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Is there an actor/actress you like so much that you will always watch a movie if they are in it? (Original Post) milestogo Jun 10 OP
Jamie Lee Curtis Permanut Jun 10 #1
Morgan Freeman anciano Jun 10 #2
Lacy Chabert, LOL. I'm guaranteed to escape reality for a few hours. dem4decades Jun 10 #3
Good gawd, how many Xmas movies can you watch? Iggo Jun 12 #48
To avoid seeing Trump's face? As many as I can. dem4decades Jun 12 #50
Point. Iggo Jun 12 #53
Tom Hanks. Omnipresent Jun 10 #4
Jury duty? True Dough Jun 10 #13
Nope. Omnipresent Jun 11 #35
Robert Downey Jr happy feet Jun 10 #5
Paul Newman BOSSHOG Jun 10 #6
Yes. cachukis Jun 10 #7
Tom Hanks Stanley Tucci, Paul Newman yellowdogintexas Jun 10 #8
Stanley Tucci is pretty amazing. milestogo Jun 11 #21
Our first exposure to Stanley Tucci was in "Undercover Blues" yellowdogintexas Jun 11 #31
I think he's also doing tours of Italy for National Geographic. Its on You Tube. milestogo Jun 11 #33
Thanks! We will enjoy that immensely nt yellowdogintexas Jun 12 #43
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy milestogo Jun 12 #45
Benedict Cumberbatch, Maggie Smith, Matthew Goode Ocelot II Jun 10 #9
Meryl Streep and Bobbie DeNiro FalloutShelter Jun 10 #10
Paul Newman, the Great Kate, Humphrey Bogart, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington... brush Jun 10 #11
Denzel Washington ScoutHikerDad Jun 10 #12
Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, James Garner, Jack Lemmon, and Randolph Scott, for the actors. House of Roberts Jun 10 #14
Actor, no. Director, yes. Towlie Jun 10 #15
I'll never watch a Quentin Tarantino movie. milestogo Jun 10 #16
But you must have watched at least one to reach that conclusion. Towlie Jun 18 #68
After many years of hearing how great it is milestogo Jun 18 #69
I'm watching Pulp Fiction now... Upthevibe Jun 16 #63
Jimmy Stewart! 3catwoman3 Jun 10 #17
Used to be Al Pacino, but these days, not so much. MIButterfly Jun 10 #18
Mathew McCaughey Figarosmom Jun 11 #19
Julianne Moore. Mad_Dem_X Jun 11 #20
tina louise and marylin monroe. AllaN01Bear Jun 11 #22
Way too many to list! Paladin Jun 11 #23
Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stuart and Bogie! Dorothy V Jun 11 #24
Jason Stathem, Jodie Foster and Morgan Freeman TommieMommy Jun 11 #25
Meryl Streep Pisces Jun 11 #26
Holly Hunter, Tracy Ullman for starters.. yorkster Jun 11 #27
Holly Hunter! milestogo Jun 11 #37
Jackie Chan. Midnight Writer Jun 11 #28
Tom Hanks yourout Jun 11 #29
My favorite is..... FarPoint Jun 11 #30
Pedro Pascal!!! EarthAbides Jun 11 #32
Pedro is really having his moment TexasBushwhacker Jun 16 #64
Nope. CrispyQ Jun 11 #34
Tom Hanks... NewDayOranges Jun 11 #36
Sally Field Mad_Dem_X Jun 11 #38
Keanu Reeves catbyte Jun 11 #39
Irene Dunne, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench on one hand Torchlight Jun 11 #40
Long winded answer here....brace yourselves... Niagara Jun 11 #41
Damn. I could only pick nine of them out of a lineup, Niagara. Harker Jun 12 #47
Do you need help identifying anyone, Harker? Niagara Jun 13 #56
The others - I'll look them up. I might recognize some faces. Harker Jun 13 #57
I was curious if you had questions about any of my favorites Niagara Jun 13 #58
Tilda Swinton... skypilot Jun 11 #42
Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano, Idris Alba Skittles Jun 12 #44
MERYL STREEP! I will pay to watch her read the proverbial phone book! CTyankee Jun 12 #46
Jeff Bridges Borogove Jun 12 #49
Yup. In anything, anytime, anywhere nt TexasBushwhacker Jun 16 #65
No ZDU Jun 12 #51
oh yes choie Jun 12 #52
Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton some_of_us_are_sane Jun 12 #54
Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Johnny Quest Tetrachloride Jun 12 #55
Patrick McGoohan nt justaprogressive Jun 13 #59
Possibly, Gary Oldman. Iggo Jun 14 #60
BIG fan of Hector Elizondo. Morbius Jun 14 #61
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Brad Pitt Dulcinea Jun 14 #62
Susan Oliver Doc_Technical Jun 17 #66
Sidney Poitier Pharlo Jun 18 #67
She's gone now, but.... Laffy Kat Jun 18 #70
Holly Hunter, Helen Mirren, Parker Posey, Tilda Swinton, Peter Sellers,... snot Jun 18 #71

