The Pivot Questionnaire (The 10 "Inside The Actor's Studio" Questions)

[JockeP22]

These 10 questions originally came from a French series called "Bouillon de Culture" hosted by Bernard Pivot.
They're better known as the questions James Lipton asks every guest at the end of the "Inside the Actor's Studio" show.

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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 is your favorite curse word?
6. What sound or noise do you love?
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
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?

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1. What is your favorite word?
   Family
2. What is your least favorite word?
   Cancer
3. What turns you on?
   Vujá dé
4. What turns you off?
   Stress
5. What is your favorite curse word?
   ****
6. What sound or noise do you love?
   Blackbirds whistling and woodpeckers pecking.
   Both are outside the bedroom window every morning
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
   Crying
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
   Inventor
9. What profession would you not like to do?
   Teacher
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
    Hi, my name is @Danny

 

[TB]

1. What is your favorite word?
   • Warblegarble.
2. What is your least favorite word?
   • No. Unless the preceding question is along the lines of "I'm gong to jail now, aren't I?"
3. What turns you on?
   • Depends on the day but I'll play it smart and say my wife.
4. What turns you off?
   • Not a fan of latex.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
   • 🤬
6. What sound or noise do you love?
   • A balsy, throaty 60's V8
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
   • Chickens at 5am.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
   • Extra in a zombie movie. Preferably one that doesn't have its head bifurcated.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
   • Tightrope walker.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
    • "It's about damn time you show up."

 

[Danny]

1. What is your favorite word?
   • Quinceañera
2. What is your least favorite word?
   • Responsibility
3. What turns you on?
   • An easily-broken spirit.
4. What turns you off?
   • Other people.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
   • Nice try, Satan.
6. What sound or noise do you love?
   • The sound of someone I trust performing an intimate lawnchair handcuff dance accompanied by the sound of iced tea being stirred through a megaphone.
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
   • Children and talking and children talking.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
   • I think one day being a Marine Biologist would be cool.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
   • Marine Biologist.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
    • "Wrong floor."

 

[Skython]

What is your favorite word? Contrafibularities

What is your least favorite word? Enthusiast.

What turns you on? Is that really AUP compliant?

What turns you off? A really hard knock to the head.

What is your favorite curse word? Curse.

What sound or noise do you love? Fart noise.

What sound or noise do you hate? Fart noise once I've realized the result and had to evacuate the room.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Being given lots of money for no apparent reason. It is a job that exists, that Kim Kardishishnashinan has it.

What profession would you not like to do? Childcare.

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Jesus! Stop mooning the new arrivals! (Sorry, dad.) *at which point they let me through before they realize they've made a mistake. By which point it's too late, I'm there for eternity.*

 

[MatskiMonk]

These 10 questions originally came from a French series called "Bouillon de Culture" hosted by Bernard Pivot.
They're better known as the questions James Lipton asks every guest at the end of the "Inside the Actor's Studio" show.

1. What is your favorite word? Douăsprezece
2. What is your least favorite word? Beautiful, as in "Beautifully made", or Quality as in "Really good quality"
3. What turns you on? ................................... Gigiddy
4. What turns you off? False behaviour
5. What is your favorite curse word? Ummm... "Male Chicken, deriere, female parent, love making, excrement, testicles, lady parts", but.. you know.. infact, I often write that on paperwork whilst I'm talking, I think I have written tourettes sometimes.
6. What sound or noise do you love? A race engine at full chat, and 6 ft away.
7. What sound or noise do you hate? The dawn chorus of birds.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? The person with their finger on the button.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Anything that involves dealing with people.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? And now for something completely different...

 

[Anathema]

1. What is your favorite word? Schadenfreude
   
2. What is your least favorite word? Rust
   
3. What turns you on? People who can hold an intelligent conversation.
   
4. What turns you off? People with looks but no brains whatsoever.
   
5. What is your favorite curse word? 🤬
6. What sound or noise do you love? A good guitar riff.
   
7. What sound or noise do you hate? Silverware scraping on a plate.
   
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Actor in plays.
   
