# Celebrities you often mix up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540 "2003-01-14T17:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/61 "2003-01-15T16:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FriarTed \* > **I’m looking & I’m amazed no one said Bill Paxton & Bill Pullman** :dubious: Did you look at the second post in the thread (the very first reply to the OP)? ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/62 "2003-01-15T16:09:18Z")
Christina Aquilara and Dee Snider. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/63 "2003-01-15T18:29:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Oblong \* > \*\*On SNL, Jimmy Fallon, Jim Bruer, and Chris Kattan were like one big mixup. \*\* This is what I immediately thought of. I thougt CK and JF were the same person, until I saw JF on _The Concert for New York_. And then there’s Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis… ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/64 "2003-01-15T18:35:48Z")
Harlan Ellison and Larry Ellison. ---
**Author:** ![Goofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Goofus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goofus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/65 "2003-01-15T20:05:56Z")
Ron Perlman and Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/66 "2003-01-15T20:27:24Z")
Another vote for Bill Pullman and Jeff Daniels. I’ve always mixed those 2 up. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/67 "2003-01-16T01:08:07Z")
Although they look nothing alike, Keith David and David Keith. And when I first saw the commercials for _A Guy Thing_, I thought Julia Stiles was Kirsten Dunst. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/68 "2003-01-16T01:39:40Z")
Russel Crowe Sheryl Crowe Cameron Crowe The Crowes The Black Crowes (Are they all related, or what?) Rocker Chris Rock “The Rock” How am I supposed to tell all these people apart? Their names all merge into each other in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/69 "2003-01-17T02:26:30Z")
King Kong and Mighty Joe Young. Kong was taller, though … ---
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/70 "2003-01-17T02:58:39Z")
Also [Lassie](http://www.lassie.net/) and [Rin Tin Tin.](http://www.rintintin.com/) Although Lassie has longer hair and slightly larger breasts. ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/71 "2003-01-17T04:04:00Z")
This thread would be incomplete if somebody didn’t mention **Ino** ’s classic Pit rant about [Jerry “Lee” Lewis](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62082). (You’ll need to scroll down to, like, the seventh object of his rage.) Anyway, now somebody has. For my part, I have the same Chris Rock/Tucker problem as **Catcom** ; I can’t always keep John and William Hurt straight; and I gave up trying to tell the Baldwins apart ages ago, because, really, why bother? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/72 "2003-01-17T11:22:39Z")
For me, it’s always William Hurt and Jeff Bridges. I think they’re both terrific actors, but all I can remember is that Bill starred in _Smoke_ while Jeff was - and always will be - the Dude. ---
**Author:** ![Reuel\_Miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@Reuel\_Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reuel_Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/73 "2003-01-17T13:57:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Indygrrl \* > \*\*Christina Aquilara and Dee Snider. \*\* HAHAHA… ow… that hurt… too funny… \\\ Ok… for me, are they really three different people or are Joey Lauren Adams, Renée Zellweger and Jewel really the same person? “I had you at ‘You were meant for me’. You are such my bitch.” Reuel ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/74 "2003-01-17T14:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GrandfatherTrout \* > **This thread would be incomplete if somebody didn’t mention Ino’s classic Pit rant** You know, he’s going to be in here any minute now to rip you a new one for misspelling his username. It’s actually **lno** with a lower case “l” and he is just a tad sensitive when it comes to this. 😃 Oh **lno** … calling **lno** … ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/75 "2003-01-17T14:12:27Z")
And now that I mention it, I always get **Ino** and \*\*lno[/] mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/76 "2003-01-17T14:25:55Z")
Like **RickJay** said, Lloyd Bridges and Leslie Neilsen are pretty much interchangeable as far as I’m concerned. But throw the guy who played the commissioner in Police Academy (I think his initials are G G) into the mix and I’m completely lost. ---
**Author:** ![IrishFold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9e8a1a/32.png) [@IrishFold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrishFold)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/77 "2003-01-17T15:03:14Z")
if I’m channel-surfing and suddenly see one of these women talking to a talk show host, I don’t know whether I’m watching and listening to Chita Riviera or Rita Moreno. ---
**Author:** ![ceyjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ceyjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceyjen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/78 "2003-01-17T19:45:35Z")
Although I have never had any difficulty telling them apart, my SO _cannot_ tell the difference between **Sandra Bullock** and **Julia Roberts**. and I know a lot of other people who have the same problem (I don’t get it…) ---
**Author:** ![ceyjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ceyjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceyjen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/79 "2003-01-17T19:51:18Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t always keep John and William Hurt straight It must have something to do with their similar looks because it’s John **Heard** and William **Hurt**. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/80 "2003-01-17T23:59:49Z")
Soundwise, not necessarily looks-wise: The singer from The Goo Goo Dolls and the singer from Matchbox 20. I’m sure they both have names. Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton Mandy Moore and Jessica Simpson. MCA from The Beastie Boys and Zach dela Rocha from Rage Agaisnt The Machine [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540.md?page=5)