# Is being extremely attractive 'enough' to get by in Hollywood

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 23, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-extremely-attractive-enough-to-get-by-in-hollywood/741186 "2015-12-23T16:04:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-extremely-attractive-enough-to-get-by-in-hollywood/741186/61 "2015-12-28T18:43:43Z")

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Amber Heard is a porn star?

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-extremely-attractive-enough-to-get-by-in-hollywood/741186/62 "2015-12-28T18:44:42Z")

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> [@Evil\_Captor](#):
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> Are you kidding? You must be thinking of those 80s big hair porn stars. Many modern porn stars looks positively wholesome.
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> For example:  
> (All of these images, though of porn stars, are head shots (no, not THAT kind of head shot) and hence, safe for work unless your boss knows WAAAY too much about porn stars.)
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> [Amber Heard](http://i.imgur.com/F4AfRUE.jpg?1), [Jessie Rogers](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6Wkgrypee8g/T7nMzc--5pI/AAAAAAAAI2Y/1yMYCBZNFgc/s9000/Jessie_Rogers_006.jpg), [Dillon Harper](http://i.imgur.com/Md0KumX.gif), [Riley Reid](http://i.imgur.com/gdU9DJb.jpg).

No, I’m not kidding. There’s no way I’m clicking those links until I get home, but most porn stars are pretty gross (male and female).

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-extremely-attractive-enough-to-get-by-in-hollywood/741186/63 "2015-12-28T19:18:46Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> To use an analogy, is being 7 feet tall enough to make you a starting NBA center?
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> No, but…
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> 1. If you’re NOT 7 feet (or close to it), you will never be a starting NBA center.
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> 2. If you ARE over 7 feet tall, and have ANY athletic ability at all, some NBA team will try to find a spot for you (ask Shawn Bradley or Manute Bol) on its roster.

Excellent analogy. Still plenty of room for under 7 footers, but they’ll have to display more talent before anyone gives them a look. Neither height nor looks are a pre-requisite for basketball and acting respectively, but they are components are desirable but can’t be manufactured. (good looks in show biz is more than just makeup).

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-extremely-attractive-enough-to-get-by-in-hollywood/741186/64 "2015-12-28T20:09:22Z")

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> [@Randolph](#):
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> Amber Heard is a porn star?

I found her on a search for “beautiful porn star head shots” and her named SOUNDED porny, but Wikipedia says she is a mainstream actress. Feel free to substitute [Mia Malkova](http://i.imgur.com/h1ljExJ.jpg) who IS a porn star, for her. Or any of dozens of others.

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