9. What profession would you not like to do? Anything involving children.
   
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Ahh, Reginald, you made it...

 

[AudiMan2011]

1. What is your favorite word? - Boss
2. What is your least favorite word? - Fanboy
3. What turns you on? - A fit looking woman
4. What turns you off? - People with a superiority complex and use every chance to exercise their inflated egos
5. What is your favorite curse word? - 🤬
6. What sound or noise do you love? - The downshift noises on the old Dallara Indycars
7. What sound or noise do you hate? - A hoover that's sucked up stones and makes a horrible grinding noise
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - Motoring journalist
9. What profession would you not like to do? - Video game community manager
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? - "I've been expecting you..."

 

[Michael88]

1. What is your favorite word? - Perimeter
   
   
2. What is your least favorite word? - Right now its ''Bro''
   
   
3. What turns you on? - I'll be blunt, long toned female legs.
   
   
4. What turns you off? - Conformism, big time.
   
   
5. What is your favorite curse word? - ****ing ****.
   
   
6. What sound or noise do you love? - The sound of cycling the action of a bolt action rifle.
   
   
7. What sound or noise do you hate? - The metallic sound of lots of cutlery clanging together.
   
   
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - Personal trainer.
   
   
9. What profession would you not like to do? - Industrial cleaning (Chemicals ruin you for life)
   
   
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Welcome Michael. Now I'll answer all your burning questions about existence, the universe and time....

 

[PeterJB]

1. What is your favorite word? - Ensnare
2. What is your least favorite word? - Horrific
3. What turns you on? - Scott Eastwood
4. What turns you off? - Clint Eastwood
5. What is your favorite curse word? - Whatever I put won't show up so meh
6. What sound or noise do you love? - The sound of Richard Strauss
7. What sound or noise do you hate? - The sound of Johannes Brahms
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - Actor
9. What profession would you not like to do? - Anything involving hospitals
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Good! You're here! The Orchestra of Eternal Paradise has been in dire need of another bassoonist, we're trying to do a complete cycle of Mahler's symphonies and Abraham just can't count!

 

[ECGadget]

What is your favorite word?

Aeroplane
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What is your least favorite word?

Hate​

What turns you on?

um...?​

What turns you off?

swearing​

What is your favorite curse word?

Don't swear... So... "oh bother"​

What sound or noise do you love?

Aircraft flying, Valenta Engines, V10 F1 engines, birds chriping, harmonies​

What sound or noise do you hate?

Crying, loud and excessive barking​

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Pilot​

What profession would you not like to do?

Dustbin man (though the pay is amazingly good!)​

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

Well done, you made me proud.​

 

[BKGlover]

1. What is your favorite word? Eliminator
2. What is your least favorite word? Dude/Bro/any other term used by wannabes.
3. What turns you on? Alarm Clock
4. What turns you off? Sleep
5. What is your favorite curse word? Pick one
6. What sound or noise do you love? 4-stroke engine
7. What sound or noise do you hate? Young children
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Racer, team owner, car builder, engineer, I can go on.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Food service again.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Wait, WHO?! Errr, could I interest you in a role AWAY from here?"

 

[JockeP22]

What sound or noise do you hate
Children and talking and children talking.

What sound or noise do you hate? Young children

 

[Lizard]

1. What is your favorite word? Don't really have one.
2. What is your least favorite word? Boku which is Japanese for I.
3. What turns you on? Cute women
4. What turns you off? Needles.
5. What is your favorite curse word? Fornicate.
6. What sound or noise do you love? @Danny's voice. It is actually wonderful to listen to.
7. What sound or noise do you hate? Scratching a chalkboard
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Racing driver, fighter pilot, actor.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Cleaner, Surgeon, Childcare.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? You did a good job my friend I am proud of you.

