# Inside the Actor's Studio: Ten Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934 "2011-07-13T22:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/1 "2011-07-13T22:31:30Z")
Host James Lipton concludes each episode of Inside the Actor’s Studio with a set of ten questions he asks each guest. I thought it would be fun to get the Dopers take on this questionnaire. ``` 1. What is your favorite word? 2. What is your least favorite word? 3. What turns you on? 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 profession other than your own 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 at the Pearly Gates? ``` My answers to get us started: 1. Quintessential 2. Death 3. Gentleness paired with strength 4. Crude behavior 5. Water rushing or waves 6. Wet mouth noises 7. G-d F\*cking dammit 8. Run a children’s bookstore 9. Surgeon 10. Yes, I’m real and y’all are welcome anyway ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/2 "2011-07-13T23:36:12Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Sleep 2. What is your least favorite word? forgot 3. What turns you on? Big muscles 4. What turns you off? Social awkwardness 5. What sound or noise do you love? Windshield wipers 6. What sound or noise do you hate? Someone sniffling 7. What is your favorite curse word? Fuck 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Statistician 9. What profession would you not like to do? Security guard 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Now that you’re here we can get the party started! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/3 "2011-07-14T00:03:32Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Luscious 2. What is your least favorite word? Fractal 3. What turns you on? Sexually? Someone knowing what they want. Otherwise? Someone knowing what I want. 4. What turns you off? Obliviousness 5. What sound or noise do you love? String bass (acoustic) 6. What sound or noise do you hate? Anything percussive and repetitive 7. What is your favorite curse word? Mother of pearl 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Cabinetmaker 9. What profession would you not like to do? Accountant 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? You are dreaming, and you can change your dream to whatever you want, as many times as you want. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/4 "2011-07-14T00:14:41Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Windowsill 2. What is your least favorite word? Seeping 3. What turns you on? Confidence 4. What turns you off? Stupidity 5. What sound or noise do you love? Drag racing 6. What sound or noise do you hate? Kids whining 7. What is your favorite curse word? Holy Smokes! 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Acting 9. What profession would you not like to do? Politics 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Your dad is right over there. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/5 "2011-07-14T00:24:46Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Discombobulated 2. What is your least favorite word? Cunt 3. What turns you on? Pleasant Smells 4. What turns you off? BAD BREATH 5. What sound or noise do you love? Rock and Roll 6. What sound or noise do you hate? any persistant beeping sound 7. What is your favorite curse word? Dickweed! 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Police Officer 9. What profession would you not like to do? Accountant 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Welcome ---
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/6 "2011-07-14T02:16:51Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Mama (when my 9-yr-old daughter says it) 2. What is your least favorite word? phlegm 3. What turns you on? confidence 4. What turns you off? dishonesty 5. What sound or noise do you love? tie–that sigh everyone does at the end of a good laugh and the sigh my daughter sighs when I hug her 6. What sound or noise do you hate? the din of a room full of people talking (sensory overload!) 7. What is your favorite curse word? motherfucker 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? children’s speech therapist 9. What profession would you not like to do? guy who scrapes up dead animal carcasses off the highway 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? I know I threw a lot at you but you handled it all with grace. I’m proud of you. Your Grammy is waiting for you in the kitchen with a fresh batch of snickerdoodles–she’s proud of you too. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/7 "2011-07-14T02:30:23Z")
Mama. That is such a good one. Yeah, mama. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/8 "2011-07-14T06:13:45Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Exuberant 2. What is your least favorite word? Depression 3. What turns you on? My partner 4. What turns you off? Willful ignorance 5. What sound or noise do you love? My partner’s voice 6. What sound or noise do you hate? Cars with booming sound systems 7. What is your favorite curse word? Sonofafuckingbitch 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Classical composer 9. What profession would you not like to do? Proctologist 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? You were wrong, I do exist ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/9 "2011-07-14T06:28:58Z")
1. What is your favorite word? **Miracle** 2. What is your least favorite word? **Stubborn** 3. What turns you on? **My wife’s smile.** 4. What turns you off? **Rain on a humid day.** 5. What sound or noise do you love? **Walking into a Disney Park with atmosphere music playing.** 6. What sound or noise do you hate? **Morning alarm going off.** 7. What is your favorite curse word? **Fuck-nut** 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? **Baseball stadium or Disney Park PA announcer.** 9. What profession would you not like to do? **Salesperson/Tele-marketer** 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? **You’ve lived a long, fulfilling life.** ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/10 "2011-07-14T12:53:35Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Home. 2. What is your least favorite word? What **spooje** said. 3. What turns you on? Peace 4. What turns you off? Intrusion 5. What sound or noise do you love? Waves 6. What sound or noise do you hate? Metal scraping against metal. 7. What is your favorite curse word? Sonofabitch. 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Bookbinder. 9. What profession would you not like to do? Telemarketer 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Well, come on in anyway. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/11 "2011-07-14T13:27:22Z")
