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07 March 2007

Making peace with your celeb look-a-like →[More:] So tonight, I got my second Ellen. I love Ellen. But I'm going to have to do some work to be at peace with me resembling her. The first Ellen, I could dismiss, with people saying "no, I don't see it" - but tonight, I got an unsolicited, second, Ellen. Huh.

I used to get Kirstie Alley in the Cheers days.

Time happens.

post by: rainbaby at: 23:16 | 50 comments

I got Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides. It was both flattering and scary.

posted by youngergirl44 07 March | 23:19

Last time I did one of those, I got Georges Simenon.

posted by box 07 March | 23:20

I used to get John Cusack, now with the hair and the beard, I get Dave Grohl. Six of one, half a dozen of the other, as they say.

posted by jonmc 07 March | 23:20

That is flattering.

Ok, granted, I was wearing a baseball cap and contacts tonight, but still. I don't see the Ellen.

posted by rainbaby 07 March | 23:21

Oops, I thought we were talking about some kind of online whoosit. In real-world interactions, nobody ever says I look like a celebrity, only random dudes that they know from the bar or the piercing studio or the record store or whatever.

posted by box 07 March | 23:22

No, box, I didn't do an internet thingie, this is real life stuff. Gah.

posted by rainbaby 07 March | 23:22

I've seen more than a few pictures of you, rainbaby, and you don't look like Ellen.

posted by box 07 March | 23:23

I've gotten Winona Ryder and Jason Jennifer Leigh. I see the Jason Jennifer Leigh far more than the Winona Ryder. However, I don't think I look like either of them. (I do think some of my glances/looks - especially when I have light hair resemble something of Jennifer Jason Leigh.)

I think the Winona Ryder comment was just because my boyfriend thought it would get him in my pants. (This was way back in the early 90s.)

posted by fluffy battle kitten 07 March | 23:24

I think this is the online whoosit I was thinking of.

posted by box 07 March | 23:24

What the fuck? I put Jason Jennifer Leigh TWICE. Whatever. Jennifer Jason Leigh.

posted by fluffy battle kitten 07 March | 23:24

I've been told Skippy Handelman (years ago) and more recently, like 5 years ago, Penn Jillette. I've even heard Russell Crowe.

Sadly, the last one I was told, albeit, with many apologies, and "you're not as heavy" etc...was Chris Sligh. Ugh. at least he can sing...Anyway.

posted by richat 07 March | 23:32

Skippy. From "Family Ties".

posted by eamondaly 07 March | 23:32

Holy fuck. That's insane eamon...Maybe we're both kind of generic white doods with brown hair and glasses?

posted by richat 07 March | 23:33

I guess I'm negatively inclined because I got a bad, published review in the paper that said something like "A bad Ellen DeGeneris, whom she resembles."

So tonight, in a positive, social situation, I was kinda floored by the Ellen thing.

posted by rainbaby 07 March | 23:33

rainbaby, I don't see any Ellen, at least in the photos I've seen. Now, I gotta go to bed.

posted by richat 07 March | 23:34

Sweet dreams of Ellen, richat!

I can see I have the same body type as Ellen, roughly (which is kind of a decent thing, in today's crazybodyworld), and maybe the nose, but it still is a mental hurdle.

posted by rainbaby 07 March | 23:39

I get Liza Minelli all.the.damn.time. Even on Metafilter. I've grown used to it. Plus, sometimes I do see old pictures of her, and I think, damn, that really does look like me (of course, I can't find any of them online right now).

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 07 March | 23:40

box, that's a pretty neat toy. Apparently, I look like lawrence Lessig, Garry Kasparov, Gene Hackman, Peter Ustinov, Kevin Mitnick, Zeng Quinghong, Anthony Hopkins, Georges Simenon, Howard Dean and Al Pacino.

*cries*

posted by dg 07 March | 23:50

One person used to insist I looked like Brendan Fraser, but nobody else agreed. I think that is a good thing. I can't think of anybody else right off the bat.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 07 March | 23:57

Every time I leave the house, someone tells me I look like Johnny Depp. It really annoyed me for a few years, but I think I'm beginning to get used to it.

posted by the great big mulp 07 March | 23:59

When I was about nine someone told me I looked like Hayley Mills; in Junior High, I got Benny Hill--anyone who tells me that now will be missing an eyeball.

posted by brujita 08 March | 00:21

I have a big and recent crush on Ellen. Don't fight it, rainbaby.

And TPS, you really do look like Liza. There's no avoiding it. Sorry.

posted by mudpuppie 08 March | 00:21

I got Alison Janney last night; I used to get Ileana Douglas occasionally, but not recently.

posted by scody 08 March | 00:35

When I was in my early twenties and had really short hair, a couple of people told me they thought I looked a bit like Robert Fripp. As a fan of his, I didn't much mind.

When I was in my late twenties and had shoulder-length hair, a couple of people told me they thought I looked a bit like Neil Diamond. As a, um, non-fan of his, I was saddened.

Now that I'm middle-aged, I just sorta look potato-faced. Which, y'know, I can live with.

posted by bmarkey 08 March | 00:35

Oddly, I've gotten a few Vincent Dinofrios. Funny thing is, I don't think I look anything like him.

posted by Eideteker 08 March | 01:17

box's link told me Ava Gardner, and I was feelin' pretty cool, but then it gave me Kirk Douglas. Dern.

