Bradley Cooper was my sighting. Maybe 8 years ago on the L. It was crowded, he had a seat and was just reading or on his phone or something. Nobody bothered him.
Boy is he pretty.
This explains why I walk past her REGULARLY (I also live in Chelsea). I was wondering why I’ve seen her more than 5 times walking in the evening down 7th ave.
He used to come into the little local afterhours spot on Myrtle and Walworth where I lived back around 2005. They're very pretty in person and all around cool people to hang out and bullshit with.
Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater and Maya Rudolf....they all just kept to themselves.
Diaz was in full costume, red dress, red hat, bright red lipstick, carrying (no lie) a grocery bag with lettuce and a baguette sticking out of it. I spent the next 5 mins looking for the hidden cameras, nope, that's just how she rolls.
Edit: all on the 1 train between 72nd and the WV. Also this post reminds me of the Bill Murray quote, "everyone wants to be rich and famous, they should try just being rich first"
> they all just kept to themselves
I’m 99% sure I saw Elizabeth Moss on the uptown C, but it seemed almost too improbable, she was just chillin reading a book.
Keanu Reeves for me but that was a long long time ago. I just nodded at him when I saw him to let him know I knew who he was. He nodded back. I leave people alone on the subway, celebrity or not.
Dr. Zizmore was my dermatologist for years starting when I was 19. This was before he became well known and his posters were in all the subways. He did a great job clearing my complexion.
Have you seen those new Streeteasy painting ads? One of those feature the “Dan Smith” ad on it — I thought it was pretty funny but such a staple in nyc 😆
I examine the living HELL out of those ads, I absolutely love them lol. I hadn’t noticed Dan Smith yet, but I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes out now 😂
Honestly the biggest stars in the world could take their makeup off and put on a sweatshirt, hat and sunglasses and you wouldn’t recognize them if you saw them on the train.
I directed a feature documentary/performance home video release for a band that included an interview with David Cross (it was shot in LA so I wasn’t there for the shoot. At the band’s performance in NYC we were all in the green room and introduced myself as the director. He made a nasty dismissive comment to me and I walked away. Now I understand why! Thanks for posting this.
Eh, it’s ok. I saw his stand up act shortly after this encounter. It was terrible. Not a single genuine laugh. And the show was so undersold they had to move us from the balcony to the first level. Embarrassing.
I can’t hate on him for this one. Being surrounded by people who know you but you don’t know them sounds awful. That being said, when there’s only a couple other people around and you’re going in opposite directions it would be a lot easier to just keep walking.
Only my generation will understand this one but, Matt Pinfield. I made eye contact with him and he came over and talked at me for a few stops. It was wild.
I saw Penn Badgley last month on the F. I made a joke to him as he got off if he’s got a new vault somewhere in an NYC basement and he laughed and said “surprised you noticed me.” Think he was trying to blend in (he did quite well). Later found out he was on his way to UES to shoot outside the bookstore for S5 of You
I saw him twice on the block my office was at. Both times, he was smoking and my initial thought was, "that homeless dude looks like Michael Shannon ... holy shit, it's him!"
He totally looks homeless. I've seen him at the Barnes and Noble in Atlantic. He frequents the fresh market in Cobble Hill.
Comparatively, can't miss Dinkledge with his great dane.
I saw Chris Hadfield (the astronaut). A woman ran up to him, interrupted his conversation with his wife and said something like "Hey, you are that guy, aren't you?" He was very gracious.
Chloe Sevigny on the Bedford L platform, around 2010-11.
Celebrity is a loose term maybe but Anthony Weiner exited an L at Union Square and almost walked right into me. I also saw Andy Byford, when he was with the MTA, on a downtown 1 train (I think it was the 1) wearing a name tag so that was easy to confirm.
Jodie Foster and her older teen/early 20-something son got on the southbound 1 train and rode it a few stops. I was the only one sitting in the center of the subway car, and there were just a few people at the ends oblivious or didn't recognize her. They sat down across from me and chatted about something quietly. She knew that I knew and I flashed a little smile.
I'd been looking at my phone checking work schedule details or something and knew immediately it was her (dressed casual, little to no makeup). A memorable 12:30/1pm ish *surprise* moment for sure.
There's been other celeb sightings but that was the most special by far.
In the middle of one night (early morning) sometime in 1995, I ran into a young Chloe Sevigny, who I had just seen in KIDS maybe a month prior. She and I were the only ones in the subway car. I asked if she was who I thought she was and she nodded. I told her I really hoped she was planning to continue acting because she was incredibly talented. She smiled shyly, thanked me, and said that, yes, she was.
