# Famous actresses that don't seem special to you.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196 "2001-09-12T23:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chaosopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Chaosopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chaosopher)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/41 "2001-09-18T12:38:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMensch \* > \*\*Glenn Close. Maybe my memory’s failing me but I can’t recall anything she’s done that has impressed me. \*\* Ever seen Dangerous Liasons? Glenn is PERFECT in that movie. For me, Julia Roberts is nothing special. She’s not a very good actress. I hear that she is smart (She’s in Mensa, right?). Also, she’s not all that great looking (IMO). I think that she’s going to be in those ‘feel good’ movies about romance and the like. ---
**Author:** ![ninja\_rydr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8491ac/32.png) [@ninja\_rydr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninja_rydr)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/42 "2001-09-18T17:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\*The girl from American Beauty (not Thorna, the other one that the dad was obsessed with) and Sugar and Spice. She doesn’t strike me as particularly talented, and her eyes scare me. \*\* I’d like to second Mena Suvari as well as add Julia Stiles. For some unknown reason she bugs the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/43 "2001-09-18T18:46:47Z")
Good God! Monotone, flat, no personality at all. She must me GREAT during casting “sessions”, because she sure as shit cannot act. [/foaming and ranting] ## O Now taking siggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/44 "2001-09-18T19:17:05Z")
For my money, it’s gotta be **Calista Flockhart**. Vaguely cute in a prepubescent sort of way, but come on! The woman weighs what, about as much as my left sock, and her MAKEUP has more acting talent than she has! Likewise for **Cameron Diaz**. Loved her in the first couple of movies she made (most notably **The Mask** – she was adorable in that flick!) but since then she’s lost so much weight she looks like a Q-tip with eyes! Every time I see her on screen, I just want to buy her a hamburger. **Jennifer Lopez**. Absolutely beautiful woman, but has anyone noticed she can’t act? I’ll second someone’s nomination of **Jennifer Love Hewitt**. Another good-looking girl with absolutely no brains or talent. Kinda like a show dog - bred for looks, not intelligence. I’ll also second **Ashley Judd**. Blaargh. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/45 "2001-09-18T19:43:50Z")
**Juliette Lewis** drives me right around all kinds of bends. particularly because of her voice. It sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me. **Bridget Fonda** has had one good role - _Single White Female_. In every other movie she has been a pale imitation of someone else. I don’t know who that someone else is, but she clearly has no talent of her own. I have to say the same for **Marisa Tomei** who has had one good performance in her career, and won an Oscar for it. **Rosie Perez** should not be allowed near a movie theater, let alone a movie set. Bad, bad, icky, bad. **Rosie O’Donnell** should be similarly banned, along with my personal select crew of the Talentless and/or Vastly Overrated Barbie Doll Society ™: **Carmen Electra, Heather Locklear, Kristen Davis, Tiffani (Amber) Theissen, Pamela Anderson, Tracy Bingham, Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling, Rose McGowan and Calista Flockhart**. It’d be easier to compile a list of actresses I enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![bourbonstew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@bourbonstew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bourbonstew)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/46 "2001-09-19T03:13:26Z")
I have to agree with the Julia Roberts, Andi MacDowell, Sandra Bullock, and Anjelina Jolie nominations. And of course Pamela Anderson, but no one ever accused her of acting. MacDowell in particular always seems so lifeless on screen, and Sandra Bullock should get over herself - she makes a good supporting actress, or playing a character that ISN’T miss beauty queen - a la **While You Were Sleeping** , but can’t carry a film. Roberts just isn’t very pretty, though can act some. Jolie is wierd-looking but also can act if forced. I disagree completely with Gwyneth Paltrow, who was GREAT in **Shakespeare in Love** and very good in **Sliding Doors**. Also gorgeous. Michelle Pfeiffer is a wonderful actress and keeps good roles into her 40’s, and stays pretty as well. Can be believably tough. Cameron Diaz is a good comedy actress, and surprising in **Being John Malkovich**. Has a lot of energy, which comes across well. Her ass was the star of Charlie’s Angels too (according to Harry Knowles, and I agree). Bridget Fonda is just capable, though a good interview and seemingly pretty cool in real life. Rosie O’Donnell is a hypocritical hack, and I wanna hurl when she starts singing. Can’t stand her at all. I like Wynona Ryder. ---
