# Amanda Peet or Natalie Portman? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173 "2010-11-28T16:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/41 "2010-11-29T05:47:03Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I have been told by a few people that I resemble Amanda Peet. I’m pretty confident that it’s because we have this feature in common. Other than that, it’s a baffling comparison. Huh. I can see the resemblance, but I never noticed you having crazy eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/42 "2010-11-29T06:12:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I wouldn’t say that _The Whole Nine Yards_ will make you **want** to see her naugs, but it’s a very funny film in which you **will** see her naugs, and I for one was very impressed. Google her name along with “naked” and I’m guessing you will be too. Meh…I’ve seen better. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/43 "2010-11-29T06:43:57Z")
Where do people get the idea that Natalie Portman is so incredibly full of herself, more so than other celebrities? If you are a Hollywood A-lister or rock star or sports star, don’t you by default have a sense of self-importance? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/44 "2010-11-29T06:55:27Z")
Natalie Portman, hands down. Unless, of course Amanda Peet agreed to sleep with me. In which case the answer would be Amanda Peet, hands down! I’ve sort of had a crush on Portman similar to the one Timothy Hutton had on her in the movie “Beautiful Girls”. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/45 "2010-11-29T07:51:09Z")
I have to go with Portman. Any woman who can look [this good](http://poponthepop.com/gallery/natalie-portman-bald/) bald and has the guts to go out that way when she doesn’t have to is a winner in my book. Heck, it’s the first time since the prequels that I found her attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/46 "2010-11-29T09:14:45Z")
We need more Peet votes! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/47 "2010-11-29T12:48:56Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > We need more Peet votes! Tell her to be hotter 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/48 "2010-11-29T14:07:09Z")
As far as overall beauty and acting talent, Portman. But if we’re talking about who I’d want to make flippy-floppy with, Peet. For only one reason- I was an adult when I first saw Portman in\* Leon\* when she was what- nine? Currently my daughter’s age. Even though she’s all growed up now and what-not, I don’t think I’d be able to get it up for her. It’d be too oogy. So as long as she didn’t bother talking, or anything, I’d work Peet over pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/49 "2010-11-29T14:13:21Z")
I still think of Portman as the little girl in “The Professional”. And since I’m considerably older than she is, that’s a big problem. A problem I’d likely overcome if she threw herself at me, though. I’ve alway found Amanda Peet very attractive, and never saw her as a child, so she gets my vote by a mile. I think I’d still find her more attractive, if I just saw them both for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/50 "2010-11-29T16:10:34Z")
Oooh, tough one. Let’s decide this with SCIENCE! What’s Peet’s Erdos-Bacon number? Does she have one? Portman’s is 6. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/51 "2010-11-29T16:27:56Z")
Portman by a long shot. I think she is far more attractive, and a better actor. Though kudos to Peet for helping to debunk Jenny McCarthy’s autism BS. It must not get a lot of press, because this is the first I’ve hear of it (which isn’t that surprising, since pro-vaccine stories/people in general get less press than anti-vaccine.) Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m counting down the days till I’ll be able to go see Black Swan.\* (\*Portman has a rather explicit sex scene in that movie…oh, did I mention the sex scene is with Mila Kunis? Cause it’s totally with Mila Kunis.) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/52 "2010-11-29T20:53:31Z")
**bouv** prompted me to ck out the [_Black Swan_ trailer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaI1XOB-bs) Looks like a movie to look forward to seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/53 "2010-11-29T21:00:20Z")
Eh, it’s _The Wrestler_ in tights. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/54 "2010-11-29T21:08:57Z")
Sometimes these polls surprise me. I wouldn’t even say Peet was particularly cute, pretty or hot by Hollywood Standards. Way down the list though by no means not attractive. Portman is very cute, pretty and her body looks very fine to me. She is also a very good youngish actress. I can’t even understand the voting being as close as it is. BTW: In no way am I Star Wars fan, I hated her three movies, I am rating her acting on the other movies I have seen her in. Even fluff like \*\* [Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457419/)**. She really won me over in \*\* [Garden State](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0333766/)** and was great as a child actress in \*\* [The Professional.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/)\*\* She was also excellent in \*\* [Goya’s Ghosts.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455957/)\*\* or those three Star Wars movies. I hope she makes more movies that I enjoy. I have not seen many of her movies and though she was good in it, I did not like \*\* [V for Vendetta](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/)\*\* Amanda Peet is nothing special as an actress. I’ve seen maybe 6 of her movies. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/55 "2010-11-29T21:58:57Z")
Peet is attractive, but I am holding a grudge because _Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_ sucked so badly, even though it wasn’t her fault. So I voted for Portman who is both smart and a hottie. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/56 "2010-11-29T22:01:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I would have thought that most folks living in the developed world have the “wrong” number of teeth, having had four of them removed in their late teens. This is all going back to me saying that Peet looks like she has too many teeth. Somehow that seems to have been twisted into not enough teeth. She has horrible movie-star teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/57 "2010-11-29T22:11:55Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > This is all going back to me saying that Peet looks like she has too many teeth. Somehow that seems to have been twisted into not enough teeth. > > She has horrible movie-star teeth. I don’t see how anyone can say that. Here are [Peet’s teeth](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wallpapercolor.com/Celebrities/Amanda-Peet/Amanda-Peet-17.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.wallpapercolor.com/1024x768-Wallpapers-Amanda-Peet/Amanda-Peet-17.JPG.html&h=768&w=1024&sz=58&tbnid=WY-_LGeKiFEIeM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damanda%2Bpeet&zoom=1&q=amanda+peet&usg=__kURt4V6k353ueaqZWitMkOGa4rA=&sa=X&ei=oiT0TPKCDMP_lge05JWgDQ&ved=0CDEQ9QEwBg) ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/58 "2010-11-29T22:17:59Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > I don’t see how anyone can say that. Here are [Peet’s teeth](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wallpapercolor.com/Celebrities/Amanda-Peet/Amanda-Peet-17.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.wallpapercolor.com/1024x768-Wallpapers-Amanda-Peet/Amanda-Peet-17.JPG.html&h=768&w=1024&sz=58&tbnid=WY-_LGeKiFEIeM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damanda%2Bpeet&zoom=1&q=amanda+peet&usg=__kURt4V6k353ueaqZWitMkOGa4rA=&sa=X&ei=oiT0TPKCDMP_lge05JWgDQ&ved=0CDEQ9QEwBg) You see, I think that looks hideous. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/59 "2010-11-29T23:03:26Z")
Amanda Peet. Others have noted that Portman is “cute,” as if that were a good thing; I don’t like her tiny, pixie-ish chin, nor the rest of the “cute” package. Amanda Peet is _womanly_. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173/60 "2010-11-30T02:45:14Z")
You mean womanly isn’t a euphemism for looking old for you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peet-or-natalie-portman/562173.md?page=4)