14 DAY TRIAL // It’s almost impossible to believe that a woman as gorgeous as Mila Kunis doesn’t place any importance on looks. Looking jaw-dropping stunning on the cover of the latest issue of GQ, the actress proclaims she wants recognition from the industry – but not for her looks.
The actress, who recently tried her hand (with excellent results) at drama in “Black Swan,” will soon return on the silver screen with a comedy: “Friends with Benefits” with Justin Timberlake.
Though she believes she has a healthy sense of humor, Mila says she has moments when it’s hard for her to be funny. Being a woman in the industry can be pretty tough because you have to fit certain standards, she says.
And then, when you do, you risk becoming typecast, she says. This hasn’t happened to her just yet, but she knows it could one day.
“The bottom line is if you’re an attractive female in this industry, people just take you as that: attractive. People aren’t getting the opportunity to move beyond being attractive,” Mila says.
“It’s not only with comedy. It could be with drama or action or whatever. People are distracted by looks. It happens. I’m not saying it happened to me, but it happens,” she goes on to say.
As far as she’s concerned, she doesn’t place that much emphasis on looks and even less on whether people find her attractive or not, because she wants to prove she’s a good actress regardless of that.
“I think I have a good sense of humor, but I’m not, like, a joke-teller. I get the jokes, which is sometimes half the battle. Believe me, I have no idea why anyone hires me… Image is not a priority for me,” she says.
“I have to think about how I’m going to word this…. A lot of times, people go into this industry with a grandiose idea of fame and think the only way to achieve that is to please everybody. Unfortunately, that can lead to very self-conscious on-screen choices. This industry scrutinizes you. It’ll tear you apart,” she adds.
In the same interview, Mila also talks about how the concept of “friends with benefits” doesn’t really work in real life, reveals she’s a nerd and a Trekkie, and talks about the women in comedy she admires and how she’d like to be included on that list, one day.