A white Washington, DC cop was always there when I was, and we both used the same equipment so we were always in each other's way and hated each others guts.
He never said a word to me and fumed silently while he waited for me to finish with equipment he was waiting to use. I always kept my eye on him.
One day when we were the only ones there he acted very different. He was all smiles and seemed to be SO HAPPY.
As I went through my workout he just sat and smiled and smiled.
Then, when I finished one exercise and sat down for a moment, he said to me "You know, I'm a DC cop."
"Yeah, I know," I said.
He smiled and smiled further, and then said, "I was assigned to protect Robert Redford at the National Press Club today.
"He's about five feet five--and he has a TERRIBLY broken out face."
I never saw anybody so happy. He smiled and smiled and repeated that to me several more times.
He wanted SO BADLY to tell someone else that he forgot our longtime mutual dislike for once.
By the next time we were both there we were back to our usual unfriendliness.
Male stars tend to be shorter than average, makes them look huskier on screen; the starlets tend to be taller than average, makes them look slimmer and younger. Obviously there are exceptions to this, but looks are more heavily weighted in the movie and TV biz.