# Most Beloved Celebrity Who Still Has A Career? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196 "2013-02-13T17:21:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/21 "2013-02-13T20:32:39Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > ^^^ If I’ve ever purchased anything of the Beatles, I got the stuff has gifts to give to other people, a move that Ringo made me grow to regret. ☹ ☹ ☹ > > God bless you always!!! > > Holly :rolleyes: I love when people look reason in the face and spit in its eye. This is a ridiculous opinion. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/22 "2013-02-13T20:37:05Z")
^^^ To me attitude is everything and so if the celebrity doesn’t show any appreciation to those who buy their work, maybe their work isn’t worth buying in the first place. God bless you always!!! Holly ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/23 "2013-02-13T20:47:57Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > My first thought: Tom Hanks +1 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/24 "2013-02-13T20:49:17Z")
Stephen Fry ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/25 "2013-02-13T20:51:33Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > ^^^ To me attitude is everything and so if the celebrity doesn’t show any appreciation to those who buy their work, maybe their work isn’t worth buying in the first place. > > God bless you always!!! > > Holly So… after showing more appreciation than anyone for 45 years, now showing the same amount of “appreciation” as everyone else AFTER clearly feeling that people were taking advantage of his attitude (by selling ‘correspondance’ on eBay) suddenly he’s worse than everyone else? I’m sorry, but I think your attitude is the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/26 "2013-02-13T20:58:59Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Do people generally like Oprah? > > I got no beef with her. There may be a nice person behind the facade. But all I see is a self-promoting, pompous ass who hoodwinked millions with her pop psychology, and used an unethical psychologist (“Dr.” Phil) and a quack (Dr. Oz), to help spread her self-importance. As for those gifts she handed out, they didn’t come out her her pocket. It’s fine to get companies to donate products and services, but to claim they are actually coming from you is a different story (the GM car giveaway) entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/27 "2013-02-13T21:08:46Z")
Stephen Spielberg. He could be life’s biggest pompous ass and still be respected, yet everyone I know who has met him says he’s an unassuming guy. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/28 "2013-02-13T22:24:20Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > So… after showing more appreciation than anyone for 45 years, now showing the same amount of “appreciation” as everyone else AFTER clearly feeling that people were taking advantage of his attitude (by selling ‘correspondance’ on eBay) suddenly he’s worse than everyone else? > > I’m sorry, but I think your attitude is the problem. Why should everyone have to pay for whatever goes on at Ebay why not all of the fans had anything to do with it. God bless you always!!! Holly ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/29 "2013-02-13T22:46:32Z")
Bill Freakin’ Murray. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/30 "2013-02-13T22:51:26Z")
Maggie Smith Shirley Maclaine Anthony Hopkins Ian McKellan Christopher Plummer ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/31 "2013-02-13T23:05:41Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > I heard Tom Hanks on the Nerdist podcast and thought he was delightful, hilarious and very normal seeming. I already had a positive opinion of him, though, so maybe I’m biased. He was pretty funny on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me several years ago, as well. > [@Annie Xmas](#): > > Stephen Spielberg. He could be life’s biggest pompous ass and still be respected, yet everyone I know who has met him says he’s an unassuming guy. Well, [some people](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_white_supremacist_terror_plot) don’t seem to like him very much. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/32 "2013-02-14T00:49:38Z")
Robert DeNiro Harrison Ford ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/33 "2013-02-14T01:17:42Z")
Bill Cosby ---
**Author:** ![steviep24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/34 "2013-02-14T01:25:15Z")
Arnold Scharzenegger Steve Martin Jennifer Anniston Jerry Sienfeld ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/35 "2013-02-14T16:45:14Z")
> [@steviep24](#): > > Arnold Scharzenegger He is not most beloved. God bless you always! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/36 "2013-02-14T16:54:28Z")
Heh, in fact he’s in the Most Despised Celebrity list. Now Steve Martin, as popular as he was once he’s fallen from grace because he’s reportedly not real charitable towards fans seeking autographs and because a number of his recent flop movies were apparently just done for the financial purpose of adding to his substantial art collection. I love the guy but have seen a lot of negativity toward him on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/37 "2013-02-14T17:11:44Z")
Meryl Streep Bob Newhart ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/38 "2013-02-14T19:05:43Z")
> [@bup](#): > > He is not most beloved. > > God bless you always! He’ll be back. God beat you sideways. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/39 "2013-02-14T19:10:12Z")
I can’t get worked up about celebrities not wanting to do autographs. When the Chicago International Film Festival honored Gregory Peck, every time he left his hotel, there were autograph seekers. He was a wonderfully gracious man, and would always sign. The problem was that the autograph seekers were the _same damn people every single time_. These pricks were running their little autograph businesses by abusing the hospitality of a frail old man. And frankly, I have only slightly less contempt for their customers. Why buy an autograph? An autograph, as far as I’m concerned, is a physical artifact of the time I met this particular person. If you buy an autograph, what are you buying? A counterfeit memory? I have autographs from artists I admire, and photographs with them. But to buy one collected by someone else? I might as well paste my own head over someone else’s in a photograph of that person. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196/40 "2013-02-14T19:34:51Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Ringo Starr. Who doesn’t like Ringo? My candidate as well. The sound of Ringo’s voice (speaking or singing) still makes me smile a little. Always. After 48 years. . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-beloved-celebrity-who-still-has-a-career/650196.md?page=3)