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In reply to the discussion: What actor causes you to keep flipping channels, when you see s/he's in the movie? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)It's because they are reeeeeaaaaaallly bad actors. I did better than they can, when I was a kid putting on plays with my sisters. How someone gets rich & famous doing a bad job at something is mind boggling, when there are so many good actors around.
They consistently star in the same movie over and over, with different names and costumes. That's why I pass them up.
I don't like Russell Brand personally, but I think he's actually very good at acting the types of characters he does. I recently saw an Eric Idle stand-up play (the kind where the actors stand behind microphones on stage). It was wonderful! Eric Idle wrote most of it, I think. Brand played one of the characters....he takes his acting seriously. He doesn't kid around. He shows up and does his job. He was great in his character, and his lines were funny.
Voight is a pretty good actor. Terrible person, but good actor.
I don't think I've ever seen an Adam Sandler movie. I guess I don't like the kinds of movies he's in.
For the most part, I don't refuse to watch Republican actors. It's more if they have said or done something particularly offensive to me. I'd put Mel GIbson in that category. Maybe Woody Allen.