# Which actors do you dislike to watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945 "2015-06-08T03:23:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/121 "2015-06-10T18:46:58Z")
Adam Sandler, Julia Roberts, and Seth Rogen are the names that pop immediately into my head up reading the question. Sandler I think is a talentless boob and it comPLETEly mystifies me how he’s still able to make movies. Julia Roberts I’ve _never_ liked. Even when I was young and horny I never thought she was anything special. And I still don’t. Quite how she came to be referred to as “America’s Sweetheart” when **A** ) she’s _NOT_ that good-lookin’ (at least not as far as _I’m_ concerned) and **B** ) she’s a home-wrecker (didn’t she “steal” someone’s husband away from her?) is quite beyond me. Seth Rogen…maybe it’s not _him_ that I dislike so much but the **movies** he’s in. I think they’re all terrible. Okay - to be fair, the only movie I’ve ever actually seen him in is _Knocked Up_ (which I thought was _epically_ stupid - matter of fact I left the theater before it finished - haven’t done _that_ too many times in my life) but after that the mere _thought_ of him being in something suggests to me that it won’t be any good, so I don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/122 "2015-06-10T19:03:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Thank you. It’s actually Jennifer that I loathe beyond all measure. :smack: … But did you watch _Bound_ ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/123 "2015-06-11T02:07:38Z")
I can’t believe I forgot to mention Matthew McCaughney(or however you spell it; I’m not googling that dude lest a picture of him pop up). It’s not just that he’s unattractive to me- obviously everyone’s mileage varies- he’s so repellent that it boggles my mind how he attained hearthrob status. I will give him credit for furthering his career by choosing some great roles, which he actually performed really well: _Mud, The Paperboy, Killer Joe_ are all great flicks. But fuck me, with all his gazillions could he not get dentures that fit? Between the chicklet look and the whistle, I really have a hard time focusing. And that stupid drawl . . . don’t actors regularly employ voice coaches to ride themselves of that kind of thing? I don’t avoid his movies because again, he’s been making some great choices but I find myself watching \*in spite \*of him. Don’t get me started on those insufferable Lincoln commercials. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad: ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/124 "2015-06-11T15:56:52Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I also got tired of the whole Robin Williams act. I want to believe it wasn’t his fault. It felt like in every role he played there was some producer or director coaxing him to “Do the schtick, do the schtick. You know, the Robin Williams schtick where you talk real fast and do funny voices.” I like him best when he wasn’t doing his “thing”. He was great in Insomnia and One Hour Photo. This. I’ve always thought that he was a better dramatic actor than a comedian. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/125 "2015-06-11T17:07:27Z")
Mary Steenburgen Andie McDowell Julia Roberts William Hurt Leonardo DiCaprio What’s his name? The no-talent guy from SNL who things talking in a “funny” voice and screwing up his face is actually funny…over and over and over again. Oh yeah. Adam Sandler. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/126 "2015-06-11T19:10:41Z")
I would like to add Emily Deschanel. There is something about her voice that grates on me. My husband dislikes watching things with me because I’m always complaining about the actors (not while we are watching, usually). I agree with just about every name on here, which is making me wonder. Who do I actually like watching? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/127 "2015-06-11T19:23:40Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I would like to add Emily Deschanel. There is something about her voice that grates on me. > > My husband dislikes watching things with me because I’m always complaining about the actors (not while we are watching, usually). I agree with just about every name on here, which is making me wonder. Who do I actually like watching? That one’s easy for me: Salma Hayek! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/128 "2015-06-11T19:26:51Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I didn’t realize there were Tilly _sisters_ until I saw this. I loved Jennifer Tilly in _Bound_. Meg Tilly was big back in the eighties when she did _The Big Chill_, _Agnes of God_ and _Valmont_. But then she did some more forgettable movies and decided to take a ten year break from acting. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/129 "2015-06-11T23:46:24Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > What’s his name? The no-talent guy from SNL who things talking in a “funny” voice and screwing up his face is actually funny…over and over and over again. This describes about 50% of the male cast (and a fair portion of the female cast) of SNL. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/130 "2015-06-12T01:11:06Z")
