Inside the Actor's Studio Questionnaire: to DUers!

[elfwitch]

QUESTIONS
1. What is your favorite word?
2. What is your least favorite word?
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
4. What turns you off?
5. What is your favorite curse word?
6. What sound or noise do you love?
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
9. What profession would you not like to do?
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

MY ANSWERS (today)
1. Payday
2. No
3. A good movie, song, cartoon
4. Ignorance and dogmatic beliefs
5. Shit
6. The sound of my son giggling
7. The sound of my husband snoring
8. Current profession: Web designer Wishful profession: voice actor (cartoons, commercials, etc.)
9. POTUS
10. "See they were wrong you weren't going to hell. And lucky you, you won't be seeing them here anyway."

[NMDemDist2]

1. LOL eom

[elfwitch]

4. no answers?

This might be your only chance to answer the James Lipton questions.

[soleft]

2. Ok Mr. Lipton

QUESTIONS
1. What is your favorite word?

Portfolio

2. What is your least favorite word?

the c word I guess

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

compassion

4. What turns you off?

cruelty

5. What is your favorite curse word?

MFing POS


6. What sound or noise do you love?

waves crashing

7. What sound or noise do you hate?

alarm clock

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

psychology

9. What profession would you not like to do?

anything with math

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

Your batting 5th and catching

[wysimdnwyg]

3. I love these...

1. What is your favorite word?
Please
2. What is your least favorite word?
Must
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Good music
4. What turns you off?
Crowds
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Fuck
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Birds singing
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
People
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Forest ranger
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Customer service
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Son, you were wrong, but so was everybody else. Come on in!

[LionInWinter]

5. Since I'm never gonna be on the show ...

1. What is your favorite word?
Daddy
2. What is your least favorite word?
rape
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
reading
4. What turns you off?
stupid people
5. What is your favorite curse word?
motherf*cker
6. What sound or noise do you love?
my daughters' laughter
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
any telephone ringing
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
author
9. What profession would you not like to do?
lawyer
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"Welcome, make yourself at home, the rest of your family will be here, but it won't be for a long time."

[NMDemDist2]

6. ok ok here we go

1. What is your favorite word?
love
2. What is your least favorite word?
hate
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
music
4. What turns you off?
cold
5. What is your favorite curse word?
shit
6. What sound or noise do you love?
running water, streams and waterfalls
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
harleys with straight pipes at 2AM in my neighborhood
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
author
9. What profession would you not like to do?
farm labour
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
your work is done, no need to return to planet earth again

[dr.strangelove]

7. Great Post

1. What is your favorite word?
Tricia (Corny, but its my wife's name and I always loved it)

2. What is your least favorite word?
CUNT - Just sounds dirty.

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Stress

4. What turns you off?
Failing to try to overcome adversity. Failure itself is fine, but I hate watching someone give up without trying.

5. What is your favorite curse word?
Fuck

6. What sound or noise do you love?
Hitting the bottom of a bottle of Snapple or other glass beverage container.

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
A bag of chips being opened.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
High School History Teacher

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Midget Wrestling

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you
arrive at the Pearly Gates?
The beer is cold and there is pretzels at the bar.

[tigerbeat]

8. stop giving me that creepy leer, lipton!

1. What is your favorite word?
Visceral

2. What is your least favorite word?
Conservative

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Guitar Pop

4. What turns you off?
Creed

5. What is your favorite curse word?
Cocksucker

6. What sound or noise do you love?
Applause

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
Phlegm in the throat

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Political reporter

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Meter Maid

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"Welcome Tiger. John Lennon, George Harrison, Buddy Holly, Miles Davis, Keith Moon, John Entwhistle, Elliot Smith, Joey Ramone and John Bonham have been rehearsing all week. The show starts in 10 minutes."

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. Sure, why not?

1. mellifluous
2. gonorrhea
3. liquor
4. gonorrhea
5. CUNT!
6. my birds making happy chirps
7. my birds screaming for attention
8. pitcher
9. this one
10. Damn, you're sexy.

[lazarus]

10. answers

1. What is your favorite word?

yes

2. What is your least favorite word?

c**t (that nasty four letter word that's offensive even in its very sound. For those who can't figure it out, put an 'n' and a 'u' in there. Ick.)

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

learning

4. What turns you off?

ignorance

5. What is your favorite curse word?

fuck. So many variations, so many ways to be used. It can be any form of language, verb, noun, adverb, gerund, anything.

'Shit' is a close second, and some days is first.

6. What sound or noise do you love?

that cool chord used for THX sound.

