Patrick Stoner welcomes your questions about movies and the people who make them. Send your questions to pstoner@whyy.org. Here's the current question and answer:
Q: Which stars are as nice in private as they are in public?
A: Most.
In spite of the image conveyed by the tabloids, the majority of the people who have reached the top of the Hollywood pecking order are just as pleasant when the media lights are off as they are when they're on.
In my interviewing travels, I've been fortunate to meet a number of very friendly people, a number of whom I list below. Your favorite stars may not be on this list mainly because I haven't had the chance to make their acquaintances yet.
Here they are:
- Robin Williams
- Meryl Streep
- Danny DeVito
- Emma Thompson
- Harrison Ford
- Meg Ryan
- Jack Lemmon
- Anjelica Huston
- Kenneth Branagh
- Jodie Foster
- Gregory Peck
- Sandra Bullock
- Tom Selleck
- Kathy Bates
- Denzel Washington
- Sophia Loren
- Leslie Neilsen
- Halle Berry
- Paul Newman
- Jennifer Lopez
- Michael Caine
- Mary Steenburgen
- Ted Danson
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Jon Voight
- Sigourney Weaver
- Ving Rhames
- Rene Russo
- Bill Pullman
- Isabella Rosselini
- Joe Mantegna
- Julianne Moore
- Ray Liotta
- Christine Lahti
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Diane Keaton
- James Earl Jones
- Annette Bening
- John Cleese
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Michael Palin
- Diane Wiest
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Jane Alexander
- Jim Carrey
- Kim Basinger
- Kirk Douglas
- Laura Dern
- Oliva deHavilland
- Walter Matthau
- Marisa Tomei
- John Travolta
- Liv Ullmann
- Nicolas Cage
- Celeste Holm
- Jeff Daniels
- Joan Allen
- Tom Cruise
- Nicole Kidman
- George Clooney
- Tom Hanks
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