James Lipton's Questionnaire

Anyone familiar with Inside The Actors Studio is also undoubtedly familiar with the 10 questions host James Lipton asks his guests.

Inspired by Bernard Pivot, the questions are based off of the famous Proust Questionnaire (which in itself is a slightly longer, more dated form of interview) and are as follows:

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 of noise do you love?

6) What sound or noise do you hate?

7) What is your favorite curse word? (I'm sure you can find a creative way to keep it clean)

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?

It's a lot of fun to hear what people say!

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Permalink Reply by Riley "The Lasergriff" McKinley on August 30, 2010 at 6:51pm

1. Indubitably
2. Bulbous
3. Breakfast.
4. Loose dead skin of any sort.
5. Any stringed instrument when it's played well.
6. The sound dial-up makes when it's connecting to the internet.
7. Two faced son of a jackal. (reference to?)
8. Disneyland Imagineer
9. Accountant. Or anything similar to that.
10. "Now it's a party"

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Permalink Reply by Sara (Squinchilla) on August 30, 2010 at 7:24pm

1) What is your favorite word? Flabbergasted. Or, as I like to say, "gabberflasted".
2) What is your least favorite word? Incision. o_o
3) What turns you on? Sense of humor.
4) What turns you off? Meanness!
5) What sound or noise do you love? Ukulele music or flute music... or harp music.
6) What sound or noise do you hate? Fire/tornado drill alarms. My ears!
7) What is your favorite curse word? I like what John Green says: "Snood!"
8) What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? What profession? I'd like to be a comedy writer for television and movies, like Tina Fey but BETTER.
9) What profession would you not like to do? Uh, definitely drug dealer. o_o
10) If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "YOU again?!"

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Permalink Reply by Mya (The Galumphing Cephalopod) on August 30, 2010 at 8:02pm

1) What is your favorite word? Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo
2) What is your least favorite word? Delovely
3) What turns you on? Randomness
4) What turns you off? Abbreviations
5) What sound or noise do you love? Music
6) What sound or noise do you hate? People who talk in abbreviations
7) What is your favorite curse word? Holy Freud, Batman!
8) What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? A Baker
9) What profession would you not like to do? Roller coaster repairman
10) If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Hiya Mya!"

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Permalink Reply by Tylar (Tylwyth Teg) on August 30, 2010 at 9:01pm

Lovin' the answers!

1) What is your favorite word? Espionage, endearing, qualms, privy, manifesto, guffaw.

2) What is your least favorite word? Womb, winningest.

3) What turns you on? Kindness, morality, tasteful humor, 30-somethings.

4) What turns you off? Nonsensical conflict, immaturity, lack of self respect, doing anything I don't feel like doing.

5) What sound of noise do you love? Nature, rivers/creeks, wet pebbles.

6) What sound or noise do you hate? Alarm clocks!

7) What is your favorite curse word? DARN!

8) What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Something that involves a cool alias and multiple passports.

9) What profession would you not like to do? Just about everything.

10) If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Look at everyone who is here to welcome you!

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Permalink Reply by Mya (The Galumphing Cephalopod) on August 31, 2010 at 12:09pm

Thanks! Cheesiest movie line ever! Johnny Storm said it in the 1994 bootleg Fantastic Four movie. I've loved that expression ever since :)

BananaAnna2008(Anna Pitts)Ritchu said:

I'm really enjoying the responses! I especially enjoy Mya's favorite curse-word/phrase Holy Freud, Batman!! :)

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on August 31, 2010 at 7:06pm

2nd cheesiest movie line EVER - - Joe Piscopo as Danny Vermin in 1984's Johnny Dangerously

"You shouldn't hang me on a hook. My mother hung me on a hook once. ONCE!"

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on September 1, 2010 at 1:22pm

1) What is your favorite word?
Thank You

2) What is your least favorite word?
Respect ~ but only when used by someone who thinks they deserve it when then have done nothing to earn it

3) What turns you on?
private answer

4) What turns you off?
rudeness

5) What sound of noise do you love?
sizzling bacon

6) What sound or noise do you hate?
6:00am Monday morning alarm clock

7) What is your favorite curse word? (I'm sure you can find a creative way to keep it clean)
N/A

8) What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
independently wealthy philanthropist

9) What profession would you not like to do?
working on a garbage truck (unless I can be the driver)

10) If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant"
~ and, oh yes, I know that Heaven is real - - - I've read the Book.