Omnipresent

(7,042 posts)
4. Tom Hanks.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:59 PM
Jun 10

Where i live, his movies play in a loop, when you are waiting for jury duty selection.

yellowdogintexas

(23,375 posts)
31. Our first exposure to Stanley Tucci was in "Undercover Blues"
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:32 PM
Jun 11

a hilarious romp with Kathleen Turner, the handsome Quaig brother and Stanley Tucci - who plays a grade Z hood who is trying to make a big score. His name is "Muerte" and every time he encounters the Blues (Turner/Quaig) mayhem ensues.

It is set in New Orleans; our good guys are named Blue and NO is famous for The Blues

All the ancillary characters are hilarious as well, even the smallest part but Muerte steals the entire movie.

brush

(60,728 posts)
11. Paul Newman, the Great Kate, Humphrey Bogart, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jun 10

Robert DeNiro, Marlon Brando, Robert Mitchum, Julia Louie Dreyfus, William Powell.

House of Roberts

(6,136 posts)
14. Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, James Garner, Jack Lemmon, and Randolph Scott, for the actors.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:19 PM
Jun 10

Doris Day, Sally Field, Katherine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, Shirley MacLaine, Maureen O'Hara, and Audrey Hepburn, for the actresses.

Towlie

(5,541 posts)
15. Actor, no. Director, yes.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 09:29 PM
Jun 10

I'll never miss a Quentin Tarantino movie, even if it got bad reviews.

milestogo

(21,400 posts)
69. After many years of hearing how great it is
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jun 18

I finally watched Pulp Fiction all the way through.
I had previously bailed on it at least twice.

I have bailed on several of his other movies shortly after I started them.

Pulp Fiction did not change my mind.

Upthevibe

(9,672 posts)
63. I'm watching Pulp Fiction now...
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:39 AM
Jun 16

It's on my DVR. I also will watch any of his films. He's only going to do one more .

I watch Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown on a regular basis or at least have them on in the background.

MIButterfly

(901 posts)
18. Used to be Al Pacino, but these days, not so much.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 10:14 PM
Jun 10

He's really gone downhill. I will re-watch his old films so I guess that counts.

Paladin

(31,122 posts)
23. Way too many to list!
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 11:26 AM
Jun 11

Everybody from William Holden and Bette Davis, to Gary Oldman and Frances McDormand.

CrispyQ

(40,029 posts)
34. Nope.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:43 PM
Jun 11

There are lots of actors I like, but there are genres I'm just not interested in. Antonio Banderas for example, I like him in a ton of movies but I would never watch Spy Kids. (He was scorchin' hot in Desperado. 🔥🔥🔥 )

catbyte

(37,403 posts)
39. Keanu Reeves
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 02:44 PM
Jun 11

Just because he's about the most perfect being to ever walk the planet. (I admit I'm blinded by his looks.)