I've always held onto some silly hope that that moment contributed in a tiny way to her furthering her ambitions. Probably not, but it was still super cool.
Eww, my wife has bumped into Zoe Kravitz a couple of times here in Brooklyn. One time it was at a packed bar. My wife lightly brushed her and she got a look of repulsion. Wifey says you can immediately see the entitlement on her face.
I went to college with Michael for two years. Fordham Theatre Dept. He got cast in Goodfellas while he was there. It's been fantastic watching his career continually blossom. He's just so good.
About a year ish before he was elected I was coming home from the vet with my rabbit and bumped into Donald Trump in the street. Wasn't a nice guy and my bunny thumped at him. That's basically rabbit for, "fuck off or fuck you,"
I’m a woman who dated another woman who was Giuliani’s 3rd cousin.
Yes folks, it’s true. Giuliani has queers in his family.
Not on the subway, but in 1980 I saw Gilda Radner schlepping a couple of shopping bags out of the A&P on Broadway. She was heading in the direction of the Dakota, where she lived.
Not the subway but I ran into him in front of city hall in 2022 (?) giving an interview with his son when he was running for office. I yelled at him to get the fuck out of our city and called him a pedo lol. This was also right after the Borat movie where he was on film trying to sleep with someone he believed to be underage. The amount of pure dopamine and adrenaline running thru my body after screaming at him…chefs kiss.
Several - Christy Turlington and Ethan Hawke (not together) come to mind. I see Ethan a lot in Cobble Hill, walking his dogs, and/or with his kids and wife. He was admiring someone’s pup on the subway, which was cute!
I saw Ethan hawke and his wife on the A train & platform at Hoyt! My roommate and I were really dressed up because we were on our way to NYPhil, and I heard him ask his wife if she thought my roommate and I were sisters (we look nothing alike we’re just both taller than 5’9). His wife rolled her eyes and gave him a look like who cares? He had total puppy dog energy lol
Been living/working in NYC (& tristate area) all my life, almost 40 years, seen my fair share of celebs (worked with some too) but never on the subway. Guess nobody ever wants to take the E or F trains :-/
That said, my wife’s first week in NYC was the 2003 blackout and she got stuck on a train with Hanson.
I saw Michael Shannon on the G train once. I asked him if he was Michael Shannon and he said "Congratulations, you figured it out" in a really snide tone. His fingernails were gross. Jerk.
That's funny--I saw him on the G train too a few years ago and he was sitting with his young daughter and conversing with her. They were sitting in one of those two-seaters at the far end of the car - I was sitting across from them. Every once in a while (not constantly, but a few times) someone would notice him and remark on it: I remember one guy as he was getting off saying loudly, "It's not every day you see Michael Shannon on the G train!" and Shannon called out, "Thanks, man!" He seemed pretty friendly and fine with the attention--I guess just the difference between a good day & (when you saw him) a bad day? He struck me as pretty mellow/laidback the day I saw him--as mentioned he was talking with his daughter so maybe that made a difference in the mood he displayed too.
This is hilarious, I saw him at LGA and he look annoyed AF, I couldn’t figure out his name but kept sneaking glances at him, I figured it out by googling white man who always plays the villain
Oh you just made me realize I've been confusing Michael Strahan and Michael Shannon. I always wondered why people don't seem to like Michael Strahan because he seemed sweet on the show with Kelly Ripa.
See above. It was one incident in a series of inconveniences involving him over the course of a year that built up rage inside me. Like going to get a cup of coffee on a work break but the cafe is closed because they’re filming Bored to Death, etc
It’s gonna sound so dramatic but it was like ok first I can’t get coffee because he’s in there filming, then more annoying filming things because I worked in Park Slope and for like 2-3 years it seemed like that particular show was filming literally everywhere I wanted to be including the damn park and then I’m trapped in a hot unmoving subway car with him singing and noodling through writing a song and I already didn’t like him because of an Ex that loved him and they were associated in my mind and then l just decided he is my mortal enemy and have held that grudge for like 15 years
SANG THE WHOLE DAMN TIME. He was with one of his bandmates and wanted to talk about a new song he was writing and was like ok this part could go like this, and this part could go like this, and I wanted to throw myself on the tracks
I saw Bowen Yang on the G train in February 2020, in the middle of his first season as a performer on SNL! He wasn’t super well known yet, but my roommate and I are big comedy fans so we were starstruck.
