An audience with...Rufus

[reveuse]

Okey dokey - some of you might have seen my off-topic thread on the audience with Mel Brooks that I attended recently. And I got to thinking tonight....suppose there was an audience with Ruf (yes, unlikely, I know, but indulge me!)?

You are in the audience, the house lights are up, and you have to stand to ask your question, so he can see you (those were the rules with Mel, BTW).

What would you ask him and why? (Up to 3 questions.)

(And 'cos I read a similar, and very funny, thread back on EMS and we don't want to repeat ourselves, the following questions are a foregone conclusion and therefore banned:
1. Will you marry me? 2. Can I have all your babies? 3. What's your address/phone number?)

Here's my starter for ten:

1. If you had one return ticket for a time machine and could go forward or back, what moment in time would you choose to visit and why?

2. What has been the single scariest and the most elating moment of your life?

3. Many actors try their hand at writing and/or directing, with varying degrees of success. Can you see yourself doing that - writing a play or a film, or doing something similar to Spacey at the Old Vic?

[mcr5137]

1. If you had all the money you needed to pull it off, what book/play would you take on, if you had complete control of the film?

2. What one thing in your life would you give anything to go back and re-do?

3. You're stuck on a desert island........what one CD, one book, and one film would you wish to have with you (given that you had the means to listen/see them)?

[dippyponge]

1. How has becoming a father changed you?

2. Do you feel healthier for giving up the cigarettes? (I know I do since I gave up)

3. Which actor, dead or alive would you love to perform alongside?

[amatera]

I've remembered Pushkin's "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" about your theme:) Pardon me for the length of the quote, please...

Three fair maidens, late one night,
Sat and spun by candlelight.
"Were our tsar to marry me,"
Said the eldest of the three,
"I would cook and I would bake -
Oh, what royal feasts I'd make."
Said the second of the three:
"Were our tsar to marry me,
I would weave a cloth of gold
Fair and wondrous to behold."
But the youngest of the three
Murmured: "If he married me -
I would give our tsar an heir
Handsome, brave, beyond compare."

And what had the tsar chosen? you've guessed, of course

He had listened by their gate
Whither he'd been led by fate,
And the words that he heard last
Made his heart with love beat fast.
"Greetings, maiden fair," said he -
"My tsaritsa you shall be,
And, ere next September's done,
See that you bear me a son.

My questions and offers for Rufus are:

- are you hungry?
- remember a couple of the most serious things of your life, and, please, don't tell me.
- why are you living and why are you such as you are?

[tipou]

hmm. nice Pushkin. thanks.

(clearing my throat and standing up)

mr. Sewell, good evening, here are my questions

(whispering:please gals will you try to catch me if i fall, i dont want to break something. ohmygod he is looking this way i will faint now).

1) what the hell enabled you to survive throughout the dismal models-killed-by- perfume episode of Eleventh Hour? do you practice zen meditation, did you have to take pills, were you sleeepwalking? what is the strength in you that made you go through that, and allowed you to stay sane to speak about it today?

2) read somewhere that once you were working on a script... any development ever?

3) will you marry me?
(what? what do you mean, banned question? ok, but its stupid, surely the man can answer yes or no...)

3) ok, so i have been required to ask something else - although i will leave my phone number to the security guard here, if you feel like answering positively to the banned question. ok, so, which character would you rather play: oscar wilde, james bond, groucho marx, a short-order cook, or the elephant man?

[rugirl]

Tip, that's hilarious, I always enjoy your posts. I am back after about 4-5 month hiatus due to dreadful work situation, but hope to be able to join you ladies more, I have missed you all!

Now, as for questions, if you have ever watched "Inside the Actor's Studio" with James Lipton on Bravo in the US, you know he has a questionairre developed by Bernard Pivou (spelling may be off), famous French interviewer, that I always find interesting at the end of the program:

1) What is your favorite curse word?
2) What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
3) And finally, if heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?

There are about 9 or 10 other questions in the segment, but these are my favorites!

-Rugirl

[tipou]

Sept 12, 2009 15:26:49 GMT rugirl said:

Tip, that's hilarious, I always enjoy your posts. I am back after about 4-5 month hiatus due to dreadful work situation, but hope to be able to join you ladies more, I have missed you all!

Now, as for questions, if you have ever watched "Inside the Actor's Studio" with James Lipton on Bravo in the US, you know he has a questionairre developed by Bernard Pivou (spelling may be off), famous French interviewer, that I always find interesting at the end of the program:

1) What is your favorite curse word?
2) What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
3) And finally, if heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?

There are about 9 or 10 other questions in the segment, but these are my favorites!

-Rugirl

thanks ru!
i am back from hell as well.

that is infact bernard pivot, possibly the most cultivated and brilliant tv person in the whole wide world. i have great admiration for the guy.

and his ritualistic questions are famous among french tv listeners over the planet. they sometimes sound silly, but they in fact tell a lot about a person.

and if i may have another turn at questioning rufus (perhaps donning a (wink) groucho marx' moustache and pair of glasses to pass incoginito, i would certainly like to know what his favourite curse words are.

[phyllis]

1) What is your favorite curse word?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ummm, I know the answer to that. He says "F***" a lot in movies and he even did as a little boy.

1. Do you consider yourself a good father to Billy?
2. What profession, other than acting, would you enjoy?
3. What actor do you consider your role model?

[rugirl]

thanks ru!
i am back from hell as well.

that is infact bernard pivot, possibly the most cultivated and brilliant tv person in the whole wide world. i have great admiration for the guy.

and his ritualistic questions are famous among french tv listeners over the planet. they sometimes sound silly, but they in fact tell a lot about a person.

and if i may have another turn at questioning rufus (perhaps donning a (wink) groucho marx' moustache and pair of glasses to pass incoginito, i would certainly like to know what his favourite curse words are.[/quote]


Of course you have another turn, no disguise necessary! I actually saw a subtitled series of Pivot's (thanks for spelling correction) interviews and I thought they were funny but in a very thought-provoking way.

Sorry to hear about your hell, I am surprised we didn't bump into each other there, as I was also an inhabitant for a while myself! Evil job is hopefully under control now.......hope your situation is also.

Rugirl

[francesca]

!) Do you enjoy Theatre/cinema as a member of the audience?

2) What is your favourite meal ?

3) Will you make love to me ?..... B*gg*r , that's probably banned

3) would you like the oportunity to space travel?

[dippyponge]

1 When you relax at home, what DVD do you watch?

2 Do you have a bath with the curtains open (oops bet thats a banned question)

3 Do you prefer blondes or brunettes?

[francesca]

you said we could have 2 goes .....
1st I would have a vinyl mask + a wig took like Catherine Zeta Jones or Cameron Diaz or Minnie Driver . Get it ? His leading Ladies... get it ? lull him into a false sense of security
Then 1)
You have said your Mum brought you up to have no inhibitions so Have you ever posed for full frontal nude Pics ? If yes , where can we get hold of them /If not , why not? I would be prefectly willing to take some for you

2)What are your views.. on pre- / during /after/ extra marital sex ? in fact any view you may have on sex

3)What is your favourite positi..... B*gg*r , I bet that is banned too
3)Would you like to come back to my place and we can discuss Questions , 1, & 2 more fully and take some pics too if you like?

[GreenEyesToo]

Hmmm.....I think we're starting to stray into dubious territory here.

[francesca]

"nd apology GE2 ,will try to be good

[GreenEyesToo]

I'm sure you will, Frannie! ;D