# Inside the Actors Studio Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 1999, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825 "1999-10-20T13:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/1 "1999-10-20T13:37:00Z")
[Inside the Actors Studio](http://www.bravotv.com/whatson/actors.html) on Bravo is one of my favorite shows. James Lipton, one of the founders of the studio, conducts interviews with actors (and sometimes directors). At the end of the interview, he asks the following questions: 1. What is your favorite word? 2. What is your least favorite word? 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? 4. What turns you off? 5. What sound or noise do you love? 6. What sound or noise do you hate? 7. What is your favorite curse word? 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? 9. What profession would you not like to do? 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? I’ll answer later - I’m interested to hear what the teeming millions answers will be. * * * Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, dogs are from Pluto. - Anonymous ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/2 "1999-10-20T13:57:00Z")
OK, I’ll bite. I love them “Favourite Thingies”-threads 🙂 1. What is your favorite word? Ferrari or Beer. Make that a draw. 2. What is your least favorite word? Speeding Ticket (well, least favourite 2 words then). 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? I hate to be predictable, but my favourite thing is either sex or a good Formula 1 race. 4. What turns you off? Women with ties, women with too large boobs and/or too large butts. 5. What sound or noise do you love? Ferrari Boxer 12 Engine, preferably a carburator (sp?) like a 512 BB. 6. What sound or noise do you hate? Easy. My alarm clock. 7. What is your favorite curse word? Well, my favourite English curse word would probably be “Fuck” since it’s so goddamn universal 🙂 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? I would like to be an Investment Banker… o wait ! That’s what I am ! Seriously ? Formula 1 driver or world-traveling-journalist-visiting-weird-places. 9. What profession would you not like to do? Errrrrmmmm… yeah ! Parking Attendant. 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? “Aaaah Cold, my man, there you are. Now sit down, light up and get a cold beer from the fridge and tell us how the Hell you got here !” ## Good enough for ya ? Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/3 "1999-10-20T13:58:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? \>\> Ability 2. What is your least favorite word? \>\>Unfair 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? \>\> Truely great music 4. What turns you off? \>\> dishonesty 5. What sound or noise do you love? \>\> The crackling of a fire 6. What sound or noise do you hate? \>\> Static 7. What is your favorite curse word? \>\> Fuck 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? \>\>Chef 9. What profession would you not like to do? \>\> Management 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? \>\> I regret nothing * * * “She’s nothin but a little lyin’ ass bitch… I know she says she loves you but you know she don’t care…” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/4 "1999-10-20T14:13:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? _discombobulated_ 2. What is your least favorite word? _I don’t have one_ 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? _good conversation_ 4. What turns you off? _fake people_ 5. What sound or noise do you love? _loud music of my choosing_ 6. What sound or noise do you hate? _loud music from someone else’s party at 3AM when I have to work the next day_ 7. What is your favorite curse word? _fuck, for all purpose. Ass-licker, for insult._ 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? _I wouldn’t mind being a child advocacy lawyer, or work with intellectual property law_ 9. What profession would you not like to do? _assistant crack whore_ 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? _C’mon in! The eternal open bar is right this way._ ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/5 "1999-10-20T14:22:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? _Fuzzy_ 1. What is your least favorite word? _Cunt_ 1. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? _Manly chests._ 1. What turns you off? _Bad breath._ 1. What sound or noise do you love? _Tearing paper._ 1. What sound or noise do you hate? _The noise the vents on the bottom of our Weber BBQ make when they’re moved. Akin to fingernails on a blackboard._ 1. What is your favorite curse word? _Shitdoggies!_ 1. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? _Editor_ 1. What profession would you not like to do? _Policeman/Corrections Officer_ 1. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? _Man, you worry way too much! Everything’s cool._ ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/6 "1999-10-20T14:34:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? _ineluctable_ 2. What is your least favorite word? _irregardless_ 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? _Cycling through sylvan hills, on the tandem with Samantha._ 4. What turns you off? _Not taking personal responsibility._ 5. What sound or noise do you love? _Wind in the trees._ 6. What sound or noise do you hate? _The whiny voices of daytime soaps just audible through a wall._ 7. What is your favorite curse word? _I would say fuck is the first thing that comes up when the toe meets the door jam._ 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? _Landscape and travel photographer_ 9. What profession would you not like to do? _IT network troubleshooter_ 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? _“Y’know, Doug, you were right about that.