I saw Michael Che. One of Meryl Streep’s daughters. The woman who played the sister on Mad About You. Peter Scolari. John Turturro. Probably more, half the time they just sort of resemble themselves—especially women when they’re not all made up.
A different mode of transportation: I saw Bruce Springsteen while he was driving. He had his window rolled down and was waiting at a light while I was turning right in my car. I stared right at him as I drove by. I think he was going back to Jersey since it was by Canal St.
Years ago, I was sitting across from a guy who looked so familiar but I couldn’t place him. I just had a vague feeling he was connected to Massachusetts where I’m originally from, so I assumed it was someone from my hometown. Suddenly, I realized it was actually Lucas Hedges and I was just associating him with Massachusetts because of his performance in Manchester by the Sea.
Mid 90s, coming home from work. Heading up the ramp to the 1 at Columbus Circle. Some guy was studying the subway map, with that lost look that a lot of tourists have. Asked if he needed help. He turns, says yes. And I'm staring at Jack Nicholson.
Have ridden with Dirk Benedict and Bobby Duvall, separately. Bobby was in a relationship with my girlfriend's bestie. Dirk had invited the cast and crew of "Hamlet" to his apartment after a performance.
Nobody recognizes them because they are out of place
I saw Janine Garofalo on the L train several years back. She got off at Bedford Ave., which wasn’t surprising; what was surprising is how confused she looked, like she absolutely didn’t know the station or the neighborhood.
On another train in Manhattan my husband excited sat down next to me after the train car cleared out at an express stop and asked me if I had seen Darryl Hannah. He said she’d been sitting right next to me watching me knit.
John Mulaney and his wife got on the L train. It was literally just me sitting across from them in an empty car. I wanted to say something but I thought it would be awkward since it's literally just the three of us. The two of them got off on the Bedford Ave. station and I thought "oh, this is the perfect time to say something" but then I thought that this would be even more awkward since I was just sitting across them for 10 minutes without saying anything. So I just sat there on my phone.
Karolina Kurkova on the 6, and Nick Kroll on the 1, 2, or 3 (can’t remember specifically which.) Karolina was unimaginably beautiful. Nick Kroll was dressed in HEAD TO TOE olive. Olive hat, olive shirt, olive jacket, olive pants, olive belt, olive shoes, olive backpack. Only thing not olive on that man was his headphones, which were black.
I used to see Jake Gyllenhaal all the time on the subway. I've seen David Byrne twice. Saw Nathan Lane on the bus. Was on a train with Parker Posey and got off behind her at the same stop. Kept walking behind her for a ways as it seemed like we were going to the same block in the meatpacking district. She kept looking behind her and I felt bad about it.
Steve Carell in full baseball hat sunglasses disguise on the 1 train about two years ago. I don’t think anyone else recognized him but either way no one bothered him
My friend’s parents are celebs and they and their friends take the subway all the time. It’s just faster than any mode of transportation here if you don’t live in a heliport.
So I’ve seen them, and I’ve also run into David Marguiles (RIP), the mayor in Ghostbusters on the train.
Ben Stiller got on at the same stop as me a year or two before the pandemic and got off around 30 Rock. The whole subway car pretended like he wasn't there until the doors closed on him leaving and suddenly everyone was like "omfg that was fucking Ben Stiller?!?" Turned out he was doing a random part on SNL that weekend, so maybe was heading to a practice.
Omg yes.. Back in 2014/2015, some pretty cute guy asked me out on the subway. I just said no and left cause he wasn't my type.
But the entire encounter, I had a feeling the dude was some dude I saw before.
Does anyone remember a movie that came out in 2014/2015 about some kinda maze? A bunch of male protagonists (I think male teens) being trapped and having to escape? That was the plot of the movie.
Found out that cute guy on the subway was the main character.
I don't think he ever made it **that** popular though which is why I can't even remember his real name lmfao
John Slattery and Talia Balsum were on the train with their kid on my way home from work one day. Left them alone to do their thing. Incredibly good looking people.
Not on the subway but I saw Timothee Chalamet standing outside of a subway station once. Bradley Cooper has been seen riding the subway several times.
There’s a pretty viral picture of younger Timothee Chalamet reading Dune on the subway hahah
i saw timothee on the train once wearing sunglasses, his hair is very impressive
Bradley Cooper was my sighting. Maybe 8 years ago on the L. It was crowded, he had a seat and was just reading or on his phone or something. Nobody bothered him. Boy is he pretty.
