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The plight of beautiful celebrities has been hammered home once again as Parks and Recreation actor Rob Lowe mused that there was “unbelievable prejudice” against “good-looking people” in a recent interview with the New York Times magazine.
Speaking about the difficulties of getting by in the entertainment industry, he said that there was a view that attractive people “can’t be in pain or… have rough lives or be deep or interesting,” and went on to add that there existed “a historical bias that good-looking people are not funny”.
He’s not the only celeb who has borne the burden of being blessed with great genes. Here are a few more examples of famous people feeling the pain of being pretty:
“I've lost loads of jobs because I was too pretty. And everybody's like, Oh, poor you. But seriously you don't get the good roles when you're beautiful.”
[On movie directors avoiding casting Jessica Biel because of her good looks] “It really is a problem. I have to be blunt”
“There are downsides to being pretty — the main one being that other women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks.”
“My walk, my talk, the way I dress / It’s not my fault so please don’t trip / Don’t hate me ‘cause I’m beautiful”
“I'm sorry that good-looking people like us made you throw up and feel bad about yourself.”
Thankfully Megan Fox added her two cents to the ‘is being beautiful difficult’ debate several years ago:
"You wouldn't be working if you weren't attractive. Hollywood is the most superficial thing you could possibly be a part of. And if I weren't attractive I wouldn't be working at all."
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