This lovely woman has often been called “the poor man’s Helen Hunt”. Myself, I think Helen Hunt is actually the poor man’s Leelee Sobieski. Why?
What makes Leelee remarkable is that she quit acting at a relatively young age, choosing instead to live a normal life. Here are the reasons she gave:
“Actors end up going from one role to another with all this energy behind them, and you just become emptier and emptier and emptier — you end up having no real experiences,” she explained. “To cry, you end up drawing on the experiences of another character you played.
“I would cry every time I had to kiss somebody; I couldn’t stomach it. I would think ‘I like this person, so I don’t think they should pay me to kiss them,’ or ‘I don’t like this person, so I don’t want to kiss them. Why is my kiss for sale?’ It made me feel really cheap.
“It might have been acting, but it was as real for me as my first or third kiss, so it was confusing for me.”
Good for her.
I really enjoyed seeing her back when she was acting, and completely agree that Helen Hunt is the poor man’s Leelee.
Been a favourite of mine for many years. Stunning lady.
Reading her wiki page. Looks like Kim’s infatuation with Jew-Wimmens comes out again. She’s lovely.
Please no Fran Drescher.
Fran Drescher? Ick. I just threw up a bit. (/shudders)
Rachel Weisz on the other hand .. Hubba Hubba
If I’m in the mood for buxom, then Kat Dennings.
I just looked up Kat. You’re not wrong Ima, you’re not wrong.
Rachel Weisz is exquisite.
Fooled me again… I didn’t even know she was Jewish. Because I don’t care about irrelevancies.
In the dark all cats be grey.
Indeed, and a beautiful young girl is her own excuse for being.
To echo Gertrude Stein, in “Sacred Emily”,
“Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.”
And any of us here could say, in a dark garage, with the ignition off and no one in the garage, all cars are Lamborghinis.
Kim. I have to say you know how to pick ’em, and I mean that as a sincere compliment. She seems to have her head securely fastened to her body: married to the father of her children — And beautiful, too.
Neal McDonough almost lost his career because he said he wouldn’t kiss any woman other than his wife. They fired him off Desperate Housewives, and he lost several good jobs. But he held his ground; and has a great career. He did finally do a film kissing the lead actress; he hired his wife to play her…
I have every sympathy for Ms. Sobieski for not wanting to be intimate on camera. It would take a certain amount of narcissism to be able to turn off feelings that way, and it’s clear from several actor’s lives that that level of narcissism isn’t healthy…
Charles Bronson ditto. Of course, it helped that he was married to the exquisite Jill Ireland.
Sobieski? That’s one hell of a name to live up to. If she’s a descendant of old John III, I’m sure he’s looking down with pleasure.
Like Alan Breck Stewart, I can say that I bear the name of a king, a Duke, and a Scottish family, and I will fight anyone who says that a lowland Scot is a low person and not a gentleman.
King John III may be looking down with admiration, as many Scots took the names of their clan chiefs when a surname was required.