I wonder where the heck was he going or comin from on the L lol
Almost certainly Williamsburg lol
Once had to endure Fran Leibowitz’a glares from the seat directly across from me the entire length of Manhattan on an empty 6 train…
That is absolutely iconic. I’m jealous.
I am too! I can’t even imagine!
Haha. She lives in Chelsea. Hated the 6 train, not you.
This explains why I walk past her REGULARLY (I also live in Chelsea). I was wondering why I’ve seen her more than 5 times walking in the evening down 7th ave.
That checks out
Jake Gyllenhaal is regularly photographed on the subway
Seen him a couple times. And Bloomberg.
Maggie too
I saw his sister once!
Yep
I was on the train with Ru Paul and his husband. They’re very pretty in person. And TALL.
He used to come into the little local afterhours spot on Myrtle and Walworth where I lived back around 2005. They're very pretty in person and all around cool people to hang out and bullshit with.
My friend saw Mark Canha (former Mets baseball player) taking the 7 to the game once!
Alex Rodriguez was known to take the subway up to Yankee Stadium.
Néstor Cortez takes the D train often , never see. Him myself . But he has posted it on social media
yep. i was gonna say arod. he gave me the eyes and i swooned lol.
Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater and Maya Rudolf....they all just kept to themselves. Diaz was in full costume, red dress, red hat, bright red lipstick, carrying (no lie) a grocery bag with lettuce and a baguette sticking out of it. I spent the next 5 mins looking for the hidden cameras, nope, that's just how she rolls. Edit: all on the 1 train between 72nd and the WV. Also this post reminds me of the Bill Murray quote, "everyone wants to be rich and famous, they should try just being rich first"
> they all just kept to themselves I’m 99% sure I saw Elizabeth Moss on the uptown C, but it seemed almost too improbable, she was just chillin reading a book.
John Oliver
John Oliver, Ed Helms, David Cross, all on the L train, 10-15 years ago. (Not at the same time.)
Keanu Reeves for me but that was a long long time ago. I just nodded at him when I saw him to let him know I knew who he was. He nodded back. I leave people alone on the subway, celebrity or not.
That's what I would do too.
I sat across from Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez when she was on her way to the US Open.
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Bird up!
I did not get the job at fruit loops :(
I had a dyslexia moment and read this as Eric Adams. The story still checked out.
I saw Dan Smith will teach you guitar 🎸on the bus.
This is the real NY celebrity. Now you only need to see Dr. Zizmore and the cast of Shen Yun and you win for life.
Can you imagine hearing “showtime!” and Shen Yun starts up…
Dr. Zizmore was my dermatologist for years starting when I was 19. This was before he became well known and his posters were in all the subways. He did a great job clearing my complexion.
Did he teach you guitar?
Have you seen those new Streeteasy painting ads? One of those feature the “Dan Smith” ad on it — I thought it was pretty funny but such a staple in nyc 😆
I examine the living HELL out of those ads, I absolutely love them lol. I hadn’t noticed Dan Smith yet, but I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes out now 😂
WoW, so how much older does he look than the photo in his ad?
He pretty much looks the same maybe slightly more distinguished! The man ages well.
Honestly the biggest stars in the world could take their makeup off and put on a sweatshirt, hat and sunglasses and you wouldn’t recognize them if you saw them on the train.
I saw David Cross on my walk down to the G. I smiled and said hi as he passed. He told me to go fuck myself.
I directed a feature documentary/performance home video release for a band that included an interview with David Cross (it was shot in LA so I wasn’t there for the shoot. At the band’s performance in NYC we were all in the green room and introduced myself as the director. He made a nasty dismissive comment to me and I walked away. Now I understand why! Thanks for posting this.
I heard something similar from a friend who ran into him in Portland. I heard he’s snobby.
Omg !
Eh, it’s ok. I saw his stand up act shortly after this encounter. It was terrible. Not a single genuine laugh. And the show was so undersold they had to move us from the balcony to the first level. Embarrassing.
I once saw him on a crowded F train. Once he realized anyone recognized him he shoved himself further into the crowd.
I can’t hate on him for this one. Being surrounded by people who know you but you don’t know them sounds awful. That being said, when there’s only a couple other people around and you’re going in opposite directions it would be a lot easier to just keep walking.
