By
Mr. MacchiatoPersonally, I don't really place a huge amount of value on looks. But I find beauty to be truly fascinating. It has such a huge impact on how people respond to you... that can't help but shape you as a person, no?
The first time I realized this was when I was watching
Wolf, with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer. The first time they meet, Jack spells out the conundrum of the beautiful but vapid woman:
Jack Nicholson's character to Michelle Pfeiffer's: You know, I think I understand what you're like now. You're very beautiful and you think men are only interested in you because you're beautiful, but you want them to be interested in you because you're you.
The problem is, aside from all that beauty, you're not very interesting. You're rude, you're hostile, you're sullen, you're withdrawn. I know you want someone to look past all that at the real person underneath but the only reason anyone would bother to look past all that is because you're beautiful. Ironic, isn't it? In an odd way you're your own problem.
Actually, I don't think Michelle Pfeiffer's character was "not very interesting". But maybe I was just beguiled by her good looks.
What do you think of Jack's theory: does being beautiful make it less likely that you're interesting?
Recommend
Comments (11)
People want the best so they assume beautiful = smart or good and that ugly = stupid or terrible. But the terms can easily be interchanged.
But in a way (for me at least) if you have an ugly personality, it can actually make you physically ugly. I know some people who say Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are good looking, but to me they are some of the ugliest people there are.
If there was an equation that could tell you your odds of being an intelligent person, your physical appearance would not be one of the variables.
I don't think being beautiful means you're not interesting, but I think people tend to make that assumption. That's unfortunate though, because I know many girls who are beautiful AND interesting AND intelligent. :)
i don't think being ugly or beautiful affects ur interestingness level.
Being beautiful, one is more likely to have ended up getting by on their looks. On the other hand, being beautiful, one is more likely to have had interesting interactions in life because other people are attracted to them.
It's probably close to a wash, but I'd guesstimate that there's a slight leaning the first case.
Now... beautiful, intelligent, and interesting. What a triple threat. And pretty damn rare (as a percentage of the population)
call it the ugly duckling syndrome. it gives a person the time and opportunity to develop their personality and social skills. some people that were born pretty have crummy attitudes and the personality of a paper bag.
personally, at the end of the day i'd much rather talk to a girl that is nice and ok looking. really HOT girls i find are over rated because of how superficial they come off. it gets annoying real quick.
I don't see any reason why one would ever have to be related to the other. Especially when you think about how people's perceptions of what is beautiful or interesting can be so completely different.
ps- How about Mr Charming?
cute.
@miss_prettyinpink - introduce me!
I don't think there's any correlation. Some people might say that beautiful people have never had to become interesting because their looks do all the work for them. Maybe with some people that's true, but there are also plain looking people who aren't very interesting. And there are beautiful people who are. I know several people who are both. But then maybe I find them physically attractive because they are interesting people.
You're less interesting only if you've just gotten by on your looks alone and never developed a personality beyond "vapid."
And there's a certain type of beauty that comes from a good personality and an interesting and intelligent person.
That's my biggest fear.
& a bit of an insecurity complex.It's like if a guy thinks you're good-looking, He'll like you just for that in the beginning,Then it'll wear off cuz you're not "interesting" enough.I dunno.Maybe I'm blabbering.I guess one of my biggest fears is being boring though.