Recent questions tagged actors

Description : If you are in actor in advertising (Commercials), do you get paid only once?

Last Answer : It depends. Most commercial producers draw actors from casting/talent agencies. Some agencies are union shops, others aren't. If the producer wants a big name actor celebrity for their product, a ... mega bucks. The anonymous girl cranking the slot machine in your local casino ad got lunch money.

Description : Can we have a memorial thread for Sidney Poitier?

Last Answer : You played your parts well, Mr. Poitier. RIP.

Description : Ed Asner died. Do you have any favorite scenes or any comments in his memory?

Last Answer : I thought he was generally great, and loved him in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Description : How many of those actors, who insist on doing their own stunts, are doing it because they consciously or subconciously need to compensate for their substandard acting ability?

Last Answer : In Cruise’s case, also because he is short ( 5’7” or so) and has to continuously prove how manly he is.

Description : When you see some of your favorite childhood stars grown up is it ever jarring to you?

Last Answer : Not just child actors. Rock stars. Mick Jagger is 75 Roger Daltrey 75 Bette Midler 73 David Crosby 77 Neil Young 73 James Taylor 71 Judy Collins 80 Joan Baez 78 When I was a kid these folks were in their twenties and thirties.

Description : Why do we close the eyelids of the deceased?

Last Answer : It’s a real thing. I think it would be weird if you went up to see the dearly departed in his coffin and his eyes were open. Some customs used to put pennies on the dead persons eyes to keep them closed.

Description : What are some actors that you can only ever remember by a specific character they played, and not by their actual name?

Last Answer : I rarely ever do that, I always watch the credits and read their names.

Description : Can we give SGT R Lee Ermey one last shout?

Last Answer : He could suck a golfball through a garden hose.

Description : If you were a successful actor (but not an A list celebrity) would you want to stay out of the limelight and live in a small town?

Last Answer : I would. Some place more exotic than Kansas, maybe, but cozy and personal. John Grisham lives on Amelia Island, where my Dad and his wife lived, until he died. My dad’s wife still lives there. She sees him now and again.

Description : Do you think it's ok to portray someone as a different race, ethnicity, or gender, in a true story with historical significance?

Last Answer : It irks me whenever characters are changed for diversity or political correctness. If the character was not of a defined ethnicity then I don’t care one bit. If the person is the best actor to fill the role then I don’t care either.

Description : Is someone killing actors , or their characters , to change how movies or shows end?

Last Answer : Jessica Tandy. She made “Nobody’s Fool” and died soon after, at the youthful age of 85.

Description : When do I give flowers to a performer?

Last Answer : answer:The best course of action when you don't know what to do in a particular situation is to observe and copy what other people around you do. You can bring the flower with you and see if ... people but your culture might be different so you'll have more freedom to act as convenient as you want.

Description : How exactly do actors get paid?

Last Answer : The production company does. It is based on the terms of the contract.

Description : How do you feel when you see your fav actor / character in a bad shape after couple of years?

Last Answer : People change and age, regardless of bad habits. I am in my mid-later 50's now and trust me, it's a shock to see people you haven't seen in decades, in real life or celebrities from your past and ... it's not so much about the aging process as it is the images we keep in our minds from the past.

Description : Do you think actors are unprofessional if they refuse to play a gay role, due to them not being comfortable doing so?

Last Answer : answer:Not at all. We are allowed to have hard limits in our own behaviour. Anne Hathaway was offered the part ultimately played by Katherine Heigl in Baby Mama , and refused because ... discomfort or moral difference, they absolutely should refuse that job. To do otherwise would be unprofessional.

Description : Do you have a celebrity crush?

Last Answer : answer:Val Kilmer has always had my vote, he is exactly my age, literally, within 4 days haha but..now that he sold his 6.000 acre ranch in New Mexico the appeal has faded, he has also ... . One of my favorite clips of Val playing Doc Holliday in Tombstone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrxTOFxA50

Description : Do you think Ryan Gosling is handsome?

Last Answer : He looks bland.

Description : How could anyone not love Grizzly Adams? Care to fondly remember actor Dan Haggerty, dead at 74?

Last Answer : He was great in the movie Elves . A young woman discovers that she is the focus of an evil nazi experiment involving selective breeding and summoned elves, an attempt to create a race of supermen. She ... an elf, and only Dan Haggerty, as the renegade loose-cannon Santa Claus, can save them.

Description : Alan Rickman died, pay your respects here?

Last Answer : This better not fucking be true.

Description : Regarding the original TV series, are you a Napoleon Solo or Illya Kuryakin fan?

Last Answer : Only seen the movie, but russians are clearly a superior race.

Description : Which actors do you associate primarily with one film roles?

Last Answer : Gregory Peck played lots of good roles. I’d think more along the lines of Macaulay Culkin as the Home Alone kid.

Description : Do you think the actors who play doctors or nurses in hospital series know ANYTHING about the medical terms they flaunt, or the emergency/surgical procedures they carry out?

Last Answer : answer:Generally speaking, no. I've heard several of them on talk shows (this is a common question they're asked) and they are quick to state honestly that no one should ever assume that they know anything ... several month season. That's a lot. I'm amazed they get as much accomplished as they do.

Description : Care to join me in saying a fond farewell to actor Dick Van Patten ‘Eight Is Enough’ star, who has died at the age of 86?

Last Answer : What a long and successful career Mr. Van Patten had. RIP, sir.

