Authors’ public presence is usually low-watt compared to other entertainers such as actors and musicians. Most authors do not get recognized on the street. Certainly not this one:
But at some point, most of us hear that we look like someone famous. Over the years, I’ve gotten a broad range. While I was flattered by most of these impressions, frankly, I didn’t see it with any of them beforehand.
According to camp friends in 1987:
Don’t always remember who said it, but have gotten most of these multiple times (coincidentally, all are comedians):
According to kids at schools I’ve spoken at since 2008:
According to a four-year-old I know:
But at some point, most of us hear that we look like someone famous. Over the years, I’ve gotten a broad range. While I was flattered by most of these impressions, frankly, I didn’t see it with any of them beforehand.
According to camp friends in 1987:
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick)
Don’t always remember who said it, but have gotten most of these multiple times (coincidentally, all are comedians):
According to kids at schools I’ve spoken at since 2008:
Tom Cavanaugh
Steve Nash
Wolverine (Hugh Jackman; I’m laughing, too;
granted I don’t shave every day, but still…)
Superman (yes, laughing again,
but at the same time, honored)
granted I don’t shave every day, but still…)
Superman (yes, laughing again,
but at the same time, honored)
According to a four-year-old I know:
Doug Flutie
According to the publicity department at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 5/5/17:
1 comment:
I think those are all quite nice doppelgangers. People have sometimes told me I look like Darryl Hannah, and all I could ever say was, "I wish!" :-)
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