7. What sound or noise do you hate?

metallic screeching

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

research librarian

9. What profession would you not like to do?

anything on an assembly line or doing that sort of work

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

"So, let me explain..."

[Misunderestimator]

11. Mine...

1. What is your favorite word? Poetry
2. What is your least favorite word? the N word
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Music
4. What turns you off? George W. Bush
5. What is your favorite curse word? F*ck / Shithead
6. What sound or noise do you love? Currently, the popping sound that "Donkey" makes in Shrek 2 (I know...)
7. What sound or noise do you hate? High-pitched screaming or crying
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Physician
9. What profession would you not like to do? Politician
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Ok... I'll play along... Welcome to Heaven, all the women are over there. :)

[fudge stripe cookays]

12. These are fun!

1. What is your favorite word?
--ichthyolite. It's just fun to say.

2. What is your least favorite word?
--hypocrisy. 'Nuff said.

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
--Sitting in my favorite coffeehouse being inspired and writing up a storm, seeing the beauty being revealed in my garden (from its former incarnation as dead grass and weeds), feeling the welling up inside of inspiring someone to register to vote and get involved at long last. (Knowing that I could die tomorrow with a replacement for my fervor.)

4. What turns you off?
--The idiots who insist on buying SUVs, polluting, voting Republican, putting money above all...mindlessly destroying our world and everything in it with absolutely no guilt, and no conscience.

5. What is your favorite curse word?
--The F Bomb

6. What sound or noise do you love?
--Purring cat, snoring dog, hubby breathing softly while he sleeps; soft waves carressing a beach

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
--Anything loud and jarring- obnoxious loud car engines, lawn mowers, screaming children, squawking birds, cel phone rings. I like things soft, measured, and regular.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
--Creative diva. Owner of my own fu-fu store with a little coffee bar, selling girly things, potpourri, antiques, garden doo-dads, and marketing my goods online nationwide as well. Like Martha or Tracy Porter.

9. What profession would you not like to do?
--Professional Puppy Poop Picker Upper (there is a business in our town that does this, seriously)

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
--Your dad's over there and he's so proud of you. He's waiting for a hug. And your great grandmother and grandfather found out you know some German and are eager to share some good family stories with you! They know you've been doing a lot of research!

[terrya]

13. Mine, you James Lipton pretender. :-)

1. What is your favorite word?
2. What is your least favorite word?
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
4. What turns you off?
5. What is your favorite curse word?
6. What sound or noise do you love?
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
9. What profession would you not like to do?
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

1) Love
2) Greed
3) Quiet and peace
4) Intolerance
5) FUCK
6) My boyfriend talking dirty to me
7) Fingernails scraping on a blackboard
8) Writing
9) Being the head of a ultra right-wing religious cult or chairman of the Republican Party (both are loathsome)
10) "You didn't believe in me, Terry. I believed in you"

[mede8er]

14. And the answer is......

1. What is your favorite word?
Yes
2. What is your least favorite word?
No
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Music
4. What turns you off?
Body Odor
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Fuck
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Waves on the beach
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
Vacuum cleaner...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Teacher
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Pick cotton
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Not you again.......:+

[ronnykmarshall]

15. Since I'll probably never be on that show:

QUESTIONS
1. What is your favorite word? - vacation
2. What is your least favorite word? - faggot
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? - laughter and music
4. What turns you off? - ingorance and arrogance
5. What is your favorite curse word? - mother fucker
6. What sound or noise do you love? - laughter and music
7. What sound or noise do you hate? - a car slamming on it breaks
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - actor/singer
9. What profession would you not like to do? - working in a morge
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? - Your family, friends and pets are waiting at the bar. Mickey and your brother will show you the way.

[GOPisEvil]

16. My answers, James:

1. Possible.
2. Impossible.
3. Learning something new.
4. Repetition and stagnation.
5. Sonufabitch!
6. The satisfying thwack of a well-struck golf ball. OR The sound a golf ball makes when it hits the bottom of the hole.
7. Children screaming.
8. Punditry.
9. Factory work.
10. Welcome. You've got plenty to learn, and all eternity to learn it. Everyone who has ever passed before you is here, and willing to talk about anything.

[Spider Jerusalem]

17. All right...

1. What is your favorite word?
Viridescent. (I just like the sound of it.)
2. What is your least favorite word?
Pussy. (Always offended me, for some reason. Worse than "cunt".)
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Music, a midnight walk on a moonless night under a sky full of stars.
4. What turns you off?
Willful ignorance, intolerance, incompetence and fanaticism.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Bloody.
6. What sound or noise do you love?
The distinctive "click" of a Zippo lighter being opened or closed.
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
The "thud" of the heels of someone walking heavily across a wooden floor while barefoot.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Historian or engineer.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Politician.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"The library is that way. We have every book ever written, along with copies of every work of art and every film. You can smoke if you want, and we have a sizable selection of drugs. Eternity is a long time to do nothing, after all."

