# Unusual Celebrity Crushes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952 "2006-01-07T23:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [January 9, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/41 "2006-01-09T04:00:04Z")
I completely agree with[ul][li]John McGinley[/li][li]Billy Bob Thornton[/li][li]Alan Tudyk[/li][li]Matthew Perry[/li][li]Stephen Colbert[/li][li]Anthony Stewart Head (I got _Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection_ for Christmas, and have been watching the entire series from the beginning and thoroughly enjoying Giles in all of his Watcher-y goodness … I just finished Season 2, where I got to hear him say my name (“Jenny”) a lot. Sigh. :))[/ul][/li]And I will add[ul][li][Greg Grunberg](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342399/) (formerly Weiss on _Alias_)[/li][li][Miguel Ferrer](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001208/) (Dr. Macy on _Crossing Jordan_, but I first noticed him in _The Stand_)[/li][li][Sean Murray](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615266/) (McGee on _NCIS_)[/li][li][Seth Green](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/) (Barry on _Four Kings_, but of course I’ve loved him since _Buffy_)[/ul][/li]I have lots of other celebrity crushes, but these are the “unusual” ones that I can think of. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/42 "2006-01-09T04:13:52Z")
My odd ones are **Tommy Lee Jones** and **Kevin Kline**. I don’t know what it is about Mr. Jones, but oh, my goodness! (insert drooling smiley here) Sneezy ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/43 "2006-01-09T05:23:21Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’ve admitted to this one before on here, but, well. > > Wallace Shawn. > > I can’t help myself. Incontheivable!!! _Aw, come on. Someone had to._ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/44 "2006-01-09T05:40:46Z")
[Anne Hathaway](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004266/) [Jane Krakowski](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005105/) Their two ages added together are only 4 years older than I am. I’m such a dirty old man. With great taste! ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/45 "2006-01-09T14:18:55Z")
> [@sneezy5660](#): > > My odd ones are **Tommy Lee Jones** and **Kevin Kline**. I don’t know what it is about Mr. Jones, but oh, my goodness! (insert drooling smiley here) > > Sneezy Kevin Kline is an odd one? Well, I guess I’d better add him too. Oh, and I forgot about one that I’ve held since I was fourteen. . . Walter Matthau Now THAT’S weird. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/46 "2006-01-09T14:39:34Z")
As I kid, I thought [David Brenner](http://www.notesfromhollywood.com/images/DavidBrenner.jpg) was so cute! Looking at him today, I think I was right! I also vowed to marry [John Derek](http://charltonhestonworld.homestead.com/files/ch-moses-joshua.jpg) after seeing him in The Ten Commandments. Then I grew up and saw how creepy his is, and changed my mind. Today–it’s [Harvey Keitel. After seeing him in The Piano.](http://www.michaelnyman.com/gallery/images/piano-2.jpg) He just seems so … substanital. ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/47 "2006-01-09T15:02:13Z")
I’ve been secretly, madly in love with[Janeane Garofalo](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000413/) for a few years now. Not only does she look beautiful and… warm, somehow, but she’s also hilarious and cleverer than a Dennis Miller monologue. The perfect woman. If only I was 15 years older… ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/48 "2006-01-09T15:18:43Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Incontheivable!!! > > _Aw, come on. Someone had to._ 😃 Last time, I believe the reaction was a little more startled. Dopers are just used to me, I guess! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/49 "2006-01-09T15:49:44Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > [Jane Krakowski](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005105/) Besides, isn’t that the sexiest sounding name? _Krrrak-OW-ski!_ 😛 _Mmm_ mmm mmm. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/50 "2006-01-09T18:29:16Z")
I have no “celebrity crushes” currently, but in the 70s my big infatuation was **Linda Ellerbee**. I never missed _NBC News Overnight_ , partially because I’m a news junkie, but mostly because of her. At the time, I thought she was the most intelligent, sexy woman I’d ever laid eyes (and ears) on. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/51 "2006-01-09T19:19:38Z")
Joan Cusack Really can’t explain why. I realize she can look severly goofy when she wants to, and doesn’t fit any conventional definition of attractiveness, but when she does a role that just showcases her as a more “normal” charactor, she can look pretty good. There is just something about her that I really like. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/52 "2006-01-09T19:40:19Z")
Oh, man: [Conan O’Brien](http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5753/conanobrien0st.jpg) [Jimmy Pop Ali](http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/2962/jimmy3ei.jpg) [Graham Coxon](http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1015/graham2re.jpg) [Esthero](http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/3245/esthero18ln.jpg) [Louise Wener](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6657/louisewener0fr.jpg) [Sonya Aurora Maden](http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6302/sonya5tr.jpg) [Miho Hatori](http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/1589/hatorimiho1of.jpg) [Damon Albarn](http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/8724/damon6ad.jpg) [Neil Tennant](http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/520/neil1kp.jpg) - my most impossible yet unshakable crush [Morrissey](http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/3756/morrissey3ub.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/53 "2006-01-10T00:15:45Z")
My crushes… crushed the thread. Sorry, my loves… you were just too hideous. _strikes dramatic hand to forehead pose, then rushes off_ ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/54 "2006-01-10T02:46:48Z")
Just thought of another one: Joanie Mitchell. How the hell could I have forgotten about her? ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/55 "2006-01-10T02:47:27Z")
Just thought of another one: Joni Mitchell. How the hell could I have forgotten about her? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/56 "2006-01-10T02:56:42Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > My crushes… crushed the thread. Sorry, my loves… you were just too hideous. > > _strikes dramatic hand to forehead pose, then rushes off_ Oh please. I don’t see any little squint-eyed men with a lisp on _your_ list. Drama queen! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/57 "2006-01-10T03:04:47Z")
I loves me some [Lili Taylor](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000666/). ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/58 "2006-01-10T03:38:27Z")
Mine’s not really _unusual_; he’s super-talented, smart, funny, self-effacing – just in general a really great guy. But whenever I mention my crush to people, they get funny looks on their faces. [Lyle Lovett.](http://www.lylelovett.net/photos.html) And I’m pleased to note that I’m the first to bring him up in this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952.md?page=2)