# Did anyone ever tell you that you look just like \? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033 "2007-06-14T19:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/81 "2007-06-16T18:05:02Z")
I was told years ago that I look quite a bit like Melissa Gilbert. I still do, to a degree. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/82 "2007-06-16T18:24:52Z")
One of my high school drama teachers said I reminded her of a young Baryshnikov. No linky because (a) she didn’t say I looked like him and (b) what, you don’t know what he looks like? Someone once told me I looked like [Al from _Home Improvement_](http://www.pmpnetwork.com/richard_karn/richard.jpg). That was when I had hair, though. I think I look a little like [Bob Wickman](http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2006/07/24/EwuEAo4f.jpg), but **Soon-to-be-ex-Mrs. ToKnow** is still kind enough to say I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/83 "2007-06-17T00:18:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Was it at all intentional (e.g. did your dad wear the Granny glasses)? [/QUOTE] No, although my mom used to wear her hair long and wear lots of turtlenecks. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/84 "2007-06-17T01:18:39Z")
I used to get Jodie Foster ALL the time. Then I gained some weight no one said it for a while. Now that I’m losing the weight I guess the resemblance is coming back, ''cause I’ve had more people ask me in the last few months than in the last year or so. [Here’s](http://flickr.com/photos/94832830@N00/558402900/)[me.](http://flickr.com/photos/94832830@N00/558402976/) And this is [Jodie.](http://www.usaweekend.com/02_issues/021222/images/021222foster.jpg) Depending on who you ask, some people see the resemblance and some don’t. Either way I consider it a compliment. My roommate looks exactly like Molly Ringwald. I won’t share her pic without permission, but she gets it often enough that it’s gotten really annoying for her. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/85 "2007-06-17T03:53:03Z")
[QUOTE=Elysium] I used to get Jodie Foster ALL the time. Then I gained some weight no one said it for a while. Now that I’m losing the weight I guess the resemblance is coming back, ''cause I’ve had more people ask me in the last few months than in the last year or so. [Here’s](http://flickr.com/photos/94832830@N00/558402900/)[me.](http://flickr.com/photos/94832830@N00/558402976/) And this is [Jodie.](http://www.usaweekend.com/02_issues/021222/images/021222foster.jpg) Depending on who you ask, some people see the resemblance and some don’t. Either way I consider it a compliment. My roommate looks exactly like Molly Ringwald. I won’t share her pic without permission, but she gets it often enough that it’s gotten really annoying for her. [/QUOTE] You’re cuter than Jodie. ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/86 "2007-06-17T05:18:07Z")
I was just told last night that I look like Kate Winslet. [http://www.search.com/reference/Kate\_Winslet](http://www.search.com/reference/Kate_Winslet) This is me. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1345/559168621_71676ce53a_b.jpg "IMG\_0776aa") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynne_kilii/559168621/) I’m pretty sure she was just making things up. Scratch that, very sure. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/87 "2007-06-17T05:47:33Z")
I was at a party and a girl said I looked like “the guy from Superman 2.” Superman? No, no. General Zod? No! The other guy. The one who doesn’t talk. I sought out some pictures later, and I’m not sure I appreciate the comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/88 "2007-06-17T12:36:40Z")
I always thought my [mum](http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m127/sunseeker_101/Val%20Dinner/mumandstef2.jpg) looked like Audrey Tatou. [I’ve](http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m127/sunseeker_101/Stef/stefandphone.jpg) gotten: that chick from Jag and Katherine Heigl. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/89 "2007-06-17T12:50:55Z")
People tell me I look a lot like Quasimodo. Jeez I don’t half get the hump at that ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/90 "2007-06-17T13:04:01Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] The only time I’ve ever been compared to anyone was some actress named Karen Black? I don’t know who she is but checking her pictures, with the exception of my chubby cheekbones and the fact that we’re both women, I see no resemblance. Of course the person who mentioned it was a little nutty. [/QUOTE] Ever see the 1970s movie TRILOGY OF TERROR where the woman is chased by the knife-wielding African demon-doll? That woman was Karen Black. A remake was done a few years ago by USA Network with someone else. More recently, Karen Black played Mama in HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (tho not in the sequel THE DEVIL’S REJECTS). Btw- for me, Richard Masur or a “cross between Orson Welles and Santa Claus” or Victor Buono. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/91 "2007-06-17T13:06:04Z")
[QUOTE=Lynne\_kilii] I was just told last night that I look like Kate Winslet. > **[SearchGPT Plus | Free Chat GPT Alternative](https://search.com)** > > Search smarter with SearchGPT Plus, your free Chat GPT alternative for writing, learning & productivity. Try GPT search with instant, intelligent results. This is me. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1345/559168621_71676ce53a_b.jpg "IMG\_0776aa") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynne_kilii/559168621/) I’m pretty sure she was just making things up. Scratch that, very sure. [/QUOTE] I see it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/92 "2007-06-17T13:46:49Z")
When I have long hair in a ponytail I’m “Penn and Teller”, no-one knows which one I am but I’m “Penn and Teller”. When my hair is shorter but really curly I used to get called Jack Osbourne. I suppose yes I am fat and do wear glasses but really I look nothing like either of them especially now since Jack got all super-buff. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/93 "2007-06-17T13:49:08Z")
[QUOTE=Lynne\_kilii] I was just told last night that I look like Kate Winslet. > **[SearchGPT Plus | Free Chat GPT Alternative](https://search.com)** > > Search smarter with SearchGPT Plus, your free Chat GPT alternative for writing, learning & productivity. Try GPT search with instant, intelligent results. This is me. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1345/559168621_71676ce53a_b.jpg "IMG\_0776aa") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynne_kilii/559168621/) I’m pretty sure she was just making things up. Scratch that, very sure. [/QUOTE] Aye you kinda do but you’re far better looking than Ms Winslet. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/94 "2007-06-17T14:35:57Z")
In my 20’s = Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) In my 30’s = Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice) In my 40’s = Robert B. Parker (Novelist) I am not aging well. whistlepig ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/95 "2007-06-17T14:47:18Z")
When I was in my early 30s, at least two different people told me I looked like Harrison Ford when I took my glasses off. I never could see that myself (naturally; not wearing my glasses :D). I think I’ve grown out of the resemblance, though, if it really ever was there. Once my father got to be about, oh, 60, he started bearing a striking resemblance to Jack Lemmon. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/96 "2007-06-17T14:54:47Z")
Tom Cruise. Twice, about ten years apart. I don’t get it either. [Me](http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/fachverwirrt/nathan.jpg). When I had long hair and goatee, I did get Jesus occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/97 "2007-06-17T14:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Aye you kinda do but you’re far better looking than Ms Winslet. [/QUOTE] Seconded and the motion carries. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/98 "2007-06-17T15:50:54Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] You’re cuter than Jodie. [/QUOTE] Aw, shucks. Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/99 "2007-06-17T16:08:26Z")
I’ve been compared to Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), but I find the fact that it’s always coming from creepy old men to be influential. I’ve got the dark hair, forehead scar, abundance of chest hair and… the green eyes Harry is supposed to have? Might post a pic later on today (not of the chest hair). ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/100 "2007-06-17T18:56:31Z")
And here we go: [Me](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/560969350_355b153d18_o.jpg) [Daniel Radcliffe](http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0373889/HP5DUSAToday.jpg.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033.md?page=6)