 

[W3H5]

1. Soiree.
2. ?
3. Beer/ alcohol gets my mojo going.
4. Nipple biting.
5. Wanker
6. A small 2-stroke engine at idle.
7. Screeching of any kind.
8. Pirate
9. Anything involving food. (So much hate for my profession!)
10. "How was heaven?"

 

[Valkyr1313]

1. What is your favorite word? Boost
2. What is your least favorite word? Failed
3. What turns you on? Hot guys
4. What turns you off? 🤬🤬 Alarm clocks
5. What is your favorite curse word? 🤬🤬
6. What sound or noise do you love? A turbo-charged engine of any type
7. What sound or noise do you hate? 🤬🤬 Alarm clocks
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Chef or simply a parent
9. What profession would you not like to do? Janitor. As much as I like cleaning, I'd flip out one day...
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Howdy, glad you made it. Please, come on in, and everything will be explained"

 

[Legro]

1. What is your favorite word?
   • Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas.
2. What is your least favorite word?
   • Diet.
3. What turns you on?
   • ************************************** (This message has been removed by the government)
4. What turns you off?
   • Insects.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
   • How in the name of 🤬, am I supposed to say it without breaking the AUP?
6. What sound or noise do you love?
   • The sound of a Toyota Avensis getting crushed.
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
   • Any kind of screeching.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
   • Commentator of motorsport broadcasting.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
   • Garbage man.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
    • Here's every single good driving road ever made, and every single car you've ever wanted, only for you and your friends to use.

 

[MrUnknown]

• What is your favorite word? Ok.

• What is your least favorite word? Selfie.

• What turns you on? @JockeP22

• What turns you off? #Harskbola

• What is your favorite curse word? 🤬

• What sound or noise do you love? The sound of a "gr8 banter" (and V10s).

• What sound or noise do you hate? Damn bloody kids.

• What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Psychologist.

• What profession would you not like to do? Does talking with Harsk count? I belive so...

• If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "k."

 

[phillgt2002]

• What is your favorite word? Ultimately

• What is your least favorite word? Yee... Ugh.

• What turns you on? A nice voice. Honestly, when girls grab my ass.

• What turns you off? Girls who beat around the bush. Ooh, ooh, umm... Stupid people? I get really impatient with them.

• What is your favorite curse word? ****

• What sound or noise do you love? Engine noises?

• What sound or noise do you hate? I hate the sound of chalk hitting the board. Thankfully chalkboards in the US aren't that frequent.

• What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I have no profession, but I'd like to do design for a company or have my own company. I would like to be a chef too.

• What profession would you not like to do? Fashion Design.

• If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Your ass should have been dead a long time ago." Or "You're one person I've been waiting to ssee. How did you manage to wrap that car around a tree like that?"

 

[yabiggoose]

1. What is your favorite word? Satisfied.
2. What is your least favorite word? Go-getter.
3. What turns you on? Intelligence.
4. What turns you off? No sense of humour.
5. What is your favorite curse word? Cu......you get it.
6. What sound or noise do you love? Carburettor V8.
7. What sound or noise do you hate? Motivational speakers.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Professional photographer.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Sex worker.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Open bar".

 

[Lucas]

1. What is your favorite word? Immersion.
2. What is your least favorite word? The english swear word for "procreating". Used by people who don't know crap about english in Argentina.
3. What turns you on? Japanese girls being cute.
   
4. What turns you off? Cold.
   
5. What is your favorite curse word? Spanish swear words for "your mother's vagina".
   
6. What sound or noise do you love? Boots on concrete.
   
7. What sound or noise do you hate? My dog's heavy breathing.
   
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Game designer.
9. What profession would you not like to do? Working at McDonald's.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Jet fuel can't melt steel beams."

 

[JockeP22]

What sound or noise do you hate? My dog's heavy breathing.

