Patricia Heaton Has Lost Potential Roles Because of Her Politics

[XanaDUer]

SNIP: Known around left-leaning Hollywood for her conservative stances on weighty issues like abortion and stem cells, 'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Patricia Heaton is happy to explain how important her Christian faith is to her and how it shapes her views and career choices.

"My feeling is all these things come from God and as long as I know I'm staying in line with Him, I don't have to worry if there is backlash," she told me during a visit to AOL's New York offices. "God will open any doors he wants to open and if he closes doors that's fine to (sic - I think they mean 'too').

Telling me that she has many gay friends and doesn't oppose gay marriage, Patricia gets frustrated being automatically lumped together with other conservatives, a characterization she says has cost her possible work.

LINK:

http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/18/patricia-heaton-david-hunt-versailles/

[mzteris]

1. i hope she never works again.

She wasn't very funny anyway.

[hlthe2b]

7. I never liked her before I knew her politics...

But, thanks, Patricia for giving me even more reason. :eyes:

[tularetom]

2. That's her story anyway

She probably lost the roles because she has no talent.

Did it ever occur to her that people don't give a rat's ass about her "Christian faith"? It's supposed to be between you and god isn't it?

[Darth_Kitten]

5. Let me see, a regular on a pretty popular show....

let me guess (as somebody who at least studies acting!) what part of unsuccessful was she?

Seems like sour grapes on her part. Nobody can be on top all the time. :eyes:

[Quantess]

26. No kidding! She has nothing to complain about.

She is a successful actress. She sounds like she's playing the persecuted x-tian card.

[Yavin4]

56. Not Just A Regular, But the Female Lead!

She then got another female lead on a Fox TV show, which failed. Yet, she bounced back last season with yet another female lead on a sitcom.

Ask any actress and they will tell you, getting regular commercial work is considered success in acting. Getting three female leads in a row on NETWORK sitcoms is like hitting the lottery three times in a row.

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[ladywnch]

4. she is a one trick pony actress.

she plays a broad stroke shrew very well. She doesn't have much in the way of depth or layers to her work. She is very one dimensional, very one level player. When you have such limited skills in such a competitive field, it doesn't take much to disqualify someone.

And I'm sure God will keep her good company long after she's gone the way of "Patricia who?" in her career. I mean, let's face it, who do you really think of from Everyone Loves Raymond after Ray Ramono?......Doris Roberts...Peter Boyle.....???? maybe even Brad Garret, but Patricia Heaton is pretty much an afterthought if at all.

[rurallib]

6. 2 things 1) does she have any evidence she lost work?

or is she just declaring herself another persecuted Christian?

2) I am an old guy. When I was young I used to hear the phrase "Some of my best friends are black (negro etc) probably once a day. Now about once a week, I hear the phrase "I have many gay friends" or some variation. I love it when they play the oldies.

[LadyHawkAZ]

8. "Around the house if he ties to tell me how to do something

I say don't tell me, don't control me."

Isn't that a direct contradiction of Biblical instructions re a wife's proper role?

[Raine]

9. Poor Patricia Heaton, I feel so sorry for her

NOT!! :nopity: :evilgrin:

[Darth_Kitten]

11. I just spend the last hour crying for her.

:nopity:

Really I did! :evilgrin:

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Sorta like how Toby Keith and Ted Nugent don't sell more albums because of their politics.

Oh, wait, it's because their music sucks assburgers.

[SmileyRose]

28. Toby Keith is still selling just fine.

Ted Nugent I know nothing about.........

[TheDebbieDee]

29. I thought Toby Keith came out of the closet as a Democrat before

the last presidential election.......

Didn't he say something about it was unfair to make assumptions about his politics because of the type of music he makes?

Or did I dream this?

[SmileyRose]

30. The google machine says you get a star.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/toby-keith-praises-obama_n_119930.html

Sho nuff.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. Fine.

His music STILL sucks assburgers, though.

[iris27]

33. No, you're right. Though I think most people were making assumptions about his politics

based on lyrics like "We'll put a boot up your ass, it's the American way," rather than the genre of music. Not a very Dem sentiment, but I guess the big tent covers many.

[bluestateguy]

12. There is no evidence that this happens in Hollywood

If you are a good actor and a good fit for the part you will get it, unless you are a royal pain in the ass on the sets.

John Voight, Kelsey Grammer, Sly Stallone and Candace Cameron-Bure have no trouble finding work.

[Beartracks]

16. Whoa, I had to look up Candace Cameron Who?

I think more people probably know who Patricia Heaton is. But you're right about these others not having trouble working. Well, wait... for that matter, Ms. Heaton's been working pretty steadily, too. Even if true that she has been turned down for projects, she's still been offered plenty of others.
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[Raine]

19. Candace is the sister of Kirk Cameron

(I'm embararrassed to even know this :blush: but for some reason I do) he's a real fundie nut. Cameron makes lots of those left behind movies, won't even allow the actors to kiss on screen if they're not married in real life. :puke:

[Darth_Kitten]

32. But she's married to a Russian! He won Battle of the Blades...

:evilgrin:

[FarLeftFist]

20. Yes they do. n/t

[rzemanfl]

13. Just like Dalton Trumbo.....

:sarcasm:

[provis99]

14. and I thought she didn't get work because she's a terrible actress.

Silly me. I wonder how Sylvester Stallone and that Die Hard clown keep getting roles, then?

[SidDithers]

15. I thought she lost potential roles...

Because producers had seen her in previous roles.

:shrug:

Sid

[JI7]

17. so how is Mel Gibson able to still find work

[whathehell]

23. Like most of the other repubs mentioned, he is a guy?

Just sayin..:shrug:

[etherealtruth]

18. Oh for crying out loud ...

Does she believe she's Academy Award material?

