# People who look better after age 40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932 "2011-02-10T19:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/81 "2011-02-15T19:28:06Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Y’know, when I was getting my hair cut last week and was asked what I wanted, I joked, “Just make me look like George Clooney.” The women laughed and said “Remember _George Clooney?_” What the heck? Is he some figure out of the past? I wonder if they meant the Clooney haircut that used to be popular – the Ceasar style that he popularized? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/82 "2011-02-15T19:50:48Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Wow… that’s interesting. I still think she looks pretty darn good there! I think she’s a set of veneers, a bottle of hair dye, and some expensive makeup away from looking like [this](http://www.entropyguild.net/vlt/ulduar_antechamber/simpsons_cat_lady.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/83 "2011-02-15T20:12:16Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I wonder if they meant the Clooney haircut that used to be popular – the Ceasar style that he popularized? Ah, I wasn’t aware of this. I’m lucky I didn’t end up with that cut! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/84 "2011-02-15T22:59:29Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [Roger](http://www.morethings.com/music/pink_floyd/roger-waters-100.jpg) [Waters](http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/roger-waters-older.jpg). Ha! This was who I thought of when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/85 "2011-02-15T23:00:08Z")
[Ricardo](http://i2.fc-img.com/CTV02/Comcast_CIM_Prod_Fancast_Image/1/596/1189023576540_3204491_1r_montalban_mif.jpg_290_210.jpg) [Montalban](http://broadwayworld.com/upload/39421/Ricardo_Montalban.jpg). [Hugh](http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9bawtT4Ig1qb83ip.jpg) [Laurie](http://www.newsplus.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hugh-laurie.jpg) (BTW, it just occurred to me that, based on the younger pic of Hugh Laurie, if they’d ever made a live-action Muppet Movie, he’d be a shoo-in for Beaker. :D) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/86 "2011-02-16T05:28:28Z")
That Barbra Streisand picture reminded me of another candidate - Prince. [Prince as a young dude](http://www.kalamu.com/bol/wp-content/content/images/prince%2014.jpg) - nothing wrong with the way he looks, but this is Prince as a much older dude - [yowza!](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ogKj-eh5zNk/TRjnIpB90HI/AAAAAAAAAbU/fo5P1hdqhgM/s1600/prince-2010-1.jpg) He should really consider aging at some point, since he’s in his fifties. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/87 "2011-02-16T07:15:02Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > [[URL=“http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr\_l9bawtT4Ig1qb83ip.jpg”]Hugh](http://i2.fc-img.com/CTV02/Comcast_CIM_Prod_Fancast_Image/1/596/1189023576540_3204491_1r_montalban_mif.jpg_290_210.jpg) [Laurie](http://www.newsplus.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hugh-laurie.jpg) > > (BTW, it just occurred to me that, based on the younger pic of Hugh Laurie, if they’d ever made a live-action Muppet Movie, he’d be a shoo-in for Beaker. :D) That is one photoshopped picture of Hugh Laurie. Try [this](http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/tag/hugh-laurie/) or [this](http://www.scandalsnappers.com/images/actors/laurie_hugh023.jpg). Also, see post #17. ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/88 "2011-02-16T09:37:45Z")
J.K. Rowling - she looks way better post Harry Potter fame ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/89 "2011-02-16T11:00:18Z")
> [@lshaw](#): > > J.K. Rowling - she looks way better post Harry Potter fame Yes, several hundred million in the bank does that for you 😃 ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/90 "2011-02-16T11:14:11Z")
Robert Downey Jr. looks much better now in his 40’s. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/91 "2011-02-16T11:20:25Z")
I was watching Raising Hope and thought how much better Martha Plimpton looks today than when she did when she was younger. [Goonie’s Martha.](http://laweekly.blogs.com/style_council/images/martha_plimpton_goonies.jpg) and [Raising Hope Plimpton.](http://www.nndb.com/people/239/000026161/martha-plimpton.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/92 "2011-02-16T13:29:42Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That is one photoshopped picture of Hugh Laurie. Try [this](http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/tag/hugh-laurie/) or [this](http://www.scandalsnappers.com/images/actors/laurie_hugh023.jpg). Also, see post #17. Holy shit, he looks like Gollum in that first one. I’m so mean, I can’t stop giggling at it. To be fair, that is the other end of the spectrum from the Photoshopped one - clearly caught at a bad time, while making a goofy face. So if he’s that bald, they do an awfully good hairpiece for him on the show! I always thought Richard Dreyfuss looked better as he aged. [American Graffiti](http://media.columbiatribune.com/img/croppedphotos/2010/03/25/Th_Go4_MovieMain_0325_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373) and [Jaws](http://cueballcol.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/jaws1.jpg), versus [later](http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/35344/Richard_Dreyfuss_687160.jpg) in [life](http://www.movieactors.com/photos-stars/richard-dreyfuss-stakeout-19.jpg). Watching Fringe, I’m thinking Joshua Jackson will only look better and better as he ages. He’s handsome, but he definitely still has something of a babyface about him. When he gets craggier, he will be hotter. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/93 "2011-02-16T16:25:28Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That is one photoshopped picture of Hugh Laurie. Try [this](http://www.hollywoodgrind.com/tag/hugh-laurie/) or [this](http://www.scandalsnappers.com/images/actors/laurie_hugh023.jpg). Also, see post #17. Yeah, I figured that’s pretty airbrushed, but on House he looks pretty damn good to me most of the time. 😃 I thought he was seriously goofy looking when he was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/94 "2011-02-16T16:41:40Z")
Never mind … he’s not over 40 yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/95 "2011-02-16T17:05:04Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Y’know, when I was getting my hair cut last week and was asked what I wanted, I joked, “Just make me look like George Clooney.” The women laughed and said “Remember _George Clooney?_” What the heck? Is he some figure out of the past? To be fair, _Up in the Air_ was almost two whole years ago! [QUOTE=Wikipedia’s list of critical responses to Clooney’s work in Up in the Air] Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with Morgan Freeman for Invictus) New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (and Fantastic Mr. Fox) Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932/96 "2011-02-16T17:58:11Z")
> [@Avarie537](#): > > Never mind … he’s not over 40 yet. Thanks for thinking of me though! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-look-better-after-age-40/570932.md?page=4)