# I am Straight but I can't help noticing... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039 "2005-08-07T23:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/41 "2005-08-09T00:11:54Z")
I don’t know if this counts, but I always thought Mel Gibson would be great to have as a drinking buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/42 "2005-08-09T01:27:01Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > I generally can’t tell if guys are good-looking unless I learn it from hearing others enthuse about them…or if they have features that would make for good looking women if feminized. (I would put Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt in the latter category.) This I don’t get. Johnny Depp, yes, but not Brad Pitt. Pitt is not even “traditionally handsome” to begin with, and I think he’d make a terriffically ugly woman. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/43 "2005-08-09T02:35:10Z")
Remember I said, “feminized.” This is not the same as slapping on a wig and lipstick. I think that if Pitt’s features were softened as is typical of women, he would make a very attractive female. In fact, he has always sort of reminded me of a girl I dated in high school. Not only was she not “terrifically ugly”, she was quite beautiful and much sought after. :: sigh :: Ah, the good old days. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/44 "2005-08-09T03:56:50Z")
Jessica Alba. I have spoken. Also Kathleen Turner when she was in Romancing the Stone. Oh yeah, Sigourney Weaver. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/45 "2005-08-09T04:18:38Z")
**Djimon Hounsou** is a pretty goodlooking guy. He also seems nice. I saw **Paul Rudd** on Jon Stewart tonight and he seemed like a pretty funny guy - handsome too. Much like the other sex, it appears I have no real ‘type’. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/46 "2005-08-09T04:46:12Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > I But I will say I was struck by Gerard Butler in the 2004 version of Phantom of the Opera. That guy is damn good looking and no one had to tell me so. He _is_ good looking, in nearly everything he’s in. Makes Tomb Raider II watchable 😛 I deeply envy the looks of Sarah Thompson and Gillian Anderson. Alicia Witt too. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/47 "2005-08-12T05:53:54Z")
Christian Bale and Vin Diesel. Both Brad Pitt and Eric Bana in **Troy** were pretty hot too. Pitt and Bale are almost too pretty though. I guess if I were gay I’d like my men to be manly. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/48 "2005-08-12T07:30:07Z")
All of these have been mentioned already, but Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor and Christian Bale all do it for me. I say that but I’m honestly not sure if I just think they’re cool guys who I respect as actors and would love to have a beer with, or if I’m actually physically attracted to them. I have yet to get close enough to any of them to find out. Also, I wish Brian Blessed was my Dad. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/49 "2005-08-12T07:46:18Z")
Young Marlon Brando, young Sean Connery. They were handsome guys. And they both moooooved… mm ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/50 "2005-08-12T15:05:29Z")
Allison Janney Sigourney Weaver Robia LaMorte Monica Bellucci ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/51 "2005-08-12T15:15:31Z")
Kiera Knightley her eyes are amazing ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/52 "2005-08-12T15:42:18Z")
I hadn’t considered Allison Janney, but **Selkie’s** right. She’s just got … something. Not conventionally beautiful by any means, but I’ve always thought she was so striking. You can put me on the Angelina list, though I think she’d be kind of intimidating. Also Allison Mack (from _Smallville_–she’s just so damn cute), Morena Baccarin, and Reese Witherspoon. It’s very odd, because I certainly don’t like my men that perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/53 "2005-08-12T15:46:50Z")
Denis Quaid has the devil’s smile. Not a devilish smile, but the smile of the great temptor. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/54 "2005-08-12T18:30:58Z")
_grunts_ Harumph, never! Mrs Gargoyle “Honey, why do you keep rewinding all of the Inigo Montoya scenes?” Gargoyle: “It’s the swordwork. Really. Ah, you made me miss it again, time to rewind.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/55 "2005-08-12T19:02:01Z")
William Holden circa early 1950s (think _Sabrina_ or _The Country Girl_). His was a brand of masculinity not really possible in pop culture today – educated, worldly, an outward cynicism disguising a deep and passionate idealism. The kind of guy so secure in his maleness that he could dress like a prince and even give talky speeches. It probably takes a world war to make someone seem that mature at age 35. ---
**Author:** ![leandroc76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@leandroc76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leandroc76)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/56 "2005-08-12T19:25:48Z")
Did any of the guys mention Jesse Metcalf. I think I ‘closetly’ became attracted to him when he was on Passions. (I really never watched Passions of course, my fiance used to tape the show everyday) I have a weakness for women with deep eyebrows, and I guess that’s why I think he’s doable. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/57 "2005-08-13T00:04:08Z")
Drew Barrymore has a bewitching smile, as does Keira Knightley. ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/58 "2005-08-13T00:07:45Z")
This is the second time I’ve mentioned it in these forums, and I am beginning to worry about myself, but Matthew McConaughey does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/59 "2005-08-13T00:57:18Z")
Let me qualify: I wouldn’t want to _do_ him – I’d want to _BE_ him. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-straight-but-i-cant-help-noticing/316039/60 "2005-08-13T05:32:06Z")
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