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1 - saturnR
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Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
2. What is your least favorite word?
3. What turns you on?
4. What turns you off?
5. What sound or noise do you love?
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
7. What is your favorite curse word?
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?
This is the set of questions that James Lipton always asks his guests at the end of every episode.
Let us hear you guys's answers 
- m0r1arty
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
My answers will likely change each time I'm asked but, as of this moment, here they are:
1. What is your favorite word?
Onomatopoeia.
2. What is your least favorite word?
Really.
3. What turns you on?
Determined confidence with quiet scathing self reflection.
4. What turns you off?
Idiocy.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Genuine laughter.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
A baby crying from neglect.
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Fannybaws.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
...I really can't think of one. Anything with new things to discover I suppose.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything related to the police.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Would you like another go?
There; odd set of questions but fun thinking about my answers. I recommend giving it a go to everyone!
-m0r
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- AliceI
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Ducky (When ever someone asks me how I am doing my response is almost always "just ducky" and can mean either good or not so good depending on my tone of voice.)
2. What is your least favorite word?
It's a filthy curse word directed at women that begins with a 'C' and ends with a 'T'
3. What turns you on?
This question can be taken a couple of ways. What gets me moving would be someone in need. The other way to interpret this question - Ummm I know it's silly, but vampires.
4. What turns you off?
Gratuitious violence and profanity
5. What sound or noise do you love?
The cacophany of hundreds of birds chirping in the trees
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Cracking knuckles
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Does this mean the one I use the most? I don't really like cursing, but the word that slips out most often is shit.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I wish I was a professional writer
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything with waste disposal
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Well done
Last edited by AliceI (April 23, 2013 2:10 pm)
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
saturnR wrote:
1. What is your favorite word?
2. What is your least favorite word?
3. What turns you on?
4. What turns you off?
5. What sound or noise do you love?
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
7. What is your favorite curse word?
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?
This is the set of questions that James Lipton always asks his guests at the end of every episode.
Let us hear you guys's answers
1: amalgamate
2: Moist
3: Intense eye contact
4: stupidity - moreso the lack of common sense or logic rather than a lack of intellectual prowess
5: A lone violin
6: Tinitus - I lost the hearing in my right ear at 18 but have suffered from tinnitus ever since which infuraties me to the point of near insanity
7: I enjoy almost all cuss words however simply calling someone a 'tit' amuses me greatly. Is thast a cuss word really. if not it would be feck.
8: Lighting designer - I dabbled in Technical theatre studies for a while before throwing it all in for a boy but I loved it. Working in Theatre in general.
9: Journalist for the Daily Mail
10: I suspect you have made a grievous error...Too late to give confession?...
Last edited by Atara (June 2, 2013 9:10 pm)
- Mary Me
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Obsession
2. What is your least favorite word?
There is none at the moment...
3. What turns you on?
An intelligent chat, intense eye contact and... smoking
4. What turns you off?
Stupidity, bravado, pointless drivel
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Honest laugher, a well played instrument, singing birds in the morning, my cat meowing sweetly
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Pubescent school girls giggling, little children's noise, public talking, sobbing
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Goddamnit, What the hell, Jesus
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Writer, therapist
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Teacher at primary schools
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
All cocktails are for free.
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- tonnaree
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
eclectic
2. What is your least favorite word?
nigger
3. What turns you on?
originality
4. What turns you off?
hyporicsy
5. What sound or noise do you love?
my kids laughing uncontrolably
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
my mother crying
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Jesus titty fucking christ (blame Tray Parker and Matt Stone)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Benedict Cumberbatch's personal dresser.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Pediatric oncology
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Phillip's so excited you're here. (long story)
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- kittykat
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Nuzzle, because it's adorable
2. What is your least favorite word?
The 'C' word that rhymes with blunt. I can't even type it.
3. What turns you on?
Slash of course!
4. What turns you off?
Idiocy
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Piano music
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Rap music, ugh
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Bollocks
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Actress
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Farm work, especially helping animals give birth. Too squicky for me.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"Your mum's waiting for you."