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/7 "1999-10-20T14:40:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Yes 2. What is your least favorite word? No 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? Fairness 4. What turns you off? Stupidity 5. What sound or noise do you love? The popping of a beer can when it’s opened 6. What sound or noise do you hate? The thunk an empty beer can makes when it hits the trash 7. What is your favorite curse word? Fuck 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? Catering 9. What profession would you not like to do? The one I’m doing now 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? Your son is going to do JUST FINE! * * * “When I was seventeen…I had a very good beer…” - Homer Simpson ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/8 "1999-10-21T05:22:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Exonerated 1. What is your least favorite word? Guilty 1. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? A beautiful woman who can mix a Black & Tan 1. What turns you off? Political ads 1. What sound or noise do you love? Blues Guitar 1. What sound or noise do you hate? Bob’s commercials (ya gotta be from Connecticut) 1. What is your favorite curse word? Ferschlugginer 1. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? Pilot 1. What profession would you not like to do? Clumsy pilot 1. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? HELLO SUCKER!! * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delictorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/9 "1999-10-21T06:14:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? 2. What is your least favorite word? 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? 4. What turns you off? 5. What sound or noise do you love? 6. What sound or noise do you hate? 7. What is your favorite curse word? 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? 9. What profession would you not like to do? 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/10 "1999-10-21T06:24:00Z")
#1 imagination #2 boredom #3 a smile #4 critisism #5 a laugh #6 someone crying #7 wtf #8 artist extraordinaire #9 cleaner of the tiger cage after feeding time at the zoo #10 go back and do it over til you get it right =) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/11 "1999-10-21T06:46:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? **Thipot** 2. What is your least favorite word? **whatever** 3. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? **humor, in answer to both parts** 4. What turns you off? **superficiality** 5. What sound or noise do you love? **Bowen’s laughter** 6. What sound or noise do you hate? **My dog barking** 7. What is your favorite curse word? **Sonofa–!!** 8. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? **Hermit…only I don’t think I’d be very good at it.** 9. What profession would you not like to do? **Deep-sea fisherman** 10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? **"Send her back."** * * * “ChrisCTP-…the sweetheart of the SDMB…” --Diane Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/12 "1999-10-21T07:14:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Cool. 1. What is your least favorite word? Hate. 1. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? Patches of blissful peace. Happiness. 1. What turns you off? Lying. Smoking. 1. What sound or noise do you love? Gentle quiet noises. 1. What sound or noise do you hate? Loud ones. 1. What is your favorite curse word? Shuckydarn. 1. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? Computer Animator. 1. What profession would you not like to do? Oil Rig Worker. Prison Officer. Politician. 1. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? “Welcome, unbeliever. You are forgiven. Enjoy eternity in blissful happiness and joy. (And yes, you are allowed to have sex here)” * * * “Well, roll me in eggs and flour and bake me for forty minutes!” [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/main.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Crittermaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Crittermaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crittermaker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 1999, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/13 "1999-11-10T07:00:00Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Soft. 1. What is your least favorite word? Mucilage. 1. What turns you on or what is your favorite thing? Affection. 1. What turns you off? Stupidity worn as a badge of honor. 1. What sound or noise do you love? Rain on a rooftop at night. 1. What sound or noise do you hate? Car alarms, cell phones. 1. What is your favorite curse word? “Fuck”. Wish I could be more original, but why mess with the classics? 1. What professions other than acting would you like to attempt? Musician. 1. What profession would you not like to do? Telemarketing. 1. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive? “What took you so long?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 1999, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-questions/10825/14 "1999-11-10T13:49:00Z")
1. Antidisestablishmentarianism. 2. Funions 3. Being a smart-ass 4. Extreme violence (especially when directed at me) 5. Waterfalls 6. Nails on a chalkboard 7. Shit (pronounced “shee-it”) 8. International man of mystery 9. Gay porn star 10. “I’m tired; you take over for a while.”