BRIAN MALLMAN

The following 10 questions originally came from a French series, "Bouillon de Culture" hosted by Bernard Pivot. They are probably more familiar as the questions James Lipton asks at the end of the televisions series "Inside the Actor's Studio."

1 What is your favorite word?
  • "Thadidious."
2 What is your least favorite word?
"Submit."
3 What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
"Music."
4 What turns you off?
"Taggers."
5 What is your favorite curse word?
"Scumbum," as used by Jackie Gleason in the "edited for TV" version of "Smokey and the Bandit."
6 What sound or noise do you love?
"A V-8 engine."
7 What sound or noise do you hate?
"Dogs barking while I'm sleeping."
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What profession, other than your own, would you like to attempt?

"Songwriter."
9 What profession would you not like to? 
"Cell phone sales."
10 If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
"Welcome back! Here's your throne. I hope you don't mind that I sat in it while you we're gone."