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- sj4iy
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
tsuki (月) - means "moon" in Japanese. I just love saying it - it sounds so choppy with the "tsu" followed by the "ki"
2. What is your least favorite word?
"can't"
3. What turns you on?
Intelligence.
4. What turns you off?
Ignorance.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
I love the sound of a summer night out in the country, with the crickets, frogs and other nighttime creatures out and about.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Emergency vehicles.
7. What is your favorite curse word?
FFS ;)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Travel writer :D
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything monotonous.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"I gave you the ability to think for yourself and I'm glad you used it."
Last edited by sj4iy (September 27, 2013 5:57 pm)
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- Marheri
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
What is your favorite word?
It depends on language and my mood. But in English now it's serendipity.
What is your least favorite word?
Same as above, now in English:betrayal.
What turns you on?
Sincerity.
What turns you off?
Ignorance and illegitimate sense of superiority.
What sound or noise do you love?
Sounds of my favourite bands, my parents' voices, my sister's whisper, my friend's laugh (so quite and soft) and vibration of my phone when I receive text message.
But what I adore it's the sound of silence.
What sound or noise do you hate?
Din of traffic.
What is your favorite curse word?
Bollocks.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Photographer.
What profession would you not like to do?
EDB teacher.
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
You did do life worth to live,sometimes sad and hard, with mistakes and wrong decisions, but also with good moments...it was yours from the very beggining to the very end. And here are all people You love.
But He loves you would be also OK.
Last edited by Marheri (August 15, 2013 4:21 pm)
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- EvaporatedSlime
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Hard to decide, but probably "wonder".
2. What is your least favorite word?
"Useless".
3. What turns you on?
Sugar, sleep, intelligent people, those who use commom sense, etc.
4. What turns you off?
Stupidity, vainity, overly emotional things.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Talented music, nature, silence.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Obnoxious giggling, screeches, spoiled childern crying for nothing.
7. What is your favorite curse word?
"Goddamnit", "shit", "bloody/freaking hell", "hell".
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Scientist, artist, writer, doctor, actor, etc.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Daycare, elementry teacher,waste disposal, etc.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"Ah, you lost the game this time. Want to respawn? Choose time and date here, please."
"Don't just stand there, kill it!" - unknown
I'm rather new here. Don't mind me.
"The ship has resailed, we have gone on the boat together, and we are hopefully going down like the titanic." -unknown
- Mrs. Watson
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Saudade
(It's a portuguese word that although has been translated as "nostalgia" it doesn't really have an exact translation in any language. It's nostalgia, sadness, happiness, fondness and all the feelings that you have when you miss someone or somewhere dear to you)
2. What is your least favorite word?
Evil
(I've never been able to pronounce it correctly)
3. What turns you on?
Beauty
4. What turns you off?
Stupidity
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Waves breaking on the shore
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Nails scratching a blackboard
7. What is your favorite curse word?
feck
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Acting
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Housekeeping or cleaning
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
They are waiting for you
Last edited by Mrs. Watson (August 9, 2013 4:53 pm)
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- OneMoreMiracle
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
What is your favorite word?
pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeosis
What is your least favorite word?
smush (my younger sister says this all the time just to annoy me)
What turns you on?
Adventure, preferrebly with some sort of danger invovled
What turns you off?
Anything girly (I am a total tomboy)
What sound or noise do you love?
I have two: the sound of a train whistle through the fog and the sound of Roland Orzabal's voice
What sound or noise do you hate?
People biting into an apple when I am cold (yes I know; I am very weird)
What is your favorite curse word?
Holy god! (I am not religious by the way but it is still fun to say)
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I don't have a profession yet, but if I were to pursue on other than an actress, then it would be a trapeze artist.
What profession would you not like to do?
Anything that is without action.
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"An emerald encrusted sword and a battlefield await you."
Last edited by OneMoreMiracle (August 15, 2013 3:36 am)
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"I've only been gone four minutes!"
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- DitzyDamnDaffy
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Um... riveting.
2. What is your least favorite word?
Poop
3. What turns you on?
A good book, or some video games. Intelligence too (I guess you could call me a 'sapiosexual'.)
