20 Qs with Dr. F
The first ten questions are James Lipton’s version of Bernard Pivot’s questionnaire
(as popularized on Lipton’s Inside the Actor’s Studio).
The other ten are solicited from friends and colleagues.
(as popularized on Lipton’s Inside the Actor’s Studio).
The other ten are solicited from friends and colleagues.
1. What is your favorite word?
"Antediluvian."
2. What is your least favorite word?
"Tootsie."
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?
To quote Tom Waits: “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
4. What turns you off?
Racism and homophobia.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
A circular saw cutting through wood [e.g. a board].
"Antediluvian."
2. What is your least favorite word?
"Tootsie."
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally?
To quote Tom Waits: “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
4. What turns you off?
Racism and homophobia.
5. What sound or noise do you love?
A circular saw cutting through wood [e.g. a board].
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
Car horns.
7. What profession other than your own would you like to have?
Professional athlete (American football).
8. What profession would you not like to do?
Assembly line work.
Car horns.
7. What profession other than your own would you like to have?
Professional athlete (American football).
8. What profession would you not like to do?
Assembly line work.
9. What is your favorite curse word?
"Belgium."
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“Don’t ask me, man. I only work here.”
11. What’s unpopular piece of media will you defend to your dying breath and why?
A Night in Casablanca - It's easy to dismiss any later Marx Brothers movies, but the suitcase packing scene near the end is right up there with their greatest bits.
12. What was the first album you ever bought?
Invisible Touch by Genesis; I still love it muchly. (My campus office even has a vinyl copy on the wall.)
13. How would you personally rank the Friday the 13th movies?
- Part 6: Jason Lives
- Part 4: The Final Chapter
- Part 2
- Friday the 13th (Original)
- Part V: A New Beginning
- Part 7: The New Blood
- Friday the 13th (Remake)
- Jason X
- Part 3
- Freddy Vs. Jason
- Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan
- Part 9: Jason goes to Hell
14. What is your favorite Robot Chicken sketch?
Oh man. I got a bunch of favs, but “Oats” is always chuckle-worthy.
Oh man. I got a bunch of favs, but “Oats” is always chuckle-worthy.
15. Which U.S. author would you most want to fistfight?
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
16. If you saw someone being beaten up on the street, would you intervene?
A stranger? Yes. F. Scott Fitzgerald? Eh. Probably. But I'd wait a couple seconds, and then do it slowly.
17. What is your favorite holiday or annual tradition, and why?
Watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Halloween night. I'm "retired" from performing in a live cast,
but some habits just cannot die.
18. You just won the lottery! To treat yourself, you’re making one completely frivolous purchase. Whatcha buying?
A funk band to perform a theme song behind me whenever I enter a public place.
19. What's your favorite soup?
New England clam chowder.
20. What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?
A ribbon of the Milky Way (from atop a mountain in Starlight, Pennsylvania).