My current can’t stand (due to binging on L&O: SVU) is Marcia Gay Harden. She seemed all right in \*\*Pollack[:b], but I think I first began to hate her in **The Mist**. That loud mouthed, obnoxious religious fanatic did me in. And since then, that smug face and attitude seems ever-present and it drives me bonkers. I even just saw her in a tiny bit part in **The Hoax** and she was so awful that I just wanted to reach through the screen and punt her into Never Never Land. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/131 "2015-06-12T01:50:06Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > My current can’t stand (due to binging on L&O: SVU) is Marcia Gay Harden. She seemed all right in \*\*Pollack[:b], but I think I first began to hate her in **The Mist**. That loud mouthed, obnoxious religious fanatic did me in. And since then, that smug face and attitude seems ever-present and it drives me bonkers. I even just saw her in a tiny bit part in **The Hoax** and she was so awful that I just wanted to reach through the screen and punt her into Never Never Land. Ugh. Did you see the later episode of L&O:SVU where her character’s story comes up again and takes a \*very \*interesting turn? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/132 "2015-06-12T02:18:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Meg Tilly was big back in the eighties when she did _The Big Chill_, _Agnes of God_ and _Valmont_. But then she did some more forgettable movies and decided to take a ten year break from acting. She came forward a few years ago about the childhood sexual abuse she and her sisters endured. A heavy load for anyone, and maybe too much to bear along with celebrityhood as well. Jennifer’s little-girl-voice affectation is hard to take, knowing about that. Another pair of sisters who also were victims were Paula and Ann Prentiss. Paula attempted suicide on set and took a few years off. Ann, lacking a supportive spouse like Paula had in Richard Benjamin, eventually died in prison. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/133 "2015-06-12T04:20:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Did you see the later episode of L&O:SVU where her character’s story comes up again and takes a \*very \*interesting turn? No. I haven’t watched as much of the newer ones. I prefer the chemistry with Elliot. Plus, I now avoid anything with her in it like the plague. ETA: Wait. Should I? Do they kill her slowly and painfully? Does someone wear her like a hat? If so, I might chance it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/134 "2015-06-12T04:27:47Z")
I never could stand Alan Arkin. Yelling does not equal funny. Yelling louder does not equal funnier. Mr. Arkin never seemed to understand this. Or his fans. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/135 "2015-06-12T12:54:26Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > No. I haven’t watched as much of the newer ones. I prefer the chemistry with Elliot. Plus, I now avoid anything with her in it like the plague. > > ETA: Wait. Should I? Do they kill her slowly and painfully? Does someone wear her like a hat? If so, I might chance it. 😛 Oh, honey…trust me. Feeling as you do, you DEFINITELY want to seek out that episode and watch it. I believe you will find it immensely rewarding. I shall say no more. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/136 "2015-06-12T18:13:52Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I didn’t realize there were Tilly _sisters_ until I saw this. I loved Jennifer Tilly in _Bound_. I knew of the Tilly twins, but I didn’t know Jennifer had a sister. I’ve mentioned Thomas Gibson before. The only times I see him are when I’m idly flipping through channels. I have to laugh when I see his “intense” beetlebrowed scowl. He’s just terrible. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/137 "2015-06-12T18:51:50Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > :smack: … But did you watch _Bound_ ? 🙂 No, because I automatically reject any movie that she’s in. The only one I’ve seen where she seemed to actually understand what an actor is supposed to do was Woody Allen’s _Bullets Over Broadway_ (1994). Coincidentally, it’s just about the only Woody Allen movie that I can stand. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/138 "2015-06-12T19:04:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > No, because I automatically reject any movie that she’s in. The only one I’ve seen where she seemed to actually understand what an actor is supposed to do was Woody Allen’s _Bullets Over Broadway_ (1994). Coincidentally, it’s just about the only Woody Allen movie that I can stand. Speaking of which, Woody Allen as an actor. Just never have seen it. Allen seems to only have only one expression, the pasty-faced whiny nerd, that he wears in every film I’ve seen him in, and for all his (admitted) genius, he’s a complete deal-breaker for me in a movie. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/139 "2015-06-12T19:18:43Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Speaking of which, Woody Allen as an actor. He’s basically the same character in every movie. If such a person were in my life, he would not be so for long. Life is too short to spend any time on such an annoying person. Kenneth Branagh played the Woody Allen character in _Celebrity_. It was a like a 2 hour Woody Allen impression. It was even less pleasant than that sounds. There are several actors I just do not like, in addition to Woody Allen. **Leonardo Di Caprio** - he will always be a pasty faced kid to me. I cannot take him seriously in anything. **Terrance Howard** - they say he’s good…but I just don’t see it. Probably because I just don’t like his face. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/140 "2015-06-12T22:07:05Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I never could stand Alan Arkin. Yelling does not equal funny. Yelling louder does not equal funnier. Mr. Arkin never seemed to understand this. Or his fans. I think he’s better in dramatic roles. _The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter_ stands out for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945.md?page=8)