4. What turns you off?
Annoying or idiotic people, bad smells, being around a lot of people.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Hearing the whirring of a fan. It means that there's something cold nearby.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Scratching nails on a chalkboard, obviously.
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Oh my god. (I'm not actually religious, I just say it a lot for some reason.)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I don't have a profession at the moment. But if I were to pursue another career, it would probably be acting or something along those lines.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Working with wood. No, no, no.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
I don't believe god or heaven exist, but if I did, I'd like to hear "Come on, all your favourite celebrities are this way!"
Last edited by DitzyDamnDaffy (August 9, 2013 11:33 pm)
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A good book, or some video games. Intelligence too (I guess you could call me a 'sapiosexual'.)
zahid
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Sherlock
2. What is your least favorite word?
I honestly can't think of one right now
3. What turns you on?
Martin Freeman
4. What turns you off?
People trying to hit on me
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Traffic and police sirens
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Silence
7. What is your favorite curse word?
For feck's sake/what the feck/what the actual feck
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Consulting detective (obviously)
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Anything that involves going to work every day
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"You're just in time for Jeremy Brett's all night party."
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- Kampffusselchen
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Fernweh (German for a longing for some place far away)
2. What is your least favorite word?
can't think of one
3. What turns you on?
kindness, long hair, motorcycles
4. What turns you off?
stupidity, ignorance
5. What sound or noise do you love?
the sea
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
a ticking clock in the darkness
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Oh crap! (Oh Kacke!)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
anthropologist
9. What profession would you not like to do?
stylist
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"Still so much to learn, try again!"
- Frozen Silence
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1. What is your favorite word?
Enchantment
2. What is your least favorite word?
Republican
3. What turns you on?
Intelligence, kindness to animals, speaking out against injustice
4. What turns you off?
Stupidity, materialism
5. What sound or noise do you love?
My cat purring in my ear at four in the morning, the sounds of nature
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Bad pop music
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Cunt! ( Not a popular word, I see. As comedian Lisa Lampanelli says, "Ladies, learn to enjoy the C-word.") I like every curse word, really. My home state was recently voted the most foul-mouthed state in the country.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Professional lottery winner or Secretary of the Interior
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Sewage worker
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"Well, we don't normally let heathens in here, but your pets and crazy friends insisted."
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1. What is your favorite word?
Valiant
2. What is your least favorite word?
Yolo
3. What turns you on?
Intelligence, honesty, nice cooking
4. What turns you off?
Hypocricy, Stupidity
5. What sound or noise do you love?
Ticking clocks
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Styrofoam on glass
7. What is your favorite curse word?
A tie between feck and Damn.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
President of the United States, Consulting Detective
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Porn actor.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Although you didn't believe in me, you lived an honest and true life and I will let you in anyway.
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- Placebo
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
clever
2. What is your least favorite word?
grape without the G
3. What turns you on?
suits and deep voices.
4. What turns you off?
unkemptness/unhygienic people, intolerance.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
piano music, preferable melancholic.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
crying babies/kids and that ugly sound when you scratch a blackboard with your nails.
7. What is your favorite curse word?
feck
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
actress
I even thought about becoming a detective before my obsession with sherlock, just because I wanted to escape the monotony of life. But I think I'm well served with becoming an actress, since the danger wouldn't be real.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
anything monotonous or where I'm not allowed to sit.
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
I'm sorry. (not because I'm dead, but because there are some things NO ONE should go through.)
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The saddest people smile the brightest.
The most damaged people are the wisest."
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Re: Inside the Actor's Studio: 10 Questions for our Members to answer
1. What is your favorite word?
Brattahlid
2. What is your least favorite word?
Rotz (German for "snot")
3. What turns you on?
Benedict Cumberbatch
4. What turns you off?
Dieter Bohlen (ugly German "entertainer", uargh)
5. What sound or noise do you love?
My dog yawning.
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
People who try to snuffle their congested noses free
7. What is your favorite curse word?
Verfickt! (There's no good translation)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Film maker
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Surgeon
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
The others are already waiting, and later on, I'll tell you all about the universe you'd like to know.
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