Actor or Actress?

Question:Do you prefer the term "actor" or the term "actress" - for a female person who acts?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Do you prefer the term "actor" or the term "actress" - for a female person who acts?

I have always preferred "Actor."

I'm not sure why, but there just seems to be a connotation that "actor" just sounds more serious.

There are only a few careers it seems that have different titles for males and females. There aren't doctors and doctresses. You don't earn your mistress degree in college.

I don't mind "actress," though - particularly in distinguishing a female performer as opposed to a male (such as for awards.) And even being called an actress can have a subtle regal and dramatic flair that "actor" just doesn't have.

But in general, I prefer the term "actor" - which makes me think of someone who is trained, working, honing their skills, and is taking their craft seriously.

Actor for both men and women. An actress suggests a bimbo waitress who takes acting lessons,

I prefer actress.

I prefer 'actor'.

Actor

I once broached to me female acting friends that the Oscars should be best actor, non-gender and they opposed that concept.

It has to be Actor now as LAMDA passed this "law" as such. This is so we can no longer discriminate women.

Actress seems still to be in use in Hollywood (possibly because of the Academy Awards), but for stage acting, the word actor seems to be used for both now.

I generally say actor for both. I don't like femanizing in general but that's just me. An actor is an actor.

Marianne