# Actors you can't believe still get work **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700 "2003-11-28T08:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/81 "2003-11-30T12:38:24Z")
Hey, Whoopi was good in _The Color Purple_. And in that other film…no, not that one…um… ---
**Author:** ![Rainbowthief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Rainbowthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rainbowthief)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/82 "2003-11-30T13:12:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > **while Tony Danza may not be a great actor, I would hardly call him talentless.** I would! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/83 "2003-11-30T14:23:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rainbowthief \* > \*\* Cheadle deserves Denzel-type stardom, he’s infinitely more talented and has much greater range than Washington (who’s not a bad actor, but he is terribly overrated–Best Actor Oscar for **Training Day**?). Denzel’s win was more of a career nod but voted for a solid role in a lesser movie-- much the way Pacino won for **Scent Of A Woman** instead of the **Godfather** movies. I agree about Cheadle’s talent and range. I mentioned the great head. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/84 "2003-11-30T16:12:45Z")
**BrandyFine** , I will forever have a soft spot for Kevin Kline, thanks to his role as the Pirate King. Andy McDowell is not only a horrible actress, she’s also my town’s resident movie star. Gossip in artsy circles is that she can’t do live theater to save her soul. During one benefit show a couple of years ago, she stopped _during a live performance_, turned to the other actor on stage and said “I can’t remember my lines.” Oy vey. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/85 "2003-11-30T16:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Algorithm \* > \*\*I mean, my movies weren’t great, but I never tied anyone down and forced them to watch. And I could have, 'cause I’m a big guy, and I’m good with knots! \*\* I would believe that you are Tom Arnold IRL, except I don’t think he could spell “algorithm.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/86 "2003-11-30T20:41:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rainbowthief \* > \*\* > > Tony Danza is a television actor (oh, dear God, I called Tony Danza an actor!), so he doesn’t count. As I stated in the OP, there are sooo many talentless morons on working on TV (the cast of “Friends”) that we could just continue adding to this thread for years if we were to include them. I am amazed that he even gets TV gigs, though. He must have an agent that adores him and has lots of clout in the TV industry. > \*\* I realize that the OP said no TV actors but since I have to keep seeing ads for his new movie, I get to mention him. It’s the law of karmic balance or something. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/87 "2003-11-30T22:26:58Z")
I’m surprised to see Kevin Kline mentioned. He’s put together a pretty impressive career playing a lot of different parts. He excels at both drama and comedy, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/88 "2003-11-30T22:37:23Z")
Heck, Kevin Kline surprised me with his performance in _The Pirates of Penzance_. Mind you, I was bored with the movie, but his performance caught my eye. Like I said, I think people are being way too harsh on way too many actors in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![AuntPam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AuntPam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntPam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/89 "2003-12-01T03:28:17Z")
Laura Dern. Her idea of acting is to take her face and contort it like somebody twisting a Play-Doh model. Boo hoo! Oh boo hoo! Quick, more glycerin tears! Michael Douglas. Whatevr made this doofus think he could play an Alpha male? Eddie Murphy. Wealth apparently disabled the section of his brain that recognizes when something is actually funny. ---
**Author:** ![BrandyFine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrandyFine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandyFine)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/90 "2003-12-01T05:00:58Z")
Well, burundi and others who replied to me, I guess it just goes to show that people can see the same things and have **very** different assessments of them. There are probably a dozen or more people I’ve seen listed that I’m saying “What the! How is it even possible that he/she made this list when he/she is so talented?!” While my choices spurred that reaction in others heh. Glad to hear my idol Hepburn said the same thing about one of them though! Regarding Spacey, up until I saw K-Pax - esp. for the second time - I saw him as extremely talented too. Then I saw it again and I wondered how I could have missed it, the sameness, the blandness. I think it’s because the movies themselves are often so good, and the characters he plays are interesting characters, that his lack of dramatic range gets lost in the enjoyment of the story. However I did not put him on the list because he has a hell of a comedic talent. I wish he’d pursue that more. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-cant-believe-still-get-work/215700/91 "2003-12-01T05:26:38Z")
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