# Actors/Musicians/Luminaries ya just plain can't look at **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157 "2021-09-23T04:07:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/1 "2021-09-23T04:07:14Z")
Here’s to where you cop to your ridiculously unfair biases against the OP subjects simply because of the way they look, _especially_ irrespective of the truckloads of talent said target(s) may possess. Because of the obviously over-the-top, volatile thesis, each Unlookable _should_ be qualified with whatever given attribute(s) they may have, so, when I duly acknowledge the obvious virtuosic blues mastery of SNL guitarist [G.E. Smith,](https://www.google.com/search?q=ge+smith&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA835CA835&sxsrf=AOaemvI-kDmSqfcbIVGiWRaW2xTfIrrVVw:1632368644707&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjy3daJl5TzAhWKhJ4KHZltCssQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=840&bih=580&dpr=1.56) I also have to shed light on the fact that…well… I’m talking - it’s a really instantaneous “ACK I can’t look at that!” inner primordial shuddering repulsion that compels you to look away faster than a church mouse; no innocuous trifle, like “oh Ryan Reynods’ eyes need to a bit further apart while Uma Thurman’s could stand maybe a centimetre closer together” or “would Matthew McConaughey stop looking like some strung-out lankly wastrel after a week-long bender?” Be cruel, but be kind. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/2 "2021-09-23T09:36:11Z")
I can’t look at Iggy Pop. His skin is about 1mm thick. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/3 "2021-09-23T10:21:20Z")
There’s a reason Joe Jackson (_Steppin’ Out_) was a radio celebrity and not a TV celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/4 "2021-09-23T10:23:27Z")
That Dog Bounty Hunter guy. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/5 "2021-09-23T10:46:34Z")
doesn’t Keith Richards sort of win this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/6 "2021-09-23T12:35:57Z")
I’m sorry to have to mention this person, but it’s Trump. I can’t look at it. It repels me on every level. ETA: Wait, I have to say something nice as well? Forget it. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/7 "2021-09-23T14:13:32Z")
Jackie Earle Haley Danny Trejo Tilda Swinton Pete Postletwaite Iggy Pop ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/8 "2021-09-23T14:18:22Z")
Heh, poor Iggy 😆 Tiger king dude ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/9 "2021-09-23T15:19:00Z")
Gene Simmons. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/10 "2021-09-23T15:21:36Z")
Steve Buscemi. He’s generally seen as odd-looking, anyway, but I find his appearance (especially those eyes) downright disturbing. I’m sorry, Steve, but I can’t. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/11 "2021-09-23T15:33:50Z")
Pretty much the entire cast of **Billions**. Damien Lewis supposedly looks like Steve McQueen, but I only see Stan Laurel. Paul Giamatti made a career as an everyman schlub with an extraordinary inner fire, but in the remainder of S5, it’s apparent that he’s been bad sick. And Corey Stoll: he’s in everything, with a face that looks like his mother fed him with a slingshot. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/12 "2021-09-23T15:52:45Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Pretty much the entire cast of **Billions**. Damien Lewis supposedly looks like Steve McQueen, but I only see Stan Laurel. Paul Giamatti made a career as an everyman schlub with an extraordinary inner fire, but in the remainder of S5, it’s apparent that he’s been bad sick. And Corey Stoll: he’s in everything, with a face that looks like his mother fed him with a slingshot. Interesting. Damien Lewis and Corey Stoll are definitely on my “heck yeah, I would” list. 😄 (I do hope Paul is okay.) I can’t think of anyone who repulses me to look at (besides Trump). I like interesting faces. Oh, got one: Shane MacGowan of the Pogues. Those TEETH…I just cannot bear it. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/13 "2021-09-23T16:10:57Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > I can’t think of anyone who repulses me to look at (besides Trump). I like interesting faces. Oh, got one: Shane MacGowan of the Pogues. Those TEETH…I just cannot bear it. I was going to mention Shane but I discovered he’s [had his teeth fixed](https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/02/shane-macgowan-released-from-hospital-after-falling-ill-atchristmas-13837799/). Yes, he was _literally_ hard for me to look at before. Seeing the remnants of his teeth and trench mouth made _my_ teeth hurt. Unattractiveness (however you measure that) isn’t usually what repels me to “can’t look at their face” territory. For me, it’s usually [smarminess](https://www.google.com/search?q=rick+desantis&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE4t_yvJXzAhWFVN8KHbv0Aj4Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1242&bih=516&dpr=1.1) or [poorly done fakeness](https://www.looper.com/483642/who-is-the-star-in-the-nurtec-hide-in-the-dark-commercial/). ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/14 "2021-09-23T16:32:51Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I can’t look at Iggy Pop. His skin is about 1mm thick. I met Iggy at a film festival once. He’s exactly as you’d imagine: a wiry stack of gristle, with a speaking voice that sounds like baritone barking even when he’s being friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/15 "2021-09-23T16:44:31Z")
Any of the Kardashians. They look like painted synthetic flesh molded onto wireframe receptacles of drama regurgitators and festooned with the gaudiest of American excess and shallowness. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/16 "2021-09-23T16:45:31Z")
**[Al Sharpton](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/al_sharpton.jpg?w=681&h=383&crop=1)** has the proportions of a bobble-head doll: large head, thin neck, undersized body. To my eye, he lives in the uncanny valley. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/17 "2021-09-23T22:22:35Z")
That photo looks like someone is using Photoshop for the first time. (I’m not saying it is not real) mmm ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/18 "2021-09-24T01:21:51Z")
Jason Momoa. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/19 "2021-09-24T01:31:29Z")
Norwich City coach Daniel Farke Repeatedly tried to post his google images page, but didn’t work like it did for a previous post (?) god he frightens the shit outa me. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157/20 "2021-09-24T01:36:18Z")
No excess is involved (that would be at least mildly interesting), just plastic. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157.md?page=2)