# What famously "good looking' people do you not like the looks of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975 "2009-08-01T14:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/81 "2009-08-02T08:50:55Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > There’s a big difference in their respective [charity work](http://www.cracked.com/funny-243-megan-fox/). I’m not familiar with Ms Fox at all, but let’s not kid ourselves about Ms Jolie’s skank factor and shit-for-brains attitude when she was 23ish years old. She still had BillyBob blood around her neck and tongue kissing her brother to look forward to at that age ---
**Author:** ![Other\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Other\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Other_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/82 "2009-08-02T08:51:33Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > You can hardly see his trunks. He looks like a cute guy on the phone. Jeez. The nitpicking in this thread is unreal. Ruby, the nitpicking is intentional. A subjective thread such as this demands a level of needless scrutiny in order to get at the heart of _why_ we don’t share the same opinions. I am not this picky ordinarily, at least not consciously so. But ask me _why_ I don’t like a specific person’s features, and any reply other than a blunt appraisal would be a lie; seriously giving me more credit than I am due. In short - Shallowness is fun! 😛 I agree, Clint Eastwood is sexy! I would be happy to repeat that statement in a thread dedicated to “famous people you find attractive”. Want to start it? ~S.P.I.~ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/83 "2009-08-02T09:01:28Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > There’s a big difference in their respective [charity work](http://www.cracked.com/funny-243-megan-fox/). Ha. Brilliant quote in that article; “I resent having to prove that I’m not a retard.” She does have a very vacant look about her. Let’s be honest, though, if any of us got Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox we’d be high-fiving strangers. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/84 "2009-08-02T13:50:53Z")
I don’t get the appeal of George Clooney. I mean, he’s okay, but i don’t think he’s particularly handsome or sexy. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/85 "2009-08-02T14:13:24Z")
> [@Shamozzle](#): > > [O](http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Elizabeth-Taylor-Photograph-C12145909.jpeg) Well played. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/86 "2009-08-02T16:00:25Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > You can hardly see his trunks. He looks like a cute guy on the phone. Jeez. The nitpicking in this thread is unreal. Yes, but if we are entering MY fantasy of a cute guy on the phone, he wouldn’t be wearing anything close to those swim trunks. They jar me and detract from Clint’s (very) good looking face. I don’t mind his body one bit-I like men lean and lanky. YMDV. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/87 "2009-08-02T16:51:15Z")
> [@Shamozzle](#): > > [O](http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Elizabeth-Taylor-Photograph-C12145909.jpeg)[R](http://drx.typepad.com/psychotherapyblog/images/2007/06/03/elizabeth_taylor_cat_on_a_hot_tin_r.jpg)[L](http://sublimefemme.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/elizabeth-taylor-rushed-to.jpg)[Y](http://www.justsaytops.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/tn2_elizabeth_taylor_3.jpg) ?? > > Huh. Just an above-average-looking busty gal, not hot. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/88 "2009-08-02T17:02:48Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Yes, but if we are entering MY fantasy of a cute guy on the phone, he wouldn’t be wearing anything close to those swim trunks. They jar me and detract from Clint’s (very) good looking face. I don’t mind his body one bit-I like men lean and lanky. Yeah, but see, it was me who was asked who I thought was hot, so your fantasties really don’t enter into it. I do think picking on the 3" of swimming trunks showing in that picture is the nonpareil of nitpicking. I only offered the photo as an example of the era of Mr. Eastwood’s life to which I was referring, though I needn’t have bothered, because I still think he’s sort of hot even now, pushing 80. I realize the nitpicking is intentional, but what’s the point, really? I say I think Russell Crowe and Ewan MacGregor are not attractive to me, and that’s questioned. Why? It’s just a matter of taste. I’m not going to argue with the many people who’ve mentioned folks that I think are beautiful in this thread, because no amount of disputation from me is going to change their minds. I guess if I were the OP of a thread like this, I’d stipulate that people shouldn’t argue with other people’s choices, because they are entirely 100% subjective and as such, barely worthy of discussion. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/89 "2009-08-02T17:30:28Z")
> [@pythonzzz](#): > > Don’t forget his creepy flesh-colored facial hair. Not to mention Spencer’s overwhelming douchiness. ---
**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 2, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/90 "2009-08-02T17:53:45Z")
Too thin, too glam, too glitz, too fashiony, too showbiz? Bu’bye. I’ll make an exception for Chelsea Handler, 'cause she’s raunchy. Although at 42 and 5’10", I’m probably both too young and too tall for her. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_McAwful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@Larry\_McAwful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_McAwful)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/91 "2009-08-02T19:46:11Z")