[No2W2004]

18. Here's mine....

1. What is your favorite word? Holiday
2. What is your least favorite word? Tax
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Wit,
Intelligence
4. What turns you off? Smugness, Biggitry
5. What is your favorite curse word? Fuck, because of it's many uses.
6. What sound or noise do you love? My kids laughing
7. What sound or noise do you hate? My kids whineing
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Artist
9. What profession would you not like to do? Accountant
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? We're a bit crowded, so you have to stay in the beer and debauchery wing.

[ForrestGump]

19. All right!

1. What is your favorite word?

No, it isn't.

2. What is your least favorite word?

That's not true, either. You're obviously one of those people that sees everything in stark black and white. Well, my uptight friend, I've got news for you: just because it's not my favorite word doesn't imply that it's my least favorite word.

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Not particularly. What is your fixation with this word?

4. What turns you off?

No. We've already covered this ground.

5. What is your favorite curse word?

There you go again. No particular timely homage to The Gypper intended.

6. What sound or noise do you love?

This one:

7. What sound or noise do you hate?

That's easy..this one:

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

J-Lo nipple tweaker:



9. What profession would you not like to do?

Rush Limbaugh nipple tweaker:



10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

We couldn't find 72 virgins for you, so I'm afraid you'll have to settle for 72 experienced women who have been celibate for far too long and who bear eerie resemblances to the following ladies....

[SarahB]

20. As I imagine James Lipton....

:scared:

1. What is your favorite word?
yes

2. What is your least favorite word?
no

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
honesty, compassion, and getting turned on :D

4. What turns you off?
When people make the wrong assumptions about me based of superficial stuff. People without self-awareness.

5. What is your favorite curse word?
the proverbial f*ck

6. What sound or noise do you love?
gentles wispers of people or in nature (the wind, a cat)

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
my dog barking, excessive whining

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
actor, writer, politician

9. What profession would you not like to do?
accountant, actuary, financial analyst

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Yes, you did matter in this world.

[trag]

21. Here's mine

1. What is your favorite word? Weekend
2. What is your least favorite word? Stupid
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Music
4. What turns you off? Bad moods
5. What is your favorite curse word? Fuck
6. What sound or noise do you love? Moans hehehe
7. What sound or noise do you hate? Loud cars or trucks
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Fire Fighter
9. What profession would you not like to do? Un-elected President
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Now that your are here, how was Hell?

[Bat Boy]

22. I always wanted to do this...

1. What is your favorite word?
Badger. The word is just inherently funny to me.

2. What is your least favorite word?
The "N" word. I can't even type it without feeling uncomfortable, as if some piece of my humanity dies with the act.

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Humor.

4. What turns you off?
When complex issues are vehemently discussed as black or white.

5. What is your favorite curse word?
Rancid monkey fucker.

6. What sound or noise do you love?
Laughter, solo or en masse.

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
A roomful of people yelling at each other simultaneously.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
What have you got?

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything requiring a tie. They restrict blood flow to the brain.

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

You get the joke. Now go back. You're way too early.

On edit: Cleaned up to maintain the illusion of literacy...

[snorkie]

23. This looks fun, can a newbie play?

QUESTIONS
1. What is your favorite word?
Research

2. What is your least favorite word?
Fundamentalism

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Hiking

4. What turns you off?
Narrow minded folks

5. What is your favorite curse word?
goddam it

6. What sound or noise do you love?
A small stream's waterfall

7. What sound or noise do you hate?
Car alarms and silverware scratching on plates.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Formula 1 driver

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Doorman at the Republican Convention

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
How the Hell did you get in here?????

[gauguin57]

24. must i answer in lipton's pretentious french?

Actors Studio questionnaire: The Political Edition:


1. What is your favorite word? liberal

2. What is your least favorite word? neocon

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? volunteering for Kerry

4. What turns you off? Ronnie Raygun funeral week

5. What is your favorite curse word? Fuck Bush and the Horse He Rode in On!

6. What sound or noise do you love? The door hitting Bush in the ass on the way outta the White House on Jan. 20, 2005

7. What sound or noise do you hate? Bush's malaprop-filled voice

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Kerry's speechwriter or body man

9. What profession would you not like to do? Bush's body man (ewwwwwwww!)

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? All members of the Bush family are in the OTHER PLACE with Lee Atwater!