# Actors that just rub you the wrong way **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935 "2003-08-27T07:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/41 "2003-08-27T18:34:54Z")
Probably spelling both names wrong, but I don’t want to bother even looking up the correct spelling: Richard Dryfuss Wilford Brimley And I will second the vote for Gilbert Godfried. The “funny” voice is not funny. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/42 "2003-08-27T19:07:59Z")
Mike Myers, is that his name? the guy from Austin Powers anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/43 "2003-08-27T19:08:55Z")
None of the above can compare to the whiny-voiced, buck- toothed, no-talent horrorshow that is: ``` ROSEANNA ARQUETTE ``` Oh, for a large sock filled with horse manure… ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/44 "2003-08-27T21:16:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\*…but wait, what’s _this_?! Oh my god, out of nowhere, it’s **Sarah Jessica Parker** , whinnying her way to victory! \*\* Sorry, but Sarah Jessica Parker is going to be racing in the fifth at Olympic Fields, and this is the fourth at Santa Anita. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/45 "2003-08-27T21:51:20Z")
I’m just amazed not no one’s answered “Michael Jackson” yet. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/46 "2003-08-27T22:38:00Z")
Russell Crow bugs the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/47 "2003-08-27T23:54:39Z")
Actually, Rosanna Arquette is the only member of her family I can stand. Patricia - she has two emotions, catatonic and screaming her head off no matter the stituation. David - goofy, muggs for the camera, twitchy, and those stupid drugged up talk show appearances in idiotic costumes. Alexis - proof that a family name can still get you work even if it is as a Hollywood bottomfeeder. Unfunny Charley Weaver (Cliff Arquette) on Hollywood Squares annoyed me to begin with, but once I found out recently he was their grandfather I figured out that their annoying qualities may be genetic. I like Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton and can tell them apart easily. Pullman was great and subtle in _The Zero Effect_ one of the neglected movie gems of the 90s. Paxton tends to play more countrified characters because of his accent, plus he was genuinely creepy in _Frailty_. But I agree about David Spade. I remember being gleefully amused when I heard about him being tasered and robbed by his flunkie/personal assistant. He finally had something to really whine about. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/48 "2003-08-28T00:01:58Z")
I never, ever, EVER liked Ben Affleck. You can imagine how much I hate Bennifer Lofleck. Anne Heche sucks the sweat off a dead man’s balls. Speaking of _Good Morning Vietnam_, if you are in the camp that likes Robin Williams, try watching _Bicentennial Man_. Go ahead, I DARE you. ---
**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/49 "2003-08-28T00:16:00Z")
#1- Heather Graham #2- Eddie Murphy #3- Britanny Murphy #4- Melanie Griffith #5- Antonio Banderas _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/50 "2003-08-28T00:24:27Z")
Julia Roberts and Sean Connery. I can’t stand either of them. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/51 "2003-08-28T00:36:11Z")
Previously mentioned were **Nicholas Cage, Julia Roberts and Cher**. I’ll second those nominations. I can’t believe the thread has gone this far without mentioning the actor I consider the most obnoxious and least-talented - **Bruce Willis**. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/52 "2003-08-28T05:37:06Z")
Adam Sandler Martin Lawrence Chris Tucker Pauly Shore Chris Kattan ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/53 "2003-08-28T06:25:43Z")
Tara Reid – Worst acting ever from someone who thinks being fake-baked, constantly drunk and screwed by C class celebrities is somehow a calling. And she’s not even distinguishable from one of a million more similar actress with any talent. Maybe breast enhancement might help? Ugh. Jack Nicholson – Talk about scenery chewing, over-the-top antics that pervades both his personal and onscreen life. Not to mention, the guy’s older than dirt at this point, yet still fancies himself ever the ladie’s man. OMG. I wouldn’t be surprised to eventually find the two of them dating. She’s certainly young and emaciated enough. He ups her skanky factor. 😛 Overall, I’d give them a few People covers until ol’ Jack beats the crap outta some paparazzi with his golf club because he was caught _without_ her, thus ending their serious long-running (3 months and 1 week?) ‘romance.’ I’m sure though, that Carson and Lara Flynn will be patiently waiting again in the wings, hoping for happy seconds. If not, it’s also an equally possible appealing foursome could be arranged. Whatever gets the press, right? We all know there’s no such thing as ‘bad’ news. So, pardon me now while I go scourge my last brain cell from thinking about such a hellish thought. Oooh, the questions I just gotta answer. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/54 "2003-08-28T15:49:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrSarcasticus \* > \*\*Let’s just put a moratorium on Keanu now, as it’ll save some bandwidth. > > 1. Billy Zane. This guy’s acting style just bugs the living shit of me. I really can’t explain it. But every time I see him, I want to get violent. \*\* Oh yeah I agree about him! I call him “The Breathy Monster” because something about the way he talks sounds like they shoved the microphone up in his face and you can hear all his breathing. He’s too mumbly and irritating and always appears to have too much eye makeup on. I can’t stand seeing Owen Wilson. His voice, his facial expressions, his whole acting style. Of course, he’s in a billion movies. Jim Carrey when he’s doing Jim Carrey comedy. That is, I hated him on In Living Color, and the bits and pieces I saw of both Ace Ventura movies, The Mask, the Cable Guy, Dumb and Dumber, etc…they made me stay far away. On the other hand, I really liked him in The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, and the Majestic. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/55 "2003-08-28T16:39:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by acrossthesea \*Jim Carrey when he’s doing Jim Carrey comedy. That is, I hated him on In Living Color, and the bits and pieces I saw of both Ace Ventura movies, The Mask, the Cable Guy, Dumb and Dumber, etc…they made me stay far away. On the other hand, I really liked him in The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, and the Majestic. \*\* I feel much the same about Robin Williams…his comedies (as opposed to his comedy) can be pretty awful, especially the more pretentious stuff (Patch Adams, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King), but as a straight actor, he can be pretty decent. I thought well of him in Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, and even What Dreams May Come. My wife and I still laugh at his old Mork-isms: “Be free, little bird!” ---
**Author:** ![peterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@peterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peterW)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/56 "2003-08-28T16:41:08Z")
Matt Damon. His teeth scare me. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/57 "2003-08-28T18:32:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Orange Skinner \* > \*\*Julia Roberts and Sean Connery. I can’t stand either of them. \*\* Sean: I musht shay, Julia, you sheem eshpeshully shexy thish evening… Julia: Oh Sean, marry me, then dump me quick and hard, like you know I like it… ---
**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:** [August 28, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/58 "2003-08-28T19:12:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > **I feel much the same about Robin Williams…his comedies (as opposed to his comedy) can be pretty awful, especially the more pretentious stuff (Patch Adams, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King), but as a straight actor, he can be pretty decent. I thought well of him in Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, and even What Dreams May Come.** Go see _Bicentennial Man_ and get back to me. ---
**Author:** ![Photog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@Photog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Photog)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/59 "2003-08-28T20:17:29Z")
**Susan Sarandon** It’s not really her acting - it’s the drunken performance she puts on when appearing on any late night (or early morning for that matter) talk show. Susan…babes…get help…you’re not fooling anyone but yourself. Oh, and I will enthusiastically second (or third?) **Matthew McConnaughey** ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935/60 "2003-08-28T20:31:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > **I feel much the same about Robin Williams…his comedies (as opposed to his comedy) can be pretty awful, especially the more pretentious stuff (Patch Adams, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King),** \*The Fisher King \*is a comedy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-just-rub-you-the-wrong-way/197935.md?page=4)