21 questions

‘Brothers and Sisters’ Star Dave Annable Plays Wii All Day

Dave Annable

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Name: Dave Annable

Job: Playing injured Iraq vet Justin Walker on ABC’s Brothers and Sisters.

Age: 28

Borough: Annable grew up upstate, went to SUNY Plattsburgh, and earned his acting chops in the city with the Neighborhood Playhouse, living in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Mel Brooks.

What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York?
After studying at the “library,” N.Y. pizza at 2 a.m.

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
Play the Nintendo Wii.

Where do you get your coffee?
Peets Coffee.

What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway?
Salome.

Do you give money to panhandlers?
Whenever I can.

What’s your drink?
Johnny Walker Black on the rocks.

How often do you prepare your own meals?
I would say as close to never as possible.

What’s your favorite medication?
Nasal Spray.

What’s hanging above your sofa?
A Japanese Apocalypse Now framed poster.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
For a guy, $50.

When’s bedtime?
10 p.m.

Brunch: pro or con?
Pro.

What’s your thread count?
What?

What do you hate most about living in New York?
Extremes in the weather.

What’s your brand of jeans?
Diesel.

When’s the last time you drove a car?
This morning.

Who should be the next president?
Whoever can get the job done!

Times, Post, or Daily News?
Times.

Yankees or Mets?
Mets.

What makes someone a New Yorker?
The ability to not take shit from anyone!!!

‘Brothers and Sisters’ Star Dave Annable Plays Wii All Day