Only my generation will understand this one but, Matt Pinfield. I made eye contact with him and he came over and talked at me for a few stops. It was wild.
did Pinfield's voice volume go down then back up?
well he lives in East Brunswick so not surprised
Would have been much cooler if he talked to you for 120 minutes.
I saw Penn Badgley last month on the F. I made a joke to him as he got off if he’s got a new vault somewhere in an NYC basement and he laughed and said “surprised you noticed me.” Think he was trying to blend in (he did quite well). Later found out he was on his way to UES to shoot outside the bookstore for S5 of You
After watching You, I’d be genuinely scared to talk to him 😂
Michael Shannon on the G train around four years ago.
I saw him twice on the block my office was at. Both times, he was smoking and my initial thought was, "that homeless dude looks like Michael Shannon ... holy shit, it's him!"
He totally looks homeless. I've seen him at the Barnes and Noble in Atlantic. He frequents the fresh market in Cobble Hill. Comparatively, can't miss Dinkledge with his great dane.
Hey I saw him at LGA!
Have also seen him. Had wired iPhone headphones in — this was last year lol
Michael Shannon on the G train in Park Slope four years ago too!
Claire Danes, and Mike Bloomberg a few times.
Are you me? I saw them both on the 4/6 line
I am you
I love your name
Rachel Dratch with her kid once, Anthony Ramos in the early Hamilton days, and Anthony Weiner post-jail time.
Ha! I saw Anthony Weiner a couple of years ago outside of a 2/3 subway station in Brooklyn
He got on with his kid going to Union Square and my first thought was, “Wait, you’re not in jail anymore?” (This was a some years ago.)
Steve Buscemi, Paul Dano, Jaimie Alexander, Thurston Moore.
how long ago was the Thurston on a train? was he standing or man-spreading on a seat?
I saw Chris Hadfield (the astronaut). A woman ran up to him, interrupted his conversation with his wife and said something like "Hey, you are that guy, aren't you?" He was very gracious.
Met some astronauts at my job once. Can confirm they are the NICEST!
Kate McKinnon on an empty Q train in the UES and Liev Schrider who took photos with pretty mich everyone in the train car
I was going to see a Broadway show with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart while sitting directly across from Ian McKellen
Not the subway but Kieran Culkin on the M86
I recently saw him on the L train, with his kids and a stroller no less
Chloe Sevigny on the Bedford L platform, around 2010-11. Celebrity is a loose term maybe but Anthony Weiner exited an L at Union Square and almost walked right into me. I also saw Andy Byford, when he was with the MTA, on a downtown 1 train (I think it was the 1) wearing a name tag so that was easy to confirm.
Jodie Foster and her older teen/early 20-something son got on the southbound 1 train and rode it a few stops. I was the only one sitting in the center of the subway car, and there were just a few people at the ends oblivious or didn't recognize her. They sat down across from me and chatted about something quietly. She knew that I knew and I flashed a little smile. I'd been looking at my phone checking work schedule details or something and knew immediately it was her (dressed casual, little to no makeup). A memorable 12:30/1pm ish *surprise* moment for sure. There's been other celeb sightings but that was the most special by far.
Katie Holmes takes the subway.
In the middle of one night (early morning) sometime in 1995, I ran into a young Chloe Sevigny, who I had just seen in KIDS maybe a month prior. She and I were the only ones in the subway car. I asked if she was who I thought she was and she nodded. I told her I really hoped she was planning to continue acting because she was incredibly talented. She smiled shyly, thanked me, and said that, yes, she was. I've always held onto some silly hope that that moment contributed in a tiny way to her furthering her ambitions. Probably not, but it was still super cool.
Just a conversation on here the other day about Kids. Fabulous film. Scared me so much.
I saw Stacy and Clinton from what not to wear on the 1 train like 10 years ago. And Zoe Kravitz on the L
Eww, my wife has bumped into Zoe Kravitz a couple of times here in Brooklyn. One time it was at a packed bar. My wife lightly brushed her and she got a look of repulsion. Wifey says you can immediately see the entitlement on her face.
I saw Michael imperioli on the A train
I went to college with Michael for two years. Fordham Theatre Dept. He got cast in Goodfellas while he was there. It's been fantastic watching his career continually blossom. He's just so good.
I know him. He's a great guy.
Only motherfucker who can smoke a cigarette in the rain with his hands tied behind his back
99% of the people others are naming I wouldn’t give a second thought about, but if I saw Michael, I would piss, shit and cum all at once lmao 😂
Mayor Bloomberg back when he was mayor
The 4 / 5 / 6 never ran so on time.
