dating other actors...yuck.

[ChickenMacNoot]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 8:26pm

anyone else vow never to date another actor?:) I've never tried it, nor would I ever...ick.

[kangaroo]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 8:54pm

No I haven't because I've never tried it... well, I guess I have, but it didn't end badly

~kangaroo

[BwayLeadman]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 9:06pm

I know a person that dated Cheyanne Jackson and he says that Cheyanne is a "Wh*re"

[nychick9876]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 3:59pm

i've dated other actors, usually from the show i was in, and they all ended badly.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 5:12pm

Hah,

I work for this one theatre company that is WAY too incestuous and at every party there are bound to be several hookups. And around showtime EVRYONE has weird sexual dreams about other castmates...its like a given. We share these dreams openly in the dressing rooms before the show...good times. Gotta love the screwd up people of the theatre world.

Akiva

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 6:58pm

I've always thought that dating other theatre people is incestuous. Especially outside of NY where everyone works with the same people all the time. Not that it's bad or anything...

[Pinguin]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 7:54pm

HA, all 3 of my major boyfriends were actors and they were great relationships...but I also know of so many stupid actor/actor relationships that are just out of control.

And we actors are a very ridiculous type of people...I wouldn't want to date us either :0)

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 7/28/05 at 10:16am

I'll only date artistic folks (art/theatre/music). When I try to date "normal" guys (med. school, business) it never works out because they never understand my weirdness that comes from being a crazy artist. Plus, I hate having conversations with someone who has NO theatre knowledge - talking about my day, and getting that priceless "huh?" look... grrrrr.

[actress_06]

Posted: 7/28/05 at 9:06pm

At my school there is an unwritten rule about "theatercest," we just don't do it because it makes things awkward if the relationship ends badly and you have to work with these people for two years.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 7/29/05 at 1:40am

I was in a double cast show - 10 characters, 20 actors. About 12 of them were in a relationship, or had been with each other. It's craziness - but you really do get to know people so well through theatre.

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 7/29/05 at 4:58am

I've never dated another actor, but I always thought it'd mke since to. It'd be nice to talk to them about stuff, and they understand!

About Chyenne Jackson being a wh*ore, I figured that. He'd fit in PERFECTLY in my town...

[melynnee]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 3:19am

I've been dating another actor for 4 years and I love it. It's nice to have someone who shares my passion and understands what I do. Although, I have to say, when we are in a show together (which we are about to do again in a couple weeks...yikes) it always gets harder because I'm around him all the time. It's best when we're working on seperate projects.

[kangaroo]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:42pm

I honestly don't know if I would consider my relationship with an "actor" or not... I mean, he was much more serious about playing the drums and other things, so I guess it was a different scenario. Anyway, he's a great guy and I wouldn't change what we had for anything. [in all honestly we rarely saw each other anyway... we didn't go to the same school or anything].

[Racetrack]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 2:17am

My boyfriend and I are actors. Not professionally yet, but we were in drama classes all through high school. In freshmen year we played a married couple getting a divorce and it was when we were stupid fourteen year olds(mind you I'm not calling fourteen year olds stupid I'm just saying we were) we vowed never to date each other and three years down the road we are dating and very much in love at the moment. We've been in several plays together seen the best and worst of each other and I feel it has only made our relationship together stronger. I don't know where I would be without him and I think being with him helps me see things a lot differently. So I think if it works out it works out. Sometimes it will and sometimes it won't. It depends on many things, but this has been a helpful relationship and I regret nothing. So I say if you can date a fellow actor great and if you can't that's fine too.

[citylights]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:46am

In the show I'm working on right now, there are so many cast members hooking up with other cast members, and it's even more interesting because the cast is so close that everyone knows about everything within 24 hours. I feel like there are big pros & cons to relationships with other actors but I always tend to be drawn to artistic types...

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 8/2/05 at 12:51pm

There's something so special about theatre people though, it's been a few yearssince Ive had a crush on a non-actor...they're usually so funny and they open themselves up (intentionally or not) when they're onstage.

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:18am

Personally, I would never want to date another actor. Mostly because I want to be the theatre expert! My only requirement is that they be passionate about something...just not theatre. I want someone who I can learn from and who can learn things from me. That should keep things interesting.

[Grommetik]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 5:55am

No, I find it pretty easy to date other actors AND non-actors. (Shock horror! What's that you say? How dare you mix your theatre friends with other friends? My, my!)
Yes, well I find it pretty easy becasue while I am incredibly passionate about theatre, as is my boyfriend, we are neither of us the kind of people to be all "Whee! Fizzy wham bah! Aren't we whacky? It's because we're actors, Ha ha ha ha La la!" and are able to communicate with people who DON'T do theatre too. Wow. It's the future, today.

[dietcherryemma]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:25am

It's the theatre. Seriously. When you're doing a show, you're in such close contact with one (usually small) group of people for an extended period of time. Bright lights, the draw of already becoming people you aren't... you're attracted to people who normally you might not go for.

Myself, the relationships with actors = not so good. Usually seem better beforehand.

Musicians, however, that's a different story.

[shines]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:30am

I've dated a few actors, three i think, and two of them ended up being gay. After that I haven't had such a great opinion of dating actors.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 8/6/05 at 3:34pm

I'd give it a chance, if only to have someone who actually understands my passion for theatre and didn't give me that blank stare when I reference a showtune in everyday conversation.

In our company, though, there's always a little bit of tension... actually more than "a little bit". During 'Sound of Music' last spring, our Captain and Maria were ex-boyfriend and girlfriend, which made for an interesting show. And then there was the 13-year-old who would go up to all the older guys, wearing ather provocative clothing, and say seriously, "Hey, wanna have sex?"

Days of Our Lives, community-theatre style.

[nolatheatre]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 11:50am

No i cant do it! for some weird reason it just feels weird.

[JayKid]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 12:05pm

Never have, but don't see it as a problem... if you were in shows with them a lot, then could be weird though. However, that isn't just actors... it's basically working with someone you are dating and that usually never ends well.

Theatre people are fun in general though... I like creative and crazy ass people like me for friends and wouldn't mind one for a girlfriend either, wouldn't care either way. I have friends that aren't theatre people either, and they are fun too.

I don't really think it matters... if something gets screwed up, it's not because they are an actor, it was for a different reason.

And to the person who had two of them turn gay, that sucks. My friend had that happen to her and although I always crack jokes about how she told me he lost his um other virginity first after the broke up. Then they got together, broke up again and he lost his virginity a second time haha. I dunno, I always laugh about it lol...

But yea, I feel as if within the theatre community... I'm one of the only straight ones, but eh, whatever, I don't really mind.