Torchlight

(5,191 posts)
40. Irene Dunne, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench on one hand
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jun 11

Carey Grant, Tom Hanks and Jimmy Stewart on the other hand.



(Jenna Coleman could begin ranking soon, I'm halfway through the series, Victoria, and that young woman has some serious acting chops)

Niagara

(10,804 posts)
41. Long winded answer here....brace yourselves...
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 05:05 PM
Jun 11

My lady folk: Mary Steenburgen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Angela Bassett, Kim Dickens, Rachelle Lefevre, Eva Longoria, Clea DuVall, Vera Farmiga, Amirah Vann, Frances Conroy, Milla Jovovich, Alfre Woodward, and Judy Norton.


My gentlemen folk: Nester Carbonell (no, he doesn't wear eyeliner), Brett Cullen, Joseph Morgan, Frank Dillane, Christopher Atkins, Jamie Foxx, Evan Peters, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Elliott, and my crush Zahn McClarnon.


Deceased favorites: Brittany Murphy (RIP),Charles Bronson (RIP), and Dennis Weaver (RIP).


I'm certain that I forgot a few.

Harker

(16,639 posts)
47. Damn. I could only pick nine of them out of a lineup, Niagara.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:41 PM
Jun 12

I need to get out more.

Niagara

(10,804 posts)
56. Do you need help identifying anyone, Harker?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:44 AM
Jun 13

I'll help you if you need the help.

My preference of books, television and movie genre(s) is most likely considerably different than yours.

It sounds like you need to stay in more!

P.S. I forgot to add Bill Bixby and Dan Haggerty to my deceased favorites too!

Harker

(16,639 posts)
57. The others - I'll look them up. I might recognize some faces.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:40 AM
Jun 13

My wife gets swoony for Sam Elliott. I can do a passable impersonation of his voice, but I refuse to let my moustache get long enough that I have to keep pulling it out while I'm drinking beer.🍺

I'll bet we overlap a fair bit... I'm reading the correspondence of Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann, watching the 1965 and '66 seasons of "The Avengers", and the last movie I watched was "Five Easy Pieces."

Yep, always on the cutting edge of culture!

Niagara

(10,804 posts)
58. I was curious if you had questions about any of my favorites
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 08:18 PM
Jun 13

Most women do get swoony for Sam Elliott. Come on, you got to get that moustache long enough so it dips into your beer!

I have yet to watch "Five Easy Pieces" but it's on my bucket list.

I'm currently re-reading "The Killers of the Flower Moon" and I watched the movie.

At home I'm currently watching MASH (on season 7), and my last two movies were Grindstone Road and The Prowler.

At my clients home I've recently watched the movies Out to Sea, The Eagle Has Landed, and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.

So there's a mixed variety for sure!

CTyankee

(66,651 posts)
46. MERYL STREEP! I will pay to watch her read the proverbial phone book!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:08 PM
Jun 12

She actually did something similar on Ellen's show a few years back:

Iggo

(49,019 posts)
60. Possibly, Gary Oldman.
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 01:19 PM
Jun 14

Lately, though, not so much, since I’m not really interested in biopics. But barring those, I seem to enjoy anything he’s in (even that weird britcop spy show…lol.)

Dulcinea

(8,793 posts)
62. Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Brad Pitt
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:19 PM
Jun 14

to name a few. De Niro has been great in everything I've ever seen him in.

snot

(11,237 posts)
71. Holly Hunter, Helen Mirren, Parker Posey, Tilda Swinton, Peter Sellers,...
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 05:53 PM
Jun 18

Angelica Huston, Uma Thurman, Wallace Shawn, Humphrey Bogart, & many more.

Maybe Marlon Brando, Jack Black, Bob Hope, David Niven, Richard Burton, Julia Roberts, Katherine Hepburn?

Others I like though they've made a dud or two are Will Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Jim Carrey.

Following great actors has brought me to many great, lesser-known movies; it seems the actor saw things in the script that the critics weren't quite sharp enough to pick up on.

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