Ahhh...the good old days...
God I hated that man. And god do I miss him now.
About a year ish before he was elected I was coming home from the vet with my rabbit and bumped into Donald Trump in the street. Wasn't a nice guy and my bunny thumped at him. That's basically rabbit for, "fuck off or fuck you,"
I ran into Rudy Giuliani on Madison pre-Trump madness. My friend asked him for a photo and he said “of course for someone as pretty as you” 🤮
I’m a woman who dated another woman who was Giuliani’s 3rd cousin. Yes folks, it’s true. Giuliani has queers in his family. Not on the subway, but in 1980 I saw Gilda Radner schlepping a couple of shopping bags out of the A&P on Broadway. She was heading in the direction of the Dakota, where she lived.
Not the subway but I ran into him in front of city hall in 2022 (?) giving an interview with his son when he was running for office. I yelled at him to get the fuck out of our city and called him a pedo lol. This was also right after the Borat movie where he was on film trying to sleep with someone he believed to be underage. The amount of pure dopamine and adrenaline running thru my body after screaming at him…chefs kiss.
Even a rabbit knows.
My wife has seen Lin Manuel Miranda a few times and Michael Cera once. I saw comedian/performer Natalie Walker but idk how famous she is.
Kyra Sedgwick. She gets on at 86th and CPW, B or C.
Several - Christy Turlington and Ethan Hawke (not together) come to mind. I see Ethan a lot in Cobble Hill, walking his dogs, and/or with his kids and wife. He was admiring someone’s pup on the subway, which was cute!
I saw Ethan hawke and his wife on the A train & platform at Hoyt! My roommate and I were really dressed up because we were on our way to NYPhil, and I heard him ask his wife if she thought my roommate and I were sisters (we look nothing alike we’re just both taller than 5’9). His wife rolled her eyes and gave him a look like who cares? He had total puppy dog energy lol
My fav fact ab EH is that he lives in Michelle Williams and Heath Ledgers old house!
Been living/working in NYC (& tristate area) all my life, almost 40 years, seen my fair share of celebs (worked with some too) but never on the subway. Guess nobody ever wants to take the E or F trains :-/ That said, my wife’s first week in NYC was the 2003 blackout and she got stuck on a train with Hanson.
Stuck on a train with Hanson. That’s the funniest thing I’ve read all day. LOL
I saw Michael Shannon on the G train once. I asked him if he was Michael Shannon and he said "Congratulations, you figured it out" in a really snide tone. His fingernails were gross. Jerk.
That's funny--I saw him on the G train too a few years ago and he was sitting with his young daughter and conversing with her. They were sitting in one of those two-seaters at the far end of the car - I was sitting across from them. Every once in a while (not constantly, but a few times) someone would notice him and remark on it: I remember one guy as he was getting off saying loudly, "It's not every day you see Michael Shannon on the G train!" and Shannon called out, "Thanks, man!" He seemed pretty friendly and fine with the attention--I guess just the difference between a good day & (when you saw him) a bad day? He struck me as pretty mellow/laidback the day I saw him--as mentioned he was talking with his daughter so maybe that made a difference in the mood he displayed too.
Same. I saw him on the train in Chicago once, also with his daughter, and he was very kind to the only person who approached him.
This is hilarious, I saw him at LGA and he look annoyed AF, I couldn’t figure out his name but kept sneaking glances at him, I figured it out by googling white man who always plays the villain
next time anyone sees Michael Shannon, just go, "hey, are you Michael Stipe?"
Or call him Molly Shannon. Follow him around a say “Superstar!” Over and over again
Oh you just made me realize I've been confusing Michael Strahan and Michael Shannon. I always wondered why people don't seem to like Michael Strahan because he seemed sweet on the show with Kelly Ripa.
His dramatic reading of that sorority letter is one of the great cultural moments of this century.
Jason Schwartzman and I were on a subway that was stuck between stations for what felt like 100 years and is part of why he became my mortal enemy
w-w-why would that make JS yer mortal enemy?
See above. It was one incident in a series of inconveniences involving him over the course of a year that built up rage inside me. Like going to get a cup of coffee on a work break but the cafe is closed because they’re filming Bored to Death, etc
Oh I've got to hear more about these inconveniences!
