An American idiom meaning one is only attractive if one has an attractive manner. In general, this type of phrasing means that one is not always as he or she is labeled- actions rather than labels may define a person. In the film with the same name, Forrest Gump tells Jenny, "Mommy says stupid is as stupid does.", after Jenny insults him by asking, "Are you stupid or something?"

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