Description : Who would you select for a Mount Rushmore on actors and/or singers?

Last Answer : answer:Film actors or stage and screen? You didn’t say. Marlon Brando, Daniel Day Lewis, Katherine Hepburn, Lawrence Olivier. Rock singers or just rockers (you specified singers)? Janis Joplin, Elvis, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon.

Description : Is Harrison Ford still alive?

Last Answer : Yes, he’s alive and well and has been filming the new Star Wars recently. He was in a minor plane crash, in 1999.

Description : A question about actors who play Sherlock (please see details)

Last Answer : Best Sherlock – Basil Rathbone Worst Sherlock – Christopher Plummer Those two fall somewhere in between, I care not where.

Description : Join me in a moment of silence to honor the works of Richard Kiel?

Last Answer : Nah, no need, it would take a bite out of my ask-public time.

Description : Whose voice entrances you?

Last Answer : answer:Richard Briers had a lovely voice. I especially love men with kind voices. David Attenborough, Michael Palin, Martin Clunes all spring to mind. I also love voices that are so distinctive, I love to ... as I love to hear them sing. I love a Scottish accent on men or women more than anything.

Description : Is it true that Robin Williams commited suicide?

Last Answer : Yes, just saw it. Sad, I loved many of his characters. Report said he had severe depression.

Description : Doctor Who announcement from 19:00 BST: Predictions/hopes/updates can be logged below, you game?

Last Answer : Peter Capaldi apparently is a lock on it, but they have been going with younger doctors recently, so I am unconvinced. I would like Ben Whishaw, but he has denied that he will do it.

Description : Who is the better action actor?

Last Answer : Gibson was good in Ransom/Payback & Braveheart, Willis in Die Hard/Sin City & Pulp Fiction. I’d give Gibson the nod as far as acting goes, but Willis appeared in the slightly better movies as listed above. I’m only counting the first Die Hard film for the simple reason that the others were crap.

Description : When the political left vilifies " the rich" why don't they make exceptions for "the rich" people who behave according to their standards?

Last Answer : Perhaps it would draw undue attention to the fact that they themselves are quite wealthy as well?

Description : What is the name of this actor/comedian?

Last Answer : I have no knowledge of this commercial, but Tom’s younger brother has done some acting, would certainly explain the likeness anyway.

Description : Are we all wearing a disguise?

Last Answer : Depends who I’m dealing with.

Description : Who was the best HULK?

Last Answer : answer:Pretty sure the hulk didn’t explode out of antisemitism, egomania, and sheer crazy. I’m rather fond of Bill Bixby. I remember as a little kid my dad smearing mom’s green eye shadow all over his face, wearing a ripped undershirt, and shoving over rotten pine trees while yelling “Arrrggh!”.

Description : What do you have to do to earn the right to call yourself an artist?

Last Answer : MIlo here; I found the title acceptable after both the Met and the Louvre had a bidding war for one of my paintings at Sotherby’s three years ago.

Description : Have you ever seen a celebrity in prison you've admired?

Last Answer : Oscar Wilde & Stephen Fry.

Description : Why is it more interesting when celebrities do normal things?

Last Answer : It’s not, but a portion of the population is attracted to it, for reasons I would feel like an asshole saying.

Description : 'If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?''?

Last Answer : answer:“Surprise!” And it would be.

Description : Do you think Juliette Lewis minds that she is always cast as a bit of a skank?

Last Answer : Why do you (or should I) care?

Description : Was John Wayne a racist?

Last Answer : answer:Well.., his three wives were all Latino. But back then the norm was quite a bit different. By today’s zero tolerance standards everyone could probably be considered racist, if you pick at it hard enough.

Description : Who would be the most inept, inappropriate James Bond & who would be perfect in your opinion?

Last Answer : Inept – Danny Devito or Donald Trump Perfect – Josh Brolin. I know most wouldn’t agree, but I find him irresistible, even though he would be better suited for one of the bad guys. And you would be perfect as well, @ucme. :)

Description : How do you think Ricky Gervais handled the Golden Globes presentation?

Last Answer : Meh – I wasn’t very impressed.

Description : Anyone remember the TV shows Red Hand Gang & Double Deckers? If so, did any of the stars appear in any subsequent shows or movies?

Last Answer : You can go on imdb.com they have info on both those shows as well as filmographies for the cast members. I see Peter Firth from DD went on to play roles in Pearl Harbor and Chill Factor

Description : Who's the blonde actor on the left in this photo?

Last Answer : John Elway? Not an actor…

Description : Is colin farrell half Irish, half Italian?

Last Answer : I’m not sure, but I know that Zachary Quinto is.

Description : What's with Gary Busey?

Last Answer : Look him up in imdb.com and tmz.com…. !

Description : What is the name of the actors who played Leland Stottlemeyer's sons in the TV show Monk?

Last Answer : Was it the camping episode last week? I kinda watched it so I don’t remember if the kids were his. Was this one of them? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Wolff

Description : Was James Cangney the best ever "Gangster?"?

Last Answer : Welcome to Fluther. Lurve. James Cagney was terrific as a gangster (he was terrific in other roles too). Bogart was tough and beleivable. Edward G. Robinson was scary. Robert Deniro was great, as ... Madsen in Reservoir Dogs. That guy is piss your pants scary, and totally reminds me of my brother.

Description : What agency represents Mikhail Baryshnikov?

Last Answer : Maybe this can help.