# Do You Boycott Certain Actors Because You Don't Like ..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347 "2012-04-20T01:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 20, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/21 "2012-04-20T07:55:08Z")
I’ve tried to stay away from Mel Gibson films ever since he exposed himself as rabidly anti-British. This was well before his anti-Semitism was revealed. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/22 "2012-04-20T08:56:00Z")
Do I? It’s gotten to the point where I boycott all actors by default, and only take them off the blacklist if they show evidence of _not_ being insane. Funny thing about Tom Cruise though… his movies are shockingly bad. Ghost Protocol is probably the best thing he has done since A Few Good Men. Other than those, you don’t exactly need a reason to boycott. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/23 "2012-04-20T09:04:11Z")
No; I avoid actors whose work I don’t usually like, but as much as I hate 90% of Cruise’s work and think him a complete idiot I loved The Color of Money, so avoid but not boycott. Boycotting him because he’s a Scientologist would mean I’d also have to boycott “Grease” - noooooooo! (I was 13y362do when it came to town. It was rated 14+. My parents took us out of town to ensure I would not go watch it. I’m still traumatized, damnit.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/24 "2012-04-20T09:10:15Z")
Jane Fonda, for her fraternizing with the enemy. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/25 "2012-04-20T11:28:13Z")
**the fact that they were born in July.** So I won’t watch any movie featuring: Donald Sutherland Liv Tyler Forest Whitaker Hilary Swank Kevin Spacey Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Smith Harrison Ford Wesley Snipes Vin Diesel ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/26 "2012-04-20T12:59:30Z")
I don’t usually get too wrapped up in things like certain actors’ political beliefs or causes they support. but there are some (like Alec Baldwin) I can’t stand to watch just because I know how much of a raging asshole they are. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/27 "2012-04-20T13:03:04Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Hugh Grant. I’m curious about this one. Because he picked up a prostitute? If that’s the only reason, you should avoid everything that comes out of Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/28 "2012-04-20T13:41:25Z")
Woody Allen. I can’t watch even his older movies any more, he has so utterly and forever skeeved me out. Not only marrying his adopted daughter, but playing a middle-aged schlub with a 17 year old girlfriend in “Manhattan”. (which has always flummoxed me - where the hell were her parents???) That is utterly revolting, the ego of that asshole. I think he’s deluded and contemptible beyond redemption. (I am thankful that at least his last few movies he’s come to his senses and is, probably reluctantly, casting other, more attractive, younger actors to play ‘the Woody Allen’ role.) Mel Gibson - he is dead to me, lol. Tom Cruise - fake, batshit insane now under some control, creepy creep posing with his tragic, fake wife and that tragic, feral child. Just appalling, the three of them. I would include Lindsay Lohan, but I’ve never seen a single thing she’s been in, and I never want to, either. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/29 "2012-04-20T13:44:26Z")
Last time I went to see Mission impossible, I bought a ticket to another movie to get into the theater. Didn’t want to miss Brad Bird at work. Haven’t seen Mel Gibson’s work since _passion of the christ_, just to see what the controversy was about. ---
**Author:** ![supergirl123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@supergirl123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergirl123)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/30 "2012-04-20T13:49:29Z")
Tom Cruise. He comes across as fake, cheesy and way too intense. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/31 "2012-04-20T13:54:24Z")
> [@supergirl123](#): > > Tom Cruise. > > He comes across as fake, cheesy and way too intense. Um…he’s an actor. That’s kinda what they do. > [@kunilou](#): > > My wife used to love Charleton Heston, but stopped watching his movies as he became more and more identified with the NRA. Even though he got Alzhiemers, withdrew from public life and eventually died, she still won’t watch his movies. It’s PEOPLLLLLLLLLLLLLE! Seriously, another vote for Mel Gibson. Not sure why the guy squicks me out more than Polanski, but he does. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/32 "2012-04-20T14:15:03Z")
I never have, but my parents refused to watch the “Naked Gun” movies when I was a kid, explaining that they were just too creeped out by OJ Simpson playing a light-hearted comedic character. ---
**Author:** ![supergirl123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@supergirl123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergirl123)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/33 "2012-04-20T15:10:26Z")
Nicole Kidman - frozen face, wooden acting and dull to watch. Jennifer Anniston - seems to play the one character. Insipid. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/34 "2012-04-20T15:17:05Z")
My wife always seems to pick up the lastest romantic comedy to watch on DVD. I’ll watch along for the heck of it. Except for the ones with Katherine Heigl. I can’t stand that smarmy chick. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/35 "2012-04-20T15:24:25Z")
I don’t watch movies with Tom Cruise in them because they suck. Except for that one with Rebecca DeMornay in it. Then I only look at her. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/36 "2012-04-20T15:27:19Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > I never have, but my parents refused to watch the “Naked Gun” movies when I was a kid, explaining that they were just too creeped out by OJ Simpson playing a light-hearted comedic character. I’m curious how old you are. Was this after the murders or did they just find him creepy before that. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/37 "2012-04-20T15:42:08Z")
I’ve enjoyed some of Woody Allen’s movies, esp _Bananas_. He may be a creep but he used to make some good ones. I’ve also enjoyed Tom Cruise, especially _A Few Good Men_ and _Rain Man_. Mel Gibson’s too, like _The Road Warrior_ and _Tim_. I really don’t know any Polanski movies, nor any good ones Jane Fonda was in. So, I guess the answer is No, I do not boycott certain actors. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/38 "2012-04-20T16:00:47Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > … Tom Cruise - fake, batshit insane now under some control, creepy creep posing with his tragic, fake wife and that tragic, feral child. Just appalling, the three of them. . . How is Suri a “feral child?” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/39 "2012-04-20T16:05:43Z")
1. I don’t pay much attention to what they do in private. 2. I don’t watch that many movies to begin with. 3. Who gives a rat’s ass? ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347/40 "2012-04-20T19:09:07Z")
Yep. Won’t watch: - Jane Fonda - Tim Robbins - Michael Moore - Rob Reiner - Susan Sarandon Their policial beliefs make it impossible for me to separate them from the characters they play. Woody Allen - Because his personal life, and the quasi-incest, is just too unpalatable for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-boycott-certain-actors-because-you-dont-like/619347.md?page=3)