# Things a celebrity won't do **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526 "2006-08-06T03:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/1 "2006-08-06T03:30:53Z")
I know that there are some celebrities that won’t do nudity, but are there any other things that you ever read of a celebrity saying that they won’t do, usually for some kind of moral reason? I vaguely remember reading an article where Sarah Jessica Parker said that she rarely curses. And I once remember reading John Corbett saying that he wouldn’t kiss another woman onscreen if he was married in real life. Can you think of any other examples, other than nudity? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/2 "2006-08-06T03:43:33Z")
Some actors will try to keep the characters they play from drinking. Dan Castalanetta asked the Simpsons writers to make Barney a recovering alcoholic because he didn’t want to have to play a drunk all the time. Of course, Barney has gone off the wagon a lot and Homer Simpson is pretty close to being an alcoholic. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/3 "2006-08-06T03:54:15Z")
I’ve known several actors that would not smoke…not really celebrities, but local performers. Also knew a guy that would do most things, including swearing, but would not say “God Damn” or variations thereof… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/4 "2006-08-06T06:44:29Z")
Dana Plato offered me a blowjob. For $100. She eventually got down to $20 for a screw, but I wasn’t interested. I was only there for the free food. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/5 "2006-08-06T09:34:16Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Of course, Barney has gone off the wagon a lot and **Homer Simpson is pretty close to being an alcoholic**. 😕 Homer is close to being an alcoholic in the same sense that Nashville is close to the capital of Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/6 "2006-08-06T09:49:25Z")
Patrick McGoohan turned down the role of James Bond in “Dr No” because he felt the character was too morally depraved - so I guess beating up women, shooting unarmed men and wise cracking as Jamaican thugs burned to death were things he wouldn’t do. mm ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/7 "2006-08-06T09:59:25Z")
None of them have ever done _me_. Sean Young, give me a call. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/8 "2006-08-06T12:34:53Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Dana Plato offered me a blowjob. For $100. She eventually got down to $20 for a screw, but I wasn’t interested. I was only there for the free food. The sad part is that we don’t know if you’re joking. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/9 "2006-08-06T12:40:45Z")
> [@RachelChristine](#): > > I know that there are some celebrities that won’t do nudity OTOH there are plenty of celebs who prefer to go nekkid than wear fur. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/10 "2006-08-06T13:13:34Z")
Lisa Whelchel has refused to play characters that engage in adulterous relationships or pre-marital sex. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/11 "2006-08-06T13:37:28Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’ve known several actors that would not smoke…not really celebrities, but local performers. Mae West. She hated cigarettes: when she smoked in her movies, she used some kind of fake flaxweed cigarettes or something, and she never let anyone smoke near her, on- or offscreen. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/12 "2006-08-06T14:01:02Z")
A lot of them refuse to do TV commercials, unless they’re aired in a place where their associates won’t see them. [Japander](http://www.japander.com/japander/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/13 "2006-08-06T17:45:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Dana Plato offered me a blowjob. For $100. She eventually got down to $20 for a screw, but I wasn’t interested. I was only there for the free food. :eek: You absolutely cannot just leave this hanging there without an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/14 "2006-08-06T17:49:08Z")
Seems that I’ve read or heard rumors that many actors back in the 60s and 70s sometimes refused to cut their hair or their huge mohunkin’ mustaches for roles. Can’t really remember who, or where I heard this. Does sound sorta urban legendish, I admit. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/15 "2006-08-06T18:05:32Z")
> [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > 😕 > > Homer is close to being an alcoholic in the same sense that Nashville is close to the capital of Tennessee. Well, Homer’s devotion to and abuse of beer, like his IQ, went up and down as demanded by the plot or jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/16 "2006-08-06T18:11:09Z")
Archibald Leach, Bernard Schwartz and Lucille LeSueur won’t come into my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/17 "2006-08-06T18:22:48Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Lisa Whelchel has refused to play characters that engage in adulterous relationships or pre-marital sex. I don’t think she really qualifies as a celebrity, what with not having worked in 15+ years, and then only on one television series. Elizabeth Hurley refuses to return my calls. ---
**Author:** ![Standard\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Standard\_Nathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standard_Nathan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/18 "2006-08-06T18:55:14Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > Seems that I’ve read or heard rumors that many actors back in the 60s and 70s sometimes refused to cut their hair or their huge mohunkin’ mustaches for roles. Can’t really remember who, or where I heard this. Does sound sorta urban legendish, I admit. > > Sir Rhosis not a _huge_ moustache, but Cesar Romero refused to shave his off for his role as the Joker in the '60s “Batman” TV series, so his makeup was applied right over it. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/19 "2006-08-06T18:57:45Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Lucille LeSueur won’t come into my kitchen. Have you tried scrubbing it with some Bon Ami? ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526/20 "2006-08-06T22:13:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Patrick McGoohan turned down the role of James Bond in “Dr No” because he felt the character was too morally depraved - so I guess beating up women, shooting unarmed men and wise cracking as Jamaican thugs burned to death were things he wouldn’t do. Not only that, but on his own spy show “Secret Agent”, there was no kissing. When Patrick Macnee did “The Avengers” he insisted that his character, John Steed, wouldn’t use a gun; Macnee’s WWII experiences had given him a strong distaste for firearms. The late Dana Plato went through rough times, including being arrested for robbery, before her suicide in 1999. I don’t see a point to making fun of her now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-a-celebrity-wont-do/367526.md?page=2)