Like her or not (I'm in the not group) she has achieved more "success" than 99% of the people that get into her field.

[Arugula Latte]

21. So god's a booking agent?

How do people believe this stupid crap? Also, if these things come from "god" then her invisible friend in the sky must be either weak or think she sucks as an actress.

[Horse with no Name]

22. Good. I can't stand her horrid views against women. n/t

[Blasphemer]

24. It's possible that it has lost her jobs

However, there are two sides to that story as there is also a history of conservative Christian actors who refuse to do certain storylines. It's like a model who refuses to do nudity not booking many jobs. I would be weary to hire someone whose views might impact their collaboration on my creative work. That said, Patricia Heaton should be the last person complaining about this. Actresses lose out on work due to many factors - most especially age, race and size - and making millions of dollars on a long-running hit series is actually pretty rare. No actor who has achieved that should spend much time complaining considering how many struggling and out of work actors there are, and have been, in the history of the entertainment industry,

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

25. She lost me when

she was quoted as saying "my husband and I just love President Bush" GAAK!!!! It changed my opinion of her immediately.................

[SmileyRose]

27. Couldn't possibly be because she's a bad actress and hard to work with.

Must be a left wing conspiracy........

[Johonny]

49. +1

Her comments sound like carbon copies of the rants from the Northern Exposure women. When RWers can't find acting jobs it's always a giant left wing conspiracy even though plenty of Hollywood RWers find tons of work.

[LynneSin]

34. Or maybe it's because of her obsessive plastic surgery

just saying

[whathehell]

42. In Hollywood, she would not be alone, there.

just saying.

[WinkyDink]

47. Really? She looked pretty much the same on "The Middle" as on ELR.

[Gemini Cat]

35. Isn't she in a show on ABC?

:shrug:

[GoneOffShore]

36. Victoria Jackson but smarter - not smart enough - but smarter

[katnapped]

53. Smarter?!?

They had her on the last primetime incarnation of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire a couple of years ago (when they had a celebrity play a question), and to say she was dumber than a box of rocks would be an understatement

[ChoppinBroccoli]

37. Good

She's an embarrassment to the Ohio State University. Her new show is terrible (her character is a blatant rip-off of the mom on "Malcolm in the Middle"), and she was the weakest link on "Everybody Loves Raymond." At least we still have Richard Lewis, though.

Just another "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" Republican crying about how she's a "victim." They DO love to throw that albatross around their OWN necks and cry, "Poor, poor me," don't they?

[nxylas]

52. I didn't see any "crying" in the article the OP linked to

She seemed pretty philosophical about it to me. I don't like her politics, but I'm not going to attack her for something she never said.

[johnaries]

38. Is it her politics? Or the fact that she's not a very good actress?

Not bad, but just not particularly good.

[white_wolf]

39. She is always the most boring character in her shows.

I'll admit I like The Middle, but it is the rest of the cast that makes it good. Her husband and three kids are pretty funny and seem like good actors. The guy who plays Axil got an award for his role in Mystic River, I think.

[thelordofhell]

40. What does God think of her breast implants and plastic surgery

If God made her a certain way, isn't it blasphemy to change that?

[RB TexLa]

41. No, that's not blasphemy.

[rucky]

43. Because being a sitcom mom is usually a stepping stone to the A-List.

:eyes:

[CBGLuthier]

44. Everybody loved Raymond but her

Ray Romano tells a very funny and revealing story of how his wife does not like his love scenes in his new series. He said she was never concerned about it on the old show as his wife knew what Patricia Heaton thought of him. As in she hated his guts.
I like Romano's new show Men of a Certain Age. He has become a fairly good actor and the show is well written.

Heaton's new show is such a ripoff of Malcolm in the Middle is it any wonder it is called The Middle? I swear they just cloned the kid who played Dewey.

[SoCalDem]

45. Sorry Patty.

You don't get much work because you are a one-trick-pony.

Your claim to fame is as an average-looking, 40-plus "Mom" actress..and they are a dime-a-dozen.

You wear your politics & preachiness like a badge of honor, and most people are not all that interested in your philosophy..why would they want to hire you and have to listen to all that shit every day? There are many other actresses who can do the job, and who are interested in the work..not in converting everyone they see.

[WinkyDink]

46. One reaps what one sows. Perhaps she has read that.

[The Backlash Cometh]

48. Welcome to our world, Ms.Heaton.

[TheManInTheMac]

50. There are far more successfull actors

who are much more conservative than Patricia Heaton. Fred Thompson, Angie Harmon, Jon Voight, Gary Sinese all come to mind. The fact is she doesn't have the dramatic range to take on many other roles. She was ideal in "Everybody Loves Raymond" but her other work just hasn't been very good. And her religious views have nothing to do with her political views. I've known deeply religious people who are quite progressive. On the flip side, just look at how the conservatives worship Ayn Rand, who wouldn't even let you into her club if you weren't a vocal, proselytizing atheist.

[Stevenmarc]

51. Well maybe God will tell Kirk Cameron to cast you as his mother in his next hit.

[Dreamer Tatum]

54. Wow, the one union (SAG) member DU is willing to say GFY to

Funny.

[AndiMer]

55. A high-tech lynching for uppity women who dare to think for themselves!

I support stem cell reserch and abortion rights. I also support a woman's right to hold WHATEVER FUCKING VIEWS she wants to! RECOMMEND!!!

:argh::mad::grr:

[Yavin4]

57. Bullshit. I Call Bullshit

Patricia Heaton has gotten the female lead on three network sitcoms in a row. How exactly is she not getting work?

Ask any working actor/actress. Getting the lead on network shows is the height of success.