While I rarely get told I look like a famous person... I ALWAYS get told I look like someone's sister/cousin/roommate/best friend, sometimes even their own daughter. I'll admit it, I get kind of frustrated when I hear this because, really, I have that generic looking of a face? I'm not exaggerating either. On my mission, I lost count of the many times it's happened--and these were people from around the world--and the same thing has happened over a dozen times since I moved to D.C. Even when I go on any vacation I will inevitably hear something akin to, "Are you by any chance related to (fill in the blank)? Because you look exactly like her!" Awesome.
I suppose I should be grateful that 1) it is always a girl and 2) that it's someone they like. After all, saying I look like someone near and dear to them is a form of a complement, right?
Well, to the few who think I DO look like a celebrity, they ignore my British/Scandinavian routes and go straight for sometimes shaven-head Israelis. Well, except old men who tell me I look like a young Candice Bergen... whatever that means!
Anna Paquin
Natalie Portman
Lets be honest, I don't look like any of these people, at all. Maybe that means I'll be famous one day? Then people will stop saying I look like their friends/sister/relative/class mate and they'll all be told they look like me!
2 comments:
ha ha. i didn't want to say anything, but when I first met you, you totally reminded me of a girl a grew up with. Not just looks, but some of your mannerisms as well.
Oh, c'mon, you are Natalie Portman's twin! I, too have never been told I look like someone famous. Until I remembered. Everyone used to call me Olive Oil. I'm not putting it up!
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