Originally Posted by justinsain

I disagree.

Simply put a good looking person is " attractive " even before they make any facial gesture. A bad looking person is " unattractive " and we are already turned off by their looks. They are already prejudged by their looks and that's how we first react to them.

We look at the pretty girls face because we are attracted to her beauty first not her mannerisms.

There are many great character actors with average looks like John C. Reily that do a fine job. The only time looks are important in acting is when the character requires them to be like playing a beauty queen.