Hi Stanton. Don't take this the wrong way but you might want to edit your post. As you've stated in the past that you're in the business, some people might jump all over the fact that the actors you mention could do with a spell check first. Unless these people are (intentionally) the equivalants of Ben Stiller's 'Tom Crooze'. If that is the case then my apologies to you Sir.

Equivalents. Damn it to the car park, Marjorie!

Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Lindsey Lohan, Any rapper turned actor. I swear anyone could seriously act better then everybody I just mentioned. I'm confused as to how any these so called actors get movie roles.

It is a difficult task since these are talented actors and they have parts in movies I wish to see. However, I try to avoid them out of protest for their big mouths. There is nothing I despise more than a high school drop-out actor using their celebrity to ram their political agenda down my throat:

Alec Baldwin
Susan Sarandon
Janeane Garofalo
Barbra Streisand
Tim Robbins
Sean Penn
Jane Fonda
George Clooney

Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez.  Monster In Law was a dream come true!  I could miss them both in one movie!

Adrian wrote:  I'm surprised that their are no actors on there that use their status to support and agenda you agree with Aaron.  Is it just as wrong to support agendas you agree with, or only to support agendas you don't agree with.

Dude! ARNOLD!! He's possibly aiming for the highest seat in the land, if that isn't using your stature as a popular actor to push your political agenda, what is? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I really respect George Clooney cause he takes the p**s out of himself all the time and people like Sean Penn can't so I respect him and he can act

and Tim Robbins is a brilliant actor same with Sean Penn but I hate him cause his bullsh!t about Team America

Tom Cruise.  Haven't liked a movie any of his films other then Top Gun and A Few Good Men, and it wasn't because he was in them that I liked both. Not even War of The Worlds.  LOL

May I ask what about Tom Cruise you dislike?
I ask because, I am not an avid Tom Cruise fan, but this past summer, people have started to hate him for no reason (jumping on the bandwagon so to speak) and it bothers me when people say none of his movies are good because they don't like him. "Rain Man", "Minority Report" to name a few.
I hope I don't come off as attacking and I understand everyone has different tastes in movies and actors.

Tom Cruise has always seemed pretty average to me. His best performance was Born on the Fourth of July. If he didn't win awards or get his due for that, he never will. Especially not now that everyone has caught on that he's bats**t insane - that tends to throw people too much...hehehe

Adrian wrote: This has to be the worse excuse in history, quite honestly.  Celebrities do use their status to advance causes they believe in.  Take it or leave it, but so does almost everyone else that can.  I'm surprised that their are no actors on there that use their status to support and agenda you agree with Aaron.  Is it just as wrong to support agendas you agree with, or only to support agendas you don't agree with.\

Name ONE Republican or Conservative actor that used their celebrity to publicly attack the policies of a sitting Democrat President or Senator or Congressman when they were in office. I am open to being corrected. Enlighten me. I could write a book with the ridiculous rhetoric that constantly spews from the uneducated left wing lips of Hollywood's elite. When you point to Ronald Reagan or Arnold Schwarzeneggar, they legitimately entered politics and were forced to debate the issues in a public forum. There is no comparison. So I beg to differ with you. The left has used boycotts to advance both positive and negative political agendas. It is high time that conservatives flexed our economic muscle and tore a page from the Democrat play book. It is time to fight the propaganda that is transmitted to our homes and projected on to the movie theater screens with our economic muscle. I choose to boycott the big mouths whenever I can. Try harder next time Adrian.

Jonny "Me You" wrote: Tom Cruise has always seemed pretty average to me. His best performance was Born on the Fourth of July. If he didn't win awards or get his due for that, he never will. Especially not now that everyone has caught on that he's bats**t insane - that tends to throw people too much...hehehe

I would agree.  I didn't jump on the "I Hate Tom Cruise" bandwagon.  It just so happens that I think Tom Cruise manages to get a top notch supporting cast in his films.  In almost all the films he's been in I've enjoyed his supporting cast member's character moreso than his main character.  
I will say I didn't care for Cocktail, Days of Thunder, Last Samaurai though, supporting cast or not. LOL
Very boring movies to me.

Sally Struthers? LOL Isn'ty that seeking donations for charitable purposes. What celebrities attacked Bill Clinton? PLEASE you have to do better than that to make a relevant point.

Aaron, you kind of skipped Adrian's point again. And Arnold used his celebrity status to win the govenership, no ifs ands or buts about it. What does the argument in a public forum statement have to do with ANYTHING Adrian said. I must be missing the point of that particular statement. Personally, I can't really remember any actors speaking out against Clinton, but think that's besides the point. I happen agree with both your points and Adrian's because they have legitimate reasoning behind them. The actor's you named (with the exception of Clooney, IMHO) do tend to blow hard, but you did glaze over people like Gibson and Cruise (though Cruise seems to have been covered by others here). You are specifically angry at these particular actors because they speak out against your personal beliefs, which is very understandable. This is the relevent point Adrian was making. You can't chose a few of his off the cuff points to react to while ignoring his main point. Prove to him that you truely do despise actors that use their stature to ram political views down the public's throats, not just the ones you disagree with.

My point here is that I do my best to let artist's work speak for itself. I enjoy Cameron films, Arnold films, Willis films, Heston films, Cruise films, Gibson films, etc for what they are, not for whom the people making them are. I'm not a big fan of stachatory (sp?) rape, but think Chinatown may be one of the top 10 films of all time. I'm equally agasint vehicular manslaughter, but think The Hitcher is a great thriller. Child molustation isn't big on my list of "values", but I hated Powder becasue it was a tripe piece of lightweight trash. Despite my political leanings, I tend to avoid Tim Robbins and Sean Penn films, because I tend to think they're both overrated actors.

Worst Nightmare wrote: Dare I say it but Anthony Anderson - a poor comic gone wrong....I can agree that his comedy sucks ass, but I think he should stick to serious roles, like Hustle and Flow.