Meg Ryan. I don’t understand why, but there’s just something about her that I’m not into, but I can’t put my finger on it. Sarah Jessica Parker really does drive me wild, though—glamor shot or no. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/92 "2009-08-02T19:50:30Z")
I knew this thread would be surreal almost from the start, when I saw this: > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Steve Buscemi. Jeez, dude, get _over_ yourself. Steve Buscemi is considered good looking? When and in what alternate universe has Buscemi ever, EVER been touted by himself or others as being a hot fox? What in the _world_ does he have to “get over”? My brain, it hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/93 "2009-08-02T20:30:13Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Steve Buscemi is considered good looking? Ten bucks says it was a joke ;). His “funny-looking” thing has even been used as a plot point in movies. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/94 "2009-08-02T21:45:27Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Ten bucks says it was a joke ;). Probably, but in this thread, it’s hard to tell. I mean, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe\* not drop-dead gorgeous? I hope those are jokes too. 😉 > [@Tamerlane](#): > > His “funny-looking” thing has even been used as a plot point in movies. Ya, I saw that one, Fargo, you betcha! \*at least, in non-glamor shots. The glamor shots of Marilyn make her look really really ugly. The non-glamor shots are, IMO, breathtaking, as I pointed out in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11287385&postcount=5). ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/95 "2009-08-02T21:59:23Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Probably, but in this thread, it’s hard to tell. I mean, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe\* not drop-dead gorgeous? I hope those are jokes too. 😉 > > \*at least, in non-glamor shots. The glamor shots of Marilyn make her look really really ugly. The non-glamor shots are, IMO, breathtaking, as I pointed out in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11287385&postcount=5). I wouldn’t call her “ugly” in any picture by any stretch of the imagination (in fact I find very few people “ugly” and it usually requires having an ugly personality.) But you’re right that Marilyn, like most women, looked better when not all dolled up. There are exceptions but in my opinion hair and makeup tends to give diminishing returns _very_ quickly, and then it flat-out ruins your look. But even in the candid shots, while she does look pretty, I would not call Marilyn Monroe a great beauty. To compare a similar-looking woman, I think January Jones is a lot prettier. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/96 "2009-08-02T22:04:23Z")
Surprised nobody’s mentioned Anne Hathaway yet. I thought she was hot when I first saw her, but then I started seeing these weird proportion problems with her face, and now I can’t unsee them. An actress can have either huge anime eyes or succulent blowjob lips, but not both. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/97 "2009-08-02T22:09:45Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#): > > Surprised nobody’s mentioned Anne Hathaway yet. I thought she was hot when I first saw her, but then I started seeing these weird proportion problems with her face, and now I can’t unsee them. An actress can have either huge anime eyes or succulent blowjob lips, but not both. To me, Anne Hathaway is the prettiest woman working in Hollywood since Katie Holmes went crazy. I think her occasional aesthetical problems stem from the wrong person doing her hair and makeup. She does not need bangs or red lipstick under any circumstances. Barring those, she’s near flawless. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/98 "2009-08-02T22:12:43Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > To compare a similar-looking woman, I think January Jones is a lot prettier. A lot. January Jones? For real. Sure, she’s good looking. But she’s good looking in that college coed way (meaning you can find a woman just as good looking as her on any college campus without even trying) as opposed to movie mega star way (for an example of that, see Anne Hathaway). ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/99 "2009-08-02T22:17:17Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > January Jones? For real. > > Sure, she’s good looking. But she’s good looking in that college coed way (meaning you can find a woman just as good looking as her on any college campus without even trying) Man, I couldn’t disagree more. I’m a people watcher (and a university student, incidentally), and I sure as hell don’t see people who look like January Jones very often. Marilyn, on the other hand, is exactly that to me. Very common looks. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975/100 "2009-08-02T23:09:14Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Yeah, but see, it was me who was asked who I thought was hot, so your fantasties really don’t enter into it. I do think picking on the 3" of swimming trunks showing in that picture is the nonpareil of nitpicking. I only offered the photo as an example of the era of Mr. Eastwood’s life to which I was referring, though I needn’t have bothered, because I still think he’s sort of hot even now, pushing 80. Good lord. I AGREE with you that Eastwood is attractive; I merely dislike that particular pic of him. Of course my fantasies enter into it–FOR ME. > [@](#): > > I guess if I were the OP of a thread like this, I’d stipulate that people shouldn’t argue with other people’s choices, because they are entirely 100% subjective and as such, barely worthy of discussion. And that is what people are doing–stating what they like or dislike. I don’t see anyone castigating anyone else for not appreciating a certain choice etc. I see some puzzlement on some choices, but that is to be expected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975.md?page=6)