Friday, June 24, 2011

Actor's Guild

Inside the Actor's Studio is a show popularized for its interviews with the film industry's brightest actors, screenwriters, and directors. What makes the show so good is that its filmed in front of a live audience and isn't set up in a traditional interview fashion. The questions are personalized and personal making it easier for guests to disclose a bit more of their personalities for the world than we normally see. James Lipton, the host, ends each interview by asking the same 10 questions:

  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?
The questions are enthralling, thought provoking, and dispense an innocent tone worthy of honesty. I get it. I see why the answers to these questions are revered and admired so. There are no right or wrong answers, just truth as we each see it.

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