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Why are celebrities so short?
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Based on most celebrities, I'm going with interbreeding.
I couldn't help myself: Evidence of Inbreeding Depression on Human Height.
Wasn't there a very funny (and clever, and, I suspect, psychologically insightful, too) scene - indeed character - in Shrek which addressed this very topic?
People have certain "strengths" and very few people have everything. Someone with acting talent, a good voice and good looks may not also have the height attribute.
That's the problem with political candidates. Too much weight is placed on appearance. Americans haven't voted in a bald president for 50 years.
That's the problem with political candidates. Too much weight is placed on appearance. Americans haven't voted in a bald president for 50 years.
It's something I've always wondered about. I am of course aware that there is also certain actors, singers and other famous people who are tall, but if you do a bit of googling on this topic or maybe meet some celebs in real life you will quickly notice that many, many actors and singers are extremely and unusually short.
I recently watched The Big Bang Theory and recognized two of the kids from Rosanne. I remember that they were short back than and John Godman, an average sized man, seemed tall compared to them. They didn't seem short in the show, because all their co-actors are tiny! Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) seems tall compared to the rest of the bunch and he isn't exactly tall in real life.
Scott Caan, Kanye West, Prince, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Michael J. Fox, Natalie Herschlag, Danny DeVito, Scarlett Johannson, Elijah Wood, the list goes on and on. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Snoop Dogg seem like giants compared to other celebs and they are shorter than me and most other grown males I deal with in real life. I've been to LA many times and some friends of mine work in the industry. When I stand next to them they look like little children
Is Hollywood munchkinland or does fame stunt growth?
It's true actually. I think they look better on film maybe.
Here's Kanye. Not tall at all.
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltqj8mDRis1r4u912o1_500.jpg
I hadn't noticed that celebrities tend to be short, tall, or average - just that they seem to kind of represent the same basic spread of height that non-celebrities represent.
I feel like Gandalf visiting the Shire here. At least I see Frodo.
Someone tell me the guy who portrays Gregor "the Mountain that Rides" Clegane is taller. Not exactly 8 feet tall, but at least he wouldn't be mistaken for Tyrion "the Imp" Lannister like most of this list.
I feel like Gandalf visiting the Shire here. At least I see Frodo.
Someone tell me the guy who portrays Gregor "the Mountain that Rides" Clegane is taller. Not exactly 8 feet tall, but at least he wouldn't be mistaken for Tyrion "the Imp" Lannister like most of this list.
Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson is reportedly only 206 cm.
Martin Scorcese 163cm
Joe Pesci 163cm
Woody Allen 165cm
Roma Polanski 165cm
Sidney Lumet 165cm
Dustin Hoffman 167cm
Stanley Kubrick 169cm
Al Pacino 170cm
Robin Williams 170cm
Ben Stiller 170cm
Alfred Hitchcock 170cm
George Lucas 170cm
I was once told a story that Hollywood female actors, were in the past chosen if they were small because, that way the male actors wouldn't be overshadowed by them.
Ah, that sounds just like the sort of story, that, if it isn't true, ought to have been true.
It's something I've always wondered about. I am of course aware that there is also certain actors, singers and other famous people who are tall, but if you do a bit of googling on this topic or maybe meet some celebs in real life you will quickly notice that many, many actors and singers are extremely and unusually short.
I recently watched The Big Bang Theory and recognized two of the kids from Rosanne. I remember that they were short back than and John Godman, an average sized man, seemed tall compared to them. They didn't seem short in the show, because all their co-actors are tiny! Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) seems tall compared to the rest of the bunch and he isn't exactly tall in real life.
Scott Caan, Kanye West, Prince, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Michael J. Fox, Natalie Herschlag, Danny DeVito, Scarlett Johannson, Elijah Wood, the list goes on and on. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Snoop Dogg seem like giants compared to other celebs and they are shorter than me and most other grown males I deal with in real life. I've been to LA many times and some friends of mine work in the industry. When I stand next to them they look like little children
Is Hollywood munchkinland or does fame stunt growth?
The obvious problem with your premise and pardon me for taking this more seriously than it probably should be is that you haven't established factually that celebrities are actually shorter, or if you're just assuming they are based on some unscientific sampling or observation.
Are some celebrities short? Sure. But there are tall ones and average ones as well. I haven't seen anything to indicate that celebrities are anything other than what one would expect in a general population.
Feel free to provide evidence (not personal observation) to the contrary.
Name five tall (taller than 185cm) and extremely famous directors, please.
I can sure name extremely short ones:
(You are looking at this from a too scientific angle. There are lots of academic problems with my premise
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Sometimes you have to fight it back for the sake of Community, but it's hard sometimes.
It is hard. Why speculate on a subject when there's no reason to believe it's even true?
I have no idea about the validity of the following claim. But I did find an article about the height of actors ...
So according to these claims the title of the thread should be, "Why are actors so tall?"
You won't get much argument from me. I'm not convinced it is or isn't a real phenomenon. I would have phrased the OP along the lines of
But it'd probably just devolve into a thread about how hot X, Y, and Z are.
Up to a certain point, it seems.
Though I think everyone is missing the obvious here. It's very well possible all our celebrities are genetic experiments grown in vitro in some lab somewhere.
I know. I just didn't want to write that because people will call me crazy again
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The guys in that picture are all relatively short (the tallest one only measuring 5'10!), which kind of speaks for my theory, and the list you posted to are actors (not directors) many of which I've never heard of. Seems like they had a realy hard time getting a few guys taller than 6'3 together.
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We already had Herr Hitler, Georg Clooney is pretty hot and now if we can inject some references to the 2nd amendment and butt sex, we might. e able to get this moved to PRSI
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That is actually an excellent counterthesis.
We already had Herr Hitler, Georg Clooney is pretty hot and now if we can inject some references to the 2nd amendment and butt sex, we might. e able to get this moved to PRSI
Hey man, if you want me to leave the thread, just ask! No need to resort to drastic action.
Short skinny folks look better on camera than normal sized folks. Close ups of their head look better as their head is bigger in proportion to their body and therefor more interesting. And the face is where most acting happens.
Get away from TV and Film and into in-person plays and musicals and there is more diversity in height. In fact in a play/musical/opera etc., sheer size simply helps you be more visible to the folks in the seats in the back.
Get away from TV and Film and into in-person plays and musicals and there is more diversity in height. In fact in a play/musical/opera etc., sheer size simply helps you be more visible to the folks in the seats in the back.