00:41:06Z")
[QUOTE=Stoid] I understand, even if I don’t agree with all of these. Except Ryan Gosling! Huh? He’s fantastic. Of course, I was first exposed to him via “The Believer” which is a truly excellent film and he’s aces in it. Looking up his IMDB entry, I see a bunch of films I can imagine him being sucky in. But you should see “the Believer” - it’s based on a true story of a Jewish member of the KKK… [/QUOTE] I based it on the movie “Fracture”, which I saw him sleepwalk through recently. Range of emotion: zero, unless you consider smirking every five minutes to be great acting. Perhaps he’s better in other vehicles. I’ll also add Ben Stiller. Also, what’s her name that was in that god-awful movie with him. The dyed blond with no talent except the sad attempts at a sexy look. My memory is gone. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/50 "2008-04-16T00:44:38Z")
David Caruso. Julia Roberts comes pretty close. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/51 "2008-04-16T01:08:55Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] I’ll also add Ben Stiller. Also, what’s her name that was in that god-awful movie with him. The dyed blond with no talent except the sad attempts at a sexy look. My memory is gone. [/QUOTE] His wife, in Zoolander? Cameron Diaz? Jennifer Anniston? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/52 "2008-04-16T01:22:48Z")
Angelina Jolie. But that’s mostly because I’m convinced that she’s too stupid to have been actually duped by her lawyers when she adopted her first child. Which leaves me believing she knew she was buying a black market baby, from a baby ring. Even while she was spewing public statements in support of both the people she was working with, and for the moratorium on all _other_ international adoptions from that same country. (I think Thailand, but I don’t care enough, now, to actually Google the information.) To a lesser degree I’m glad that none of these other stars have done any work recently that I really felt I wanted to see, so I could avoid trying to enjoy the film while cringing at the star: Woody Allen Tom Cruise (can’t think of the others on my list, but I’m sure they’re there. Somewhere.) ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/53 "2008-04-16T01:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Pauly Shore > Adam Sandler > Sandra Bernhard > Anne Heche > Rosie O’Donnell > Martin Lawrence > Mario Von Peebles > **Sean Astin** Sean Astin? Yes! I am not alone! Can’t stand the smug little bastard! Let’s form a club! Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intravenus_De_Milo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/54 "2008-04-16T03:38:42Z")
Probably topping my list of “actors who will unconditionally make me not see their movies” are Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise. The former because she gets (or did get in the '90s-early 2000’s) an obnoxious amount of media hype for movies that I don’t like in the first place (romantic comedies, mostly), and the latter because…well. You know. He’s…a Friend of Xenu. Plus - my fellow ladies - he’s not THAT good looking, so you can stop drooling over your _Jerry Maguire_ poster now (okay, maybe that just applies to my college roommate…). Other than that…I’m not a fan of Mel Gibson on principle, but it seems that a lot of people are. Then there are a bunch of actors whom I don’t really dislike, but don’t rock my world, either, despite the press that they get. Typical of this category is Orlando Bloom. He did a decent job in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but fantasy-type elves aren’t supposed to have a lot of emotional range anyway, so I dunno. I wasn’t crazy about him in the _Pirates_ movies at all, though…and I heard that Disney is supposedly developing a _Pirates of the Caribbean 4_ WITHOUT the Elizabeth and Will characters. Hmmm. However, I generally give a lot of leeway to movies because there are a tremendous amount of actors that I DO like, including some listed in this thread. However, when the field is expanded to TV actors (and characters), I find myself shying away from several more. One example is Vincent D’Onofrio from _Law & Order: CI_. His character’s whole schtick of “is he brilliant or is he just nuts?” gets on my nerves. Maybe it would work better in a movie, but not every week. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/55 "2008-04-16T05:32:45Z")
Angelina Jolie’s first baby was a black market baby? That’s the first I heard of that… ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/56 "2008-04-16T06:01:27Z")
Michael Douglas. I don’t know what it is, I can’t stand him. When he has a kissing scene I feel repulsed and have to look away, which is odd because I’m a guy. Chris Tucker is remarkably annoying. In the last ten years he’s made three films: all Rush Hour movies. Does he do anything else? Stand-up comedy? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/57 "2008-04-16T06:07:36Z")
Sarah Jessica Parker. The only movie she should be in is _Seabiscuit._ I swear, I become mentally un-stable when I see her face. I don’t want to spur on a controversial discussion here with such an unbridled show of disgust, but seriously, I’m about to call in the cavalry. It would really behoove this woman to stay out of films in the future. I’m not alone, either - a Gallop poll showed that 96 percent of American men, and just as many Arabians, think that she is hideous. I hate to trot out statistics like this, but hay, I have to. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/58 "2008-04-16T07:01:52Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Sarah Jessica Parker. The only movie she should be in is _Seabiscuit._ I swear, I become mentally un-stable when I see her face. I don’t want to spur on a controversial discussion here with such an unbridled show of disgust, but seriously, I’m about to call in the cavalry. It would really behoove this woman to stay out of films in the future. I’m not alone, either - a Gallop poll showed that 96 percent of American men, and just as many Arabians, think that she is hideous. I hate to trot out statistics like this, but hay, I have to. [/QUOTE] After reading this and what you’ve written in the “Sarah Jessica Parker” thread, I think you need to stop beating a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/59 "2008-04-16T08:49:49Z")
Christine Baransky and Renee Zellwegger. I don’t hate them; I just can’t stand looking at them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428/60 "2008-04-16T09:40:37Z")
Kevin Costner is proof positive that an evil force is at work in the world. _The Postman_ had one of the most astonishing and original _concepts_ of recent times - mailmen (and women and boys and girls) coming to the rescue of civilization! And that slimy absolutely-not-an-actor-even-by-any-BAD-definition-of-the-word winds up as lead…I don’t have the heart to look it up and see what influence he had on the screenplay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-hate/445428.md?page=4)