When I was young I got Molly Ringwald a lot, but now I get Katherine Keener regularly. I'm cool with that.

posted by Specklet 08 March | 01:30

Someone at work the other week said I look like Chris Sligh . Now everybody is calling me 'Sligh' in the office. Obviously, I am not cool with that although he is a cool guy, but I DO NOT WANT TO BE TOLD THAT I LOOK LIKE HIM!

posted by essexjan 08 March | 04:35

I have never been mistaken for a celebrity! Hooray!

posted by chrismear 08 March | 04:36

So many Skippies! I'm just going to picture all the MeCha dudes as Skippy from now on. Saves time.

I get Reese Witherspoon and a young Bonnie Hunt. I think the latter is probably closer.

posted by jrossi4r 08 March | 05:18

I don't look like any celebs. Life is easier that way.

posted by plinth 08 March | 07:02

I've had three unrelated, independent mentions of Matthew McConaughey.

*gets the bongos*

posted by mike9322 08 March | 07:26

Sometimes I get told I look like Kevin Smith. Not being a fan, and also having never topped 200 lbs. in my whole life, I'm not thrilled with this.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 March | 07:54

I get Kristin Johnston a lot.

posted by LoriFLA 08 March | 08:33

mudpuppie, I have a crush on Portia DeRossi, do you resemble her?

posted by rainbaby 08 March | 08:57

I don't see Ellen at all, rainbaby. The (thinner) Kirstie Alley thing, I can see.

I got a rather insistent "Tim Robbins" the other day. That was a new one. Maybe it's the haircut. Have I mentioned the haircut here? I got a haircut.

posted by danostuporstar 08 March | 09:04

I don't see the rainbaby-Ellen resemblance, either.

I can almost picture the Robbins-dano resemblance, though- that must be some haircut! We need a pic! :)

posted by BoringPostcards 08 March | 09:07

My brother looked like Doogie Howser when he was younger. When the movie "Stand By Me" came out, I looked like River Phoenix. It was probably the haircut.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 March | 09:18

I'll post one eventually, BP.

posted by danostuporstar 08 March | 09:24

I used to get Punky Brewster all the time when I was a kid and that show was on. When Doogie Howser was on, I got Wanda. Most recently (a few years ago, when the show was more popular), I was told a few times that I look like Piper from Charmed. I think all those comparisons are flattering, and I don't see the resemblances too much myself, except maybe to Punky.

posted by amro 08 March | 09:28

HAIRCUT! Pictures, man, pictures! Ok, with a haircut I can visualize Tim Robbins. Maybe.

posted by rainbaby 08 March | 09:37

Oh, and how could I forget my most recent (and by far favorite) celbrity comparison: Sarah Silverman.

posted by amro 08 March | 09:52

In my dreams sometimes I look exactly like Oluchi Onweagba. Needless to say, these are great dreams.

posted by Hugh Janus 08 March | 09:54

I used to get Brooke Shields, all the time, and actually I can see it, since we both have scary Irish eyebrows. In a weird coincidence, my father and her father were pretty good friends for a while. I never met her though. There's another one, some really famous actress, who I get occasionally but I have thrown up a protective mental block between me and her name. ;-)

posted by mygothlaundry 08 March | 10:05

I used to get Isabella Rosselini in high school and college all the time. I thought it was the hair until my my mother told me she used to get Ingrid Bergman in high school. Then in college someone told her she looked like Bob Dylan and she stopped listening to people altogether.

I had a landlord who insisted I looked like one of the Tillys (I never remember which)--it became creepy because he also insisted upon collecting rent personally.

posted by crush-onastick 08 March | 10:13

Tim Robbins is dead sexy. I would like to see this haircut.

posted by jrossi4r 08 March | 12:14

I used to get Tarantino all the time, usually from people that didn't know me, that were just seeing me for the first time. Like waitresses, people at checkout stands. Maybe it was the chin, particularly from the right angle.

These days? It varies. Sometimes Kevin Kline, but I think that's because the last stage role I had was rather Kevin Kline-esque.

posted by grabbingsand 08 March | 13:32

When I was in my 20's there was a Tom Petty CD that came out, and someone at work photocopied the back of it and put up a sign that said "Doug, is this you?" Other than that I can't remember ever being told I look like someone famous.

And I can't see the rainbaby/Ellen thing.

posted by eekacat 08 March | 14:55

I am told repeatedly I have something from Julia Roberts. Me thinks: her talent, maebe? I don't think so. Also, someone, somewhere said I looked like Juliette Binoche (had short fluffy hair back then). And another that I look like Kristin Scott Thomas in the brunette version. I hate the English Patient with a vengeance.
Finally, one Halloween my friends and I decided to dress as Charlie's Angels (the classic version). I was casted as Kate Jackson.

Also, my mom thinks I am beautiful. So there.

posted by carmina 08 March | 15:36

Oh, and how could I forget my most recent (and by far favorite) celbrity comparison: Sarah Silverman.

Oh my god, I was just thinking, "She forgot Sarah Silverman" when I read your previous comment (and no, it ain't just the smart, funny Jewish girl thing).

I get Reese Witherspoon and a young Bonnie Hunt. I think the latter is probably closer.

Rossi is a blonde? The plot thickens.

I also dig Katherine Keener. This thread is for all my crushes.

posted by Eideteker 08 March | 22:15

Hair. Cut.

posted by danostuporstar 08 March | 23:18

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