# Which actor(s) who are generally considered very attractive to you consider to be unattractive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667 "2014-03-14T03:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/81 "2014-03-15T21:49:40Z")
Jennifer Aniston. The weird thing about her is, I find her fairly attractive on film; i.e. in live-action footage. But the woman does _not_ photograph well, i.e. stills. Every tabloid cover she appears on, she seems to have this strange thing happening to her face - part mannequin, part split-second-_before_-the-split-second-before a cough or sneeze or hiccup or some other involuntary reflex, and part something I can’t put my finger on. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/82 "2014-03-15T22:14:54Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I’ve literally never heard one male admit they drooled over Paris Hilton. Too uncool to do so I guess. Objectively, she’s cute. I like how she hasn’t had a boob job when she plainly is very skinny all over and certainly has the means to get one. and she was just out and out hot in Repo! The Genetic Opera! ::Meekly raises hand:: Even though she only has one facial expression, and her head’s too big. Then again, I once professed to having an embarrassing crush on Amy Winehouse. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/83 "2014-03-15T22:25:49Z")
Jennifer Aniston is often photographed with this “derp! what, me worry?” dumbass face. Like someone in the crowd has just screamed, “Jennifer, you are so beautiful, will you marry me??” and she’s reacting in a semi-ironic way. And I hear she’s baked pretty much all the time. Norman Reedus was a model at one time, he has something! IMO. He is a mixture of cool and vulnerable. I’m drawn to him more than anyone else, can’t say why. Though he does look sweaty and haggard, so did Viggo Mortensen in LotR. ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/84 "2014-03-15T22:32:18Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > I think Lucy Liu is average and Sandra Oh below average, and they both get “bumped up” because they’re Asian. Interesting. I find very few Asian women attractive, but I would maim for a date with Lucy Liu. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/85 "2014-03-15T22:39:18Z")
Julia Roberts looks like a horse. Big plump lips look ridiculous on every woman, not even Angelina Jolie can pull it off. Catherine Zeta-Jones is so bad at acting it overpowers any charms she might possess. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/86 "2014-03-15T22:46:31Z")
When Hillary Swank was in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby I thought she was well cast, she does look like a transvestite. But then they put her in The Black Dahlia as a sexpot and I just felt bad for her the entire time. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/87 "2014-03-15T23:06:23Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > When Hillary Swank was in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby I thought she was well cast, she does look like a transvestite. But then they put her in The Black Dahlia as a sexpot and I just felt bad for her the entire time. I felt bad for every performer in _The Black Dahlia_ (but it had nothing to do with their looks). ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/88 "2014-03-16T00:12:53Z")
i think Jennifer Lawrence is a pretty girl next door, but her innocence about her makes her beautiful…hated the pairing of her and Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/89 "2014-03-16T00:57:26Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Well, this _is_ a thread about judging strangers superficially. Some people are attracted to skinny, buxom blondes, others are “prejudiced” against them in that they don’t find them attractive. Some people think tattoos are hot, others are disgusted by them. It doesn’t mean that they would find EVERYTHING about such a person repellent, but hey, sexy is in the eye of the beholder. “Blondes” cover a wide range of women from Europeans to South Americans to Latinas to African American. Completely singling out a woman because her hair color is far different than singling out a race of people in general. Same with physique. Or bust size. If you prefer a single type of woman and “dislike” others, that’s your business. When you generalize that dislike into an entire race of people whose phenotype ranges from “White” to jet black simply because of a trait that they were born with it’s prejudice, plain and simple. It’s not a positive character trait no matter how its spun. Addendum: I think that **Julia Roberts** looks like her brother. And she always has. I think that **Jennifer Garner** looks like a younger James Woods in drag. I think **Scarlet Johansson** eyes are cold dead holes in her head. She also always looks like she’s smelling something terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/90 "2014-03-16T01:09:51Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > The one everyone gapes at me about is Angelina Jolie. Everyone else sees an amazing beauty - I see Jon Voight in drag. Yup, I don’t get why Jolie is considered hot. On the subject I don’t get the Scarlett Johanssen or Megan Fox worship. They are both pretty, but not enough to justify the hype. I could easily find you 100 women on a college campus who are more attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/91 "2014-03-16T02:04:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > In The Mask she was the hottest woman I’ve ever seen. Something changed after that. She turned 18. 😛 Katy Perry is my odd-one out. She has all the right parts in all the right places in all the right proportions, but there’s something Uncanny Valley about her I just can’t figure out. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/92 "2014-03-16T02:05:43Z")