**Author:** ![Curdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Curdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curdog)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/47 "2001-09-19T16:34:11Z")
Well, many annoying people have been mentioned, but may I second a few? Julia Roberts Jennifer Love Hewitt, what a groddy name Calista Flockhardt Tori Spelling Lucy Liu… And a cast of thousands of other annoying, skinny, plastic, disposable “celebrities” of mysterious value. Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, and Drew Barrymore have enough carnal appeal for me to eliminate any objectivity in my judgement. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/48 "2001-09-19T21:17:22Z")
Gwyneth Paltrow was brilliant in _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ The smooth transition she made from warm and accepting to cold and hateful can literally be tracked in each scene. I don’t like the weird face she makes in all her roles when she fake weeps, but I forgive her that foible. Not for nothing, is Julia Stiles Mickey Dolenz’s love child? It’s uncanny. Natalie Portman is not compelling in the films I’ve seen her in lately. I don’t think she will always be an actress. Perhaps she’ll become a PhD like Mayim Bialik and eschew the entertainment biz. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/49 "2001-09-20T03:55:50Z")
i am shocked and horrified that drew barrymore did not win this election hands down! i think that her face isn’t even close to cute, and i saw her knockers in playboy, and they looked like…well, pretty pathetic! i also second nicole kidman… ---
**Author:** ![Curdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Curdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curdog)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/50 "2001-09-20T14:53:29Z")
Hansome Harry, you have every right to your opinion, but just remember that Ms. Barrymore’s breasts are REAL. That is a rare and special thing to me! ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/51 "2001-09-20T23:25:20Z")
I am only going to comment on movie actresses, because it would take too long if I was going to delve into television’s cast of thousands. Cameron Diaz - smile on a stick. I loved **Krunk’s** Q-Tip comment. Denise Richards - boobs on a stick. Not one speck of perceptible talent. Alicia Silverstone - always seems to be playing the same underage tart. Gwyneth Paltrow - Doesn’t live up to her hype. No one could. Salma Hayek - Hispanic boobs on a stick. Yes, you have the best body in the known Universe. Showing it to us all the time is not going to make up for the fact that you can’t act. Winona Ryder - those big Bambi eyes and sinus-congestion voice convey all the depth of a wading pool. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/52 "2001-09-21T00:39:48Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by BingoBurringo \* \*\* > [@](#): > > The Drew saga gets even stranger. I just read in Maxim that Drew admits to picking Tom Green’s boogers. See what happens when you do cocaine when you’re 10? \*\* I think the grossest phrase I ever read was “picking Tom Green’s boogers.” Thank you for re-defining Hell for me. It’s strange. I agreed with every name on this list. Especially Helen Hunt, and Drew Barrymore (ugh, that booger thing), and I think I’d add Jennifer Aniston. Are there any actresses that just jump off the screen? Dammit, that booger thing won’t leave my brain! [concentrating] “calm beaches, calm beaches, calm beaches, …” [/concentrating] ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/53 "2001-09-26T17:06:15Z")
Jami Gertz. Oh wait, you said “actress,” ---
**Author:** ![GreenEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f9ae1b/32.png) [@GreenEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenEyes)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196/54 "2001-09-27T00:51:26Z")
Brooke Shields Alicia Silverwhatever Any of Charlies Angels \ Any supermodel who thinks cuz they can smile then can also act. Calista Flockhart… is it just me or does it look like she is always about to break out into tears. ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-actresses-that-dont-seem-special-to-you/81196.md?page=2)