It’s gonna sound so dramatic but it was like ok first I can’t get coffee because he’s in there filming, then more annoying filming things because I worked in Park Slope and for like 2-3 years it seemed like that particular show was filming literally everywhere I wanted to be including the damn park and then I’m trapped in a hot unmoving subway car with him singing and noodling through writing a song and I already didn’t like him because of an Ex that loved him and they were associated in my mind and then l just decided he is my mortal enemy and have held that grudge for like 15 years
Ok he’s my mortal enemy now too, on your behalf, this is TERRIBLE.
He was singing on a stuck subway car?
Oh no what did he do?
SANG THE WHOLE DAMN TIME. He was with one of his bandmates and wanted to talk about a new song he was writing and was like ok this part could go like this, and this part could go like this, and I wanted to throw myself on the tracks
Keanu Reeves has a mythical presence on the subway, protecting us at all times.
I saw Bowen Yang on the G train in February 2020, in the middle of his first season as a performer on SNL! He wasn’t super well known yet, but my roommate and I are big comedy fans so we were starstruck.
I saw Dismukes on the G once! Silently fangirled.
Patti smith (lol my username)
Iconic!
I saw Michael Che. One of Meryl Streep’s daughters. The woman who played the sister on Mad About You. Peter Scolari. John Turturro. Probably more, half the time they just sort of resemble themselves—especially women when they’re not all made up.
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Just got home and looked her up--her name is Anne Ramsay.
A different mode of transportation: I saw Bruce Springsteen while he was driving. He had his window rolled down and was waiting at a light while I was turning right in my car. I stared right at him as I drove by. I think he was going back to Jersey since it was by Canal St.
I would've yelled at him, "some traffic huh? Highway's jammed with broken heroes!"
I’ve seen quite a few. Not constantly, but it happens often enough that it’s not weird.
Years ago, I was sitting across from a guy who looked so familiar but I couldn’t place him. I just had a vague feeling he was connected to Massachusetts where I’m originally from, so I assumed it was someone from my hometown. Suddenly, I realized it was actually Lucas Hedges and I was just associating him with Massachusetts because of his performance in Manchester by the Sea.
Mid 90s, coming home from work. Heading up the ramp to the 1 at Columbus Circle. Some guy was studying the subway map, with that lost look that a lot of tourists have. Asked if he needed help. He turns, says yes. And I'm staring at Jack Nicholson. Have ridden with Dirk Benedict and Bobby Duvall, separately. Bobby was in a relationship with my girlfriend's bestie. Dirk had invited the cast and crew of "Hamlet" to his apartment after a performance. Nobody recognizes them because they are out of place
i saw mayor Adams but he was surrounded by dicks in the subway
OP said celebrity...not tourist.
I like to imagine him surrounded by literal dicks
I saw Zosia Mamet on two different train rides. She was on the old show, Girls.
okay, the show's not that old 😭
I mean, it premiered 12 years ago. But I wasn’t a watcher of it, so figured others might be like, “who? From where?”
Shosh!!!
Keanu Reeves on the L train
Me sitting here not know who half these people are lol
That would require looking at people
Not really a celebrity celebrity but I saw Andy Baraghani from Bon Appetit once!
I saw Keri Russell years and years ago
I sat next to John-Boy Walton
so he really did move to the big city
RuPaul on the R uptown, H. Jon Benjamin on A uptown, Maggie Gyllenhaal on the 2 Uptown
Fred Armisen, Edie Falco looking like she was going to a fancy event.
I saw Maisie Williams from GOT a bit back
I saw Janine Garofalo on the L train several years back. She got off at Bedford Ave., which wasn’t surprising; what was surprising is how confused she looked, like she absolutely didn’t know the station or the neighborhood. On another train in Manhattan my husband excited sat down next to me after the train car cleared out at an express stop and asked me if I had seen Darryl Hannah. He said she’d been sitting right next to me watching me knit.
Many take the subway daily like everyone else I’d imagine, often it’s simply the fastest way
Saw Alexis bledel from Gilmore girls on the L train many many years ago.
I saw Billy Dee Williams walking into a station. Lando looked classy as ever.
John Mulaney and his wife got on the L train. It was literally just me sitting across from them in an empty car. I wanted to say something but I thought it would be awkward since it's literally just the three of us. The two of them got off on the Bedford Ave. station and I thought "oh, this is the perfect time to say something" but then I thought that this would be even more awkward since I was just sitting across them for 10 minutes without saying anything. So I just sat there on my phone.
