Gay, with vague bisexual tendencies…
Female:
Alicia Witt (who is the second-most beautiful female I have ever seen)
Kate Winslet
Amber Benson
Winona Ryder
an old classmate of mine (the first-most beautiful female I have ever seen)
Straight dude here.
I’m torn between two people:
Owen Wilson Because of all the tail I could get looking like this.
The Rock Not sure how many ladies I could get looking like this but it would be really fun scaring the shit out of people.
Sandra Bullock.
Gorgeous without being TOO gorgeous. If that makes any sense.
I’m as straight as straight can be, but I think George Clooney is phenomenally handsome. To have his face, I’d trade him mine and my wife’s and I’d throw in some cash.
I wish I knew why I was so frickin’ attracted to Keira Knightley. I lust after her, but in a non-sexual way. When I’m watching her movies, I wait for her to come onscreen just to stare at her face, the way I do when I see a hot guy. She has this strange power over me, even if I have no desire to have sex with her.
Angelina Jolie’s pretty damn hot too. Those frightening, bizarre, enormous lips - I dunno why I like 'em.
Straight female and my choices would be Monica Bellucci or Angelina Jolie.
I am a straight male, and…
David Beckham is probably the best looking man I know of. I get envious sometimes that someone can look SO handsome. Sean Connery is also the guy I wanna be like when I get older. Hell he’s probably gotten more ladies since he has gotten older 
I also gotta give props to Tom Cruise, as happens to have Penelope cruz
Straight female. I think Miranda Otto (Eowyn) and Winona Ryder are pretty. Also Lauren Bacall.
:eek: How could I have forgotten my darling Ms. Knightly?!
I know exactly what you mean, by the way. I feel the same.
As a straight male, I’d have to say Gerard Depardieu. He rules.
Also, for those that mentioned Audrey Hepburn - if I was a straight female or a gay male having a hypothetical discussion about who I would find attractive if I had a different sexual orientation, she’d totally be on my list.
~ Isaac
Straight male : Michael Imperioli or Brad Pitt. Specifically the Ocean’s Eleven Brad Pitt.
Viggo Mortenson (the actor who played Aragorn) No, he’s not the most macho looking guy around, but he looks intelligent and celtic and that’s more important to me. And to many women.
Just out of curiosity, what is his ethnic background?
The only woman I’ve ever really had a big crush on is Missy Elliott. It’s unlike me to ever fantasize about women but for some reason she has always been really sexy to me. I’m not sure what it is about her. I guess it’s that she’s smart and talented and pretty but not stuck up and she is her own person. I’m not really sure what it is about her.
I have nonsexual crushes on other females like Tina Fey and Naomi Watts but I don’t think that really counts.
Straight male here.
I think Chris Isaak is one of the best-looking, coolest, and…OK, sexiest men around. He’s a tremendous talent as a singer and musician, and an extremely charismatic actor. I don’t knwo if he’s married or not, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if women throw themselves at him like he was a young Elvis.
Also Brad Pitt (especially as Tyler Durden as he first appeared in Fight Club), Bruce Campbell (who has great classic leading-man looks), Johnny Depp, Vince Vaughn, and John Cusack. All super-cool, excellent actors who are handsome as hell. I guess you can add George Clooney to my list, moreso for his “lovable rogue” persona than his looks.
And Bono, from his black leather and “Fly goggles” phase (the Achtung Baby/Zoo TV era).
Straight Male
It has to be Prince William. The youth, the money, the power, the looks.
Would I trade places with him? In an instant.
It took way too long for Miranda Otto’s name to come up – I think she’s gorgeous.
Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet are also beautiful, and I’ve always liked Emma Thompson, especially when she’s Beatrice. 
Gay male; Zeta-Jones is the ideal in feminine pulchritude; sorry if this is terribly common.
But first off. How could I forget Penelope Cruz? Gorgeous.
And Big Bad Voodoo Lou Chris Isaak is such a great classy choice IMO. Yes, I would throw myself at him without second thought. swoon
Anyway, onto my crackpot theorising and wild generalising. One thing that struck me for the straight women is that we seem to overwhelmingly like the dark haired women more than the blondes who might be considered the traditionally attractive ones, or are at least peddled as such by the media. Also it seems women seem to go more for looks with classy or quirky fashion senses, rather than revealing. And with a few exceptions (Hally Berry ) nobody went for the real “super bodies”, i.e. nobody seemed to want to be Naomi Campbell or Claudia Schiffer. Seems to me we want to be seen as sophicated rather than sex bombs.
Tentatively I’d say straight guys seem to go for more “macho” men than women usually go for. Sean Connery, Harrison Ford et all, seem to me the sort of rugged outdoorsy types who can change a tyre blindfolded and could survive three weeks in the wilderness with only a match and a bit of rope. Women do like that type, but then a lot of the really really popular males Mr. Pitt, look like they’d be lost when confronted with some basic DIY or a fishing rod. I suspect the guys who did go for the Pitts and Beckhams to be a bit opportunist or just plain clever for having spotted who got all the groupies.
The gay contigent has not been vocal enough on this one to warrant a crackpot theory.
Disclaimer: Of course there are exception to all statements I make. And some of the coolest choices IMO were among them.
So any comments or disgreements on the theorising? Or are you all just screaming at me to stop stating the bloody obvious?
I have nothing original to add, but a straight girl checking in to say to nominate
- Miranda Otto
- Kate Winslet
oh, one new entry, Jorja Fox, off CSI. It’s the ‘cutegeek’ look, and I wish I had it
When I was, oh, 24 or so, I saw Terminator II, and Linda Hamilton, all buff for that movie? Oh, yeah. I’m a female, and straight as a freakin’ ruler, but I’d go for that! Also, Jodie Foster. Maybe it’s because these two have some masculinity about them? (No, not Linda Hamilton in general, just in that role). Also, Julianne Moore (making me wonder if I’ve just got a thing for women who’ve played Clarice Starling. . .but, no, I’ve crushed on Jodie since long before Silence of the Lambs. In fact, the first thing I remember seeing her in was The Courtship of Eddie’s Father when she was, like, 9). Well, that sounds bad. . .like I had a crush on a 9-year-old. Well, I didn’t. I was also about 9. But I’m only saying I’ve been aware of her for a long, long time.