I notice a lot of women on this thread getting grief for having a particular characteristic that gives their face character. Personally I like a woman who is a little less than perfect. Jennifer Lawrence’s big ol round moon face, and the fact that she seems to have trouble faking a smile. Scarlett Johansson’s pug nose. Julia Roberts lips. Jennifer Garner’s striking features. Jennifer never did anything for me, but the similar featured Geena Davis did. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/93 "2014-03-16T02:17:35Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > If you prefer a single type of woman and “dislike” others, that’s your business. When you generalize that dislike into an entire race of people whose phenotype ranges from “White” to jet black simply because of a trait that they were born with it’s prejudice, plain and simple. > > It’s not a positive character trait no matter how its spun. Prejudice is indeed something that I consider negative, especially when applied to entire groups of people. Like I said before, I wasn’t defending or justifying anything the\_diego was saying. I suppose I interpreted her post differently, something more of a confession that black actors simply didn’t do anything for her, as opposed to saying that an actor is black, ipso facto she finds them unattractive. She _did_ allow for the possibility of Sidney Poitier being someone she _might_ be attracted to, after all. I took it to be an admission of a strong preference that had embarrassing implications. I may have been mistaken. I’ve gotta say, though, the more I think about it, the more I realize that I was making the same error that I think you’re making now, treating “race” as anything more than social construct that allows us to put a lazy label on people. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/94 "2014-03-16T02:28:38Z")
I agree with the other posters about Julia Roberts. Another I place in her category is Reese Witherspoon. From what I’ve seen of them in movies, they can act just fine, but beauties? No way! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/95 "2014-03-16T03:03:21Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Scarlett Johansson’s pug nose. Julia Roberts lips. Jennifer Garner’s striking features. Jennifer never did anything for me, but the similar featured Geena Davis did. I would like to say something about Scarlett Johansson. I find her to be extremely beautiful. I’m not sure exactly as to the reason. It doesn’t have a lot to do with her physical looks. But she seems to have this “inner beauty” quality that surpasses all of her outward physical appearance. This is almost impossible to explain. But when she smiles, I just seem to see her face light up and I feel this radiant kind of love emanating from her that fills the entire room. I have felt this way before about other women. It’s been very rare - for sure. But she just has this magical quality that surpasses all of her physicality. She has this marvellous beauty quality and I’m sorry but I just cannot explain it. However, if anyone here has had a similar experience and can explain it, I sure would love to hear the reasons behind it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/96 "2014-03-16T03:41:09Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > She turned 18. 😛 > > Katy Perry is my odd-one out. She has all the right parts in all the right places in all the right proportions, but there’s something Uncanny Valley about her I just can’t figure out. You leave [Zooey Deschanel](https://www.google.com/search?q=zooey+deschanel+katy+perry&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=eBslU_aqC4uyqQHW8YD4DQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=799#imgdii=_)out of this! I’d step over my dying mother for Zooey. And, regarding Katy Perry’s “assets,” allow me to quote Johnny Carson talking to Dolly Parton, “I would give about a year’s pay to peek under there.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/97 "2014-03-16T03:45:28Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > I would like to say something about Scarlett Johansson. > > I find her to be extremely beautiful. You’re really going out on a limb there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/98 "2014-03-17T02:13:24Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I notice a lot of women on this thread getting grief for having a particular characteristic that gives their face character. No kidding! My love life got a whole lot better many decades ago, when I learned to look for the beauty rather than to look for the flaws. It’s a lot more fun, too. If anyone listed a woman I don’t find very hot looking, I missed it. Of course, some are less “my style” and what I’d look for, were I looking. But were I looking, I doubt I’d turn down a chance to date any of them, based on their looks alone. Of the above, I find SJP the least attractive, but she’s still got that something that makes her quite a knockout to a lot of men, even if she’s not yours or my cup of tea. And I’d include her in the list of women I wouldn’t turn down for a date! (Probably the only one I would turn down is Paris Hilton, but purely based on personality, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that her on-camera personality is just an act to begin with. Oh, I also doubt I’d have anything to discuss with whats-her-name, the reality TV star brunette. But there are none that I don’t find good-looking enough, not by a long shot.) The closest I can come to the OP’s point is Drew Barrymore. I’ll admit she never appears on the top 10 list of hot sexy babes, but she was cast as a hottie in a few movies, notably Charlie’s Angels. But what strikes me most about this is, well, she’s a **normal** -looking woman, and her movies prove (to me, anyway) that a normal-looking woman can be really hot. Regarding men, I could never guess what women find attractive. They die for guys that look to me just like a bloke down the street that nobody notices, and turn their noses up at other guys I’d think they’d drool over. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/99 "2014-03-17T03:08:46Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > You’re really going out on a limb there. 😉 I’d really appreciate if you would explain why. I can’t imagine anyone who didn’t find her beautiful. But, I suppose physical beauty is a very subjective experience and what one person may find beautiful, another person may not find at all beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667/100 "2014-03-17T03:23:55Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > I’d really appreciate if you would explain why. I can’t imagine anyone who didn’t find her beautiful. > > But, I suppose physical beauty is a very subjective experience and what one person may find beautiful, another person may not find at all beautiful. I think Tangent was being sarcastic, as it is not going very far out on a limb to call Scarlett Johansen attractive. He did use the winky smiley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-s-who-are-generally-considered-very-attractive-to-you-consider-to-be-unattractive/683667.md?page=6)