1. What is your favorite word? **severance** 2. What is your least favorite word? I hate a lot of words… I’ll go with **panties** 3. What turns you on? **Self-control** 4. What turns you off? **Lack of self-control. and coarseness** 5. What sound or noise do you love? **Droning noises, like air conditioners, rumbling machinery, vacuums…and also those little snorts that babies make when they’re alert and happy** 6. What sound or noise do you hate? **Scritching styrofoam** 7. What is your favorite curse word? **GODDAMMIT** 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? **Artist** 9. What profession would you not like to do? **Anything involving sports or finances** 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? **See, all that worry for nothing! Come on in.** ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/12 "2011-07-14T14:58:32Z")
1. What is your favorite word? **discombobulate** 2. What is your least favorite word? **rural** 3. What turns you on? **music and dance, among other things** 4. What turns you off? **personal drama** 5. What sound or noise do you love? **so many… I’ll go with the ocean Or a cat purring or engines revving** 6. What sound or noise do you hate? **car alarms** 7. What is your favorite curse word? **fuck** 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? **fronting a rock band (will never happen)** 9. What profession would you not like to do? **CPA** 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? \*\*I am so sorry. You were completely and totally unprepared for all that. Will you accept my apology? (Yes, if there is a god, then I think it owes me a great big apology.) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Saganist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Saganist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saganist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/13 "2011-07-14T15:08:11Z")
1. What is your favorite word? - Deft 2. What is your least favorite word? - Stinky 3. What turns you on? - Great sense of humor and curiosity 4. What turns you off? - Being boring 5. What sound or noise do you love? - Electric guitar power chord with lots of distortion 6. What sound or noise do you hate? - Anything loud and very high pitched 7. What is your favorite curse word? - Fuck 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - Pilot 9. What profession would you not like to do? - Marketing 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? - I can answer any question you have; let’s get started. ---
**Author:** ![BlakeTyner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@BlakeTyner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlakeTyner)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/14 "2011-07-14T15:56:11Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Supercilious 2. What is your least favorite word? No 3. What turns you on? My wife in a t-shirt 4. What turns you off? Stupidity 5. What sound or noise do you love? The chug of a GE locomotive 6. What sound or noise do you hate? The sound of a marker on rough paper 7. What is your favorite curse word? Fuck 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Something on the railroad 9. What profession would you not like to do? Highway construction in the Texas heat. 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Welcome. Every pet you’ve ever owned is here. ---
**Author:** ![xkit0katx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/50afbb/32.png) [@xkit0katx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xkit0katx)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/15 "2011-07-14T16:33:42Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Luminescence 2. What is your least favorite word? weevil 3. What turns you on? Intelligence coupled with irreverence and a sense of humor 4. What turns you off? Willful ignorance and bigotry 5. What sound or noise do you love? Cats purring, horses nickering, little kids laughing, and rainstorms 6. What sound or noise do you hate? Other people’s loud mouth sounds - like chewing or really heavy breathing 7. What is your favorite curse word? Bollocks 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Glassblower 9. What profession would you not like to do? Retail 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Congratulations, you passed the critical thinking test! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/16 "2011-07-14T18:27:57Z")
1. What is your favorite word? - Defenestrate ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/17 "2011-07-14T20:45:25Z")
1. What is your favorite word? Sonnenschein as said by Til Lindemann 2. What is your least favorite word? Dude as said by the average stoner 3. What turns you on? [fur massage](http://www.minkglove.com/store/information.php?info_id=6) 4. What turns you off? pain 5. What sound or noise do you love? thunderstorms with lots of rain 6. What sound or noise do you hate? road construction 7. What is your favorite curse word? “foul bunch-backed toad” from Richard III always works. Mouth breathing morons always get that confused puppy look when you use it at them. 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? paid slush pile reader/evaluator 9. What profession would you not like to do? Anything on worlds worst jobs [or whatever that guys show is called] 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-actors-studio-ten-questions/588934/18 "2011-07-14T20:56:15Z")
1. What is your favorite word? - **Parse** 2. What is your least favorite word? - **Britches** 3. What turns you on? - **Cuteness** 4. What turns you off? - **Being tired** 5. What sound or noise do you love? - **Wind blowing across my ears** 6. What sound or noise do you hate? - **Doors opening** 7. What is your favorite curse word? - **Crap** 8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - **Astronaut** 9. What profession would you not like to do? - **Gigolo** 10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? - **Want to go back?**