"You look a lot like ....
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I used to be flattered when people told me this, but now... not so much.
In the late 1990s, a colleague of mine told me I reminded her of Kevin Spacey.
In the early 2000s, I was sitting in a pub in London with a friend. He said I looked like Kevin Spacey.
Sometime after that, I was working on a project with two Juilliard students whom I had only just met, two lovely young ladies. One of them was very quiet, and was staring at me. Suddenly she said "Kevin Spacey! I knew you reminded me of someone, it's Kevin Spacey!"
To all these people I said, "I don't see it." Maybe it's the mannerisms, or voice, or something. But three separate people on two continents, including a total stranger, so there must be something to it.
In the late 1990s, a colleague of mine told me I reminded her of Kevin Spacey.
In the early 2000s, I was sitting in a pub in London with a friend. He said I looked like Kevin Spacey.
Sometime after that, I was working on a project with two Juilliard students whom I had only just met, two lovely young ladies. One of them was very quiet, and was staring at me. Suddenly she said "Kevin Spacey! I knew you reminded me of someone, it's Kevin Spacey!"
To all these people I said, "I don't see it." Maybe it's the mannerisms, or voice, or something. But three separate people on two continents, including a total stranger, so there must be something to it.
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I guess you only have to be worried if you hear, "It's Kevin Spacey! . . . GET HIM!!!"
"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with." -- W.C. Fields
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LOLEP Millstone wrote: ↑March 24th, 2023, 9:29 pmI guess you only have to be worried if you hear, "It's Kevin Spacey! . . . GET HIM!!!"
What a shame about Kevin. So much talent and now forever quieted.
(...especially at impressions of other actors, and which were always entertaining when he guested on talk shows)
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Hopefully this is the right thread for this. I was watching Sorcerer (1977) and I thought that the actor in the front passenger seat in this scene looks a lot like Eddie Muller.
_Broadway_ from the TCM forums.
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Someone just posted this picture of Sophia:
And it reminded me of this picture of myself at 16:
And it reminded me of this picture of myself at 16:
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People always said I resembled Ali McGraw, one of the worst actresses ever, lol. Even looks-wise I never thought she was especially attractive although everyone told me I should be flattered.
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You should be. Most of the time what people "see" is similar symmetry and one distinctive similar feature, like lips or chin.Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2024, 4:11 pm People always said I resembled Ali McGraw, one of the worst actresses ever, lol. Even looks-wise I never thought she was especially attractive although everyone told me I should be flattered.
So if you resemble McGraw you have an evenly proportioned face, prominent cheeks, short nose & big eyes....all of which she/you retained with age:
(I have Sophia's high cheeks, mouth & cleft chin but missed out on the leonine eyes-but could attempt the illusion with eye liner)
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While tonight watching THE greatest movie ever made again for the umpteenth time, 'The Best Years of Our Lives', (okay okay...at least I've always thought so anyway) it suddenly dawned on me that the young actor Michael Hall who played Fredric March and Myrna Loy's son Rob (and who goes missing halfway through this film) looked a lot like a young Ryan O'Neal...
(...anyone else seein' that here?)
(...anyone else seein' that here?)
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A bit. And after seeing this at least a dozen times, I finally learned why he disappears midway through the film. His contract expired!Dargo wrote: ↑February 7th, 2024, 10:42 pm While tonight watching THE greatest movie ever made again for the umpteenth time, 'The Best Years of Our Lives', (okay okay...at least I've always thought so anyway) it suddenly dawned on me that the young actor Michael Hall who played Fredric March and Myrna Loy's son Rob (and who goes missing halfway through this film) looked a lot like a young Ryan O'Neal...
(...anyone else seein' that here?)
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TikiSoo wrote: ↑January 17th, 2024, 6:07 amYou should be. Most of the time what people "see" is similar symmetry and one distinctive similar feature, like lips or chin.Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2024, 4:11 pm People always said I resembled Ali McGraw, one of the worst actresses ever, lol. Even looks-wise I never thought she was especially attractive although everyone told me I should be flattered.
So if you resemble McGraw you have an evenly proportioned face, prominent cheeks, short nose & big eyes....all of which she/you retained with age:
(I have Sophia's high cheeks, mouth & cleft chin but missed out on the leonine eyes-but could attempt the illusion with eye liner)
Aw TikiSoo that is so nice of you, thanks, but Sophia Loren -- now there's a real beauty!
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I'm watching an episode of Dale Robertson in Tales of Wells Fargo TV show and I say to myself that Lisa Gaye has never looked so fine and that her acting was really good. But once I see the credits I see the actress is Debra Paget. Lisa and Debra were sisters and thus they looked very similar with Debra having a more robust film career and Lisa known more for her T.V. show work. (Debra born in 1933 and Lisa in 1935).
There was older sister Tela Loring, born in 1922 who got her start in uncredited parts: Beginning in 1942, Loring appeared in uncredited or bit parts in films at Paramount, turning up as a cigarette girl in Holiday Inn and as a telephone operator in Double Indemnity, for example.
Thus, a very talented group of sisters!
There was older sister Tela Loring, born in 1922 who got her start in uncredited parts: Beginning in 1942, Loring appeared in uncredited or bit parts in films at Paramount, turning up as a cigarette girl in Holiday Inn and as a telephone operator in Double Indemnity, for example.
Thus, a very talented group of sisters!