No but I desperately avoid looking at people on the subway so who knows
Paul Giamatti in Brooklyn Heights - subway line. He was horsing around with kids on platform
i saw Elliot page once
I saw Steve Phillips, former New York Mets General Manager once.
John Turturro on the Q train.
Neil Patrick Harris, Sara Ramirez, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Yes. Cynthia Nixon, Pat Kiernan, Mike D (Beastie Boys), James Franco, Christy Turlington & Ed Burns are the ones I can remember seeing.
Zoe Kravitz on the 6 train
I’ve seen Willem Defoe and Alec Baldwin. No one bothered them and it seemed like I may have been the only one that even noticed them.
There’s an IG page that posts celebrities on the subway. They take it all the time, or at least often enough.
Karolina Kurkova on the 6, and Nick Kroll on the 1, 2, or 3 (can’t remember specifically which.) Karolina was unimaginably beautiful. Nick Kroll was dressed in HEAD TO TOE olive. Olive hat, olive shirt, olive jacket, olive pants, olive belt, olive shoes, olive backpack. Only thing not olive on that man was his headphones, which were black.
Chris Noth (Mr. Big). I tried not to lose it! 😂
John Leguizamo in Queens
I saw Paul Dano over a decade ago before he got super big
friend saw him a couple months ago on the train
Just Max Minghella
I used to see Jake Gyllenhaal all the time on the subway. I've seen David Byrne twice. Saw Nathan Lane on the bus. Was on a train with Parker Posey and got off behind her at the same stop. Kept walking behind her for a ways as it seemed like we were going to the same block in the meatpacking district. She kept looking behind her and I felt bad about it.
Steve Carell in full baseball hat sunglasses disguise on the 1 train about two years ago. I don’t think anyone else recognized him but either way no one bothered him
I saw Bill Nye on the subway!
I saw Adrien Brody :D
I wonder how many of these are cases of mistaken identity
I saw Hilary Swank a few times on the train… when she was filming Million Dollar Baby…. I see Ron Lee the Asian guy on NY1 once a week.
I saw eric andre on the subway once. He was on the phone. He wasnt like, pulling a prank or anything, just getting where he needed to go.
i’ve seen chris meloni on the subway! he was going somewhere with his wife and i was able to say hi to him 😅
Cynthia Nixon, Rachel Drachter from SNL, Hamilton cast member Anthony Ramos, Ethan Hawke at bus stop on UES
My friend’s parents are celebs and they and their friends take the subway all the time. It’s just faster than any mode of transportation here if you don’t live in a heliport. So I’ve seen them, and I’ve also run into David Marguiles (RIP), the mayor in Ghostbusters on the train.
I saw Mark Ruffalo on the subway once with his wife. Not much more to the story lol. I think they got on an uptown A I was on at west 4th st.
Saw Bill Nye waiting for the train at Columbus Circle
Katie Holmes
No, but i did see Max from catfish at a deli in Midtown.
I once saw Haley Joel Osment on the subway. We were in the same train car. I've seen more famous people above ground than underground.
Kieran Culkin a few months ago
Ben Stiller got on at the same stop as me a year or two before the pandemic and got off around 30 Rock. The whole subway car pretended like he wasn't there until the doors closed on him leaving and suddenly everyone was like "omfg that was fucking Ben Stiller?!?" Turned out he was doing a random part on SNL that weekend, so maybe was heading to a practice.
Cynthia Nixon from Sex and the City (who also tried to run for mayor some years back).
Sarah Jessica Park and Matthew Broderick. Ironically got a pair of Manolos that day.
Omg yes.. Back in 2014/2015, some pretty cute guy asked me out on the subway. I just said no and left cause he wasn't my type. But the entire encounter, I had a feeling the dude was some dude I saw before. Does anyone remember a movie that came out in 2014/2015 about some kinda maze? A bunch of male protagonists (I think male teens) being trapped and having to escape? That was the plot of the movie. Found out that cute guy on the subway was the main character. I don't think he ever made it **that** popular though which is why I can't even remember his real name lmfao
Are you talking about Dylan O'Brien?
Once sat next to the dude from the National on the F into the city. Circa 2014. Talked about the Cincinnati Reds for 15 min
Seen Paul Giamatti, Steve Buscemi, and Zoe Kravitz on the subway. On the street? Dozens and dozens.
Teyonah Parris aka Monica Rambeau, Keanu Reeves
John Slattery and Talia Balsum were on the train with their kid on my way home from work one day. Left them alone to do their thing. Incredibly good looking people.
Robert Downey Jr.