 

[polysmut]

• What is your favorite word? Сегодня.

• What is your least favorite word? When "random" is misused to mean "unusual".

• What turns you on? Woman, in one way. Talking to clever people, in another way.

• What turns you off? Untruths & lies.

• What is your favorite curse word? 🤬

• What sound or noise do you love? Snooker balls colliding.

• What sound or noise do you hate? Whistling.

• What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Train driver.

• What profession would you not like to do? Bouncer.

• If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? She's at the bar.

 

[IfAndOr]

1. What is your favorite word? - Discombobulated.
2. What is your least favorite word? - Can't
3. What turns you on? - There's a switch at the base of my neck.
4. What turns you off? - See above.
5. What is your favorite curse word? - Cursor.
6. What sound or noise do you love? - The sound of light rain.
7. What sound or noise do you hate? - The sound of heavy rain.
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - Scuba diver.
9. What profession would you not like to do? - Oh hang on I can't swim. Scuba diver.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? - "Sorry we're closed. Come back later."

 

[JockeP22]

@ 31:15

The sound of light rain.
The sound of heavy rain.

That's a very thin line.

 

[Spacegoat]

• What is your favorite word? Really?

• What is your least favorite word? Brah.

• What turns you on? Women.

• What turns you off? Morons.

• What is your favorite curse word? 🤬.

• What sound or noise do you love? A Formula 5000 race car.

• What sound or noise do you hate? Whiny people.

• What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Anything to do with Motorsport.

• What profession would you not like to do? Paramedic.

• If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Oh I'm sorry there's been a mistake, you're not meant to be here. No, you've been accepted into Super Heaven!"

 

[IfAndOr]

What sound or noise do you love? - The sound of light rain.
What sound or noise do you hate? - The sound of heavy rain.

That's a very thin line.

The first is the gentle pitter-patter you get when the weather breaks after a long hot sticky spell and hints that there's maybe the chance of a cooling and refreshing walk.
The second means you are going to get wet.

 

[Famine]

• What is your favorite word?

Awkward.

• What is your least favorite word?

Cosplay.

• What turns you on?

My main power switch.

• What turns you off?

My main power switch.

• What is your favorite curse word?

🤬

• What sound or noise do you love?

1. The sound of a golf ball hit by a metal driver down a long, tree-lined fairway.
2. The sound of snow compacting underfoot (can be replicated by scrunching a packet of instant custard).
3. Pulling a real cork vertically out of a wine bottle.

• What sound or noise do you hate?

Bhangra and Jamaican Dub.

• What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Cult leader.

• What profession would you not like to do?

Gynaecologist.

• If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

"My humblest apologies."

 

[W3H5]

Cult leader.

I think you're halfway there, oh supreme perpel overlord.

 

[V0RT3X]

1. What is your favorite word? Vortex
2. What is your least favorite word? Snorkus (that mcm reference though)
3. What turns you on? The ladies
4. What turns you off? everything else
5. What is your favorite curse word? 🤬
6. What sound or noise do you love? the sound of an aston martin v12
7. What sound or noise do you hate? the sound of people talking to me
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Racing
9. What profession would you not like to do? advertising
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? wait, you're not on this list!

1. What is your favorite word? - Ensnare
2. What is your least favorite word? - Horrific
3. What turns you on? - Scott Eastwood
4. What turns you off? - Clint Eastwood
5. What is your favorite curse word? - Whatever I put won't show up so meh
6. What sound or noise do you love? - The sound of Richard Strauss
7. What sound or noise do you hate? - The sound of Johannes Brahms
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? - Actor
9. What profession would you not like to do? - Anything involving hospitals
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Good! You're here! The Orchestra of Eternal Paradise has been in dire need of another bassoonist, we're trying to do a complete cycle of Mahler's symphonies and Abraham just can't count!

yay another bassoonist!

 

[TB]

yay another bassoonist!

Edit, not double post, please.