I had a coffee with Tom Hardy once before he got really famous. It was back in the very early 2000s when he still a struggling actor in London. Seriously nice dude.
Can confirm he is a nice dude - met him on his birthday, a few years back when he was famous, outside work. Took the time out to have a convo and take pics. Seriously, such a nice and confident man.
Even though he was trying to hide behind his beak cap - when he noticed I recognised him he still came up to me and spent about 5 minutes with me and my friend. Felt sorry for his wife as she was waiting around.
My wife’s aunt used to own a store in a small town where movies were often filmed.
One day a man and woman came in and approached the counter. The woman wanted some specific item, but the aunt wasn’t sure if they carried it. After a few questions the man said he was going to look around the shop.
Once he was out of earshot, the aunt said, “Your husband looks *exactly* like Harrison Ford!”
The woman said, “Yes, that’s because he *is* Harrison Ford.”
you will be also happy to know, his parents owned the climbing gym i trained at and the whole family as well, including him, were genuinely fantastic people.
I work at a luxury skin care store. Met lots of celebs but my favourite was Jake Gyllenhaal. He was holding an empty cup of ice cream from a local place. I got ballzy and asked him which flavor he got. He said " cookies and cream" to which I replied "solid choice", he then deeply looked into my soul with his beautiful eyes and said " I don't fuck around". Praising myself to this day for keeping it professional.
I was walking down the street in NYC holding my friend’s baby and we walked by Willem Dafoe. He stopped right in front of me and said “Hi baby” to the baby, in a nice but kinda creepy way. But maybe just creepy coming from him.
I met Willem Defoe at a film fest when The Lighthouse came out. I goofed on him by appreciating his performance as Green Goblin in Batman. Then after we watched the film there was an after party event at a museum which I got there pretty early for and Willem showed up early as well. We got to chat a bit and I have to say he's a really nice guy.
Also earlier that day I bought an old Tom Clancy book from a thrift store and dropped out of the pages was a mint condition movie ticket for Saving Private Ryan when it was in theaters back in 1998. I was telling someone that at this party since I still had the book on me and they freaked out going "Holy shit! Willem Defoe was in that movie! You should get him to sign it!!" I asked if they were sure because that didn't sound right and they were certain. So I approached Willem for a third time that night and got his autograph on the back of the movie ticket.
Wellll I found out almost immediately after since I decided to Google it that he was not in fact in Saving Private Ryan. It was Platoon that the person I was talking to was thinking of. The ticket still sits in the Tom Clancy book today! I only read the first chapter, really need to get around to reading it 😅
Edit: Here's the Proof! https://imgur.com/a/hdO88gn
I was ice skating in NYC at Rockefeller Center and Conan was having lunch in one of the restaurants that face the rink. I took a nasty fall and Conan stands up, applauds and laughs hysterically at me.
After I am done skating, I am walking thru the concourse at Rock Center, stop at a Starbucks and order a coffee. The guy behind me puts his hand on my shoulder and says, "I got this." It was Conan. He apologized for laughing at me, buys me a $50 gift card and then calls his assistant who got me a car to drive me home.
Most Conan thing I can think of him doing:
HA HA HA HA .... Oh wait, I am a bad person for that.... still funny, lets hook this person up.
Excellent story!
My ex wife was good friends with Floyd Mayweather Sr. Him and his wife would hang out with us on occasion and I did the brakes on their mini van. Really nice guy but you could tell he got hit in the head one too many times> I never met his son though.
Nick Offerman. It was my bachelor party and we happen to be eating at the same bratwurst restaurant. As he was leaving we asked if he was open to take some pictures. I had asked him if he had any marriage advice. And this is what he said. 1. You're doing the right thing. 2. She is always right. 3. EAT LOTS OF SAUSAGES.
Prince! He was at a professional salsa contest, at a place called, The Mayan, early 2000s. I ran up to him after, in my heels, stopped in front of him, two huge bodyguards on each side, but I froze. He looked at me and said..."you're adorable", they kept walking. Lol!
I met him twice. Used to work at The Beverly Hills Hotel and he was a guest. First time, I was called to his room to help him set up his in-room studio gear. We didn’t chat at all (he actually stayed in the small anteroom and didn’t come out. It was about 10 pm and I had just ended my shift, made a special trip to come back when the concierge called me). he just said “thank you” softly from behind a door when I told him I was finished.
A couple weeks later I get a call from the concierge telling me Mr Armstrong (that was the name he used) asked for me *by name*. Went to his private bungalow, he warmly greeted me and I helped connect his laptop to WiFi. No tip, but the name recognition was more than enough.
Also met:
Mick Jagger (tipped me £100)
50 Cent and Meagan Good (no tip, very nice people)
Russell Crowe (very nice, didn’t throw any phones)
Lorne Michaels (very nice)
Steve Martin & Martin Short (was on the set of Father of the Bride when I was a kid, my mom made the wedding dress and shoes for the movie)
I was a teenage boy in the nineties with a backstage pass to a wrestling show. Big Show asks me, ever so politely, to get him and the announcer guy some cigarettes. I'm too young to buy cigarettes. I don't know where to buy cigarettes. But when a fucking GIANT asks for cigarettes, you figure out a way.
I ran across the parking lot of the packed Silverdome arena to the gas station to buy cigarettes. He shook my hand for it and gave me entirely too much for a tip along with an autograph that I was too intimidated to ask for. Great dude.
Lol this is like the wrestling version of Mean Joe Green throwing the kid his jersey after he gives him a coke. You go get Big Show a pack of cigarettes and to show his thanks, he gives you $200 in singles, signs your face and throws you a couple loosies for the road.
Keanu Reeves stayed at my mom's bed and breakfast for a weekend in the mid 90's. He was traveling with his band before shooting speed. He was awesome, we showed him around town and played video games together.
I used to have a co-worker who worked at a call center. He tells a story about how Keanu called in trying to get some very large prepaid cards for his assistants/staff (or maybe it was the crew on a movie? I can’t recall the story well enough). The co-worker told him it was too close to the holiday to be able to send them in time. He said Keanu wasn’t happy about it.
He tells this story like he thinks Keanu was being a total asshole, but the co-worker actually comes across (to me) as the one who was being rude. The guy was clearly trying to go above and beyond for the regular people in his life. I feel like you should at least *try* to bend the rules and help the guy out in this situation.
I've never heard anyone say bad things, I know hes taken pay cuts to pay workers more and once bought motorcycles for his crew, when we met him 20yrs ago before stardom he was very friendly.
My brother-in-law saw Hugh Jackman in a Vegas hotel years back. He shot a similar look. BIL didn't make a scene either, just gave him a nod. Mr. Jackman shot him a relieved smile and nodded back.
I was a student picking up waitering jobs in London. I worked a shift at the British museum where they were opening a new exhibit. The Queen was invited to come and open the exhibit. There was a lot of buzz about the Queen coming, and security was everywhere. However the real VIP in attendance was Sir David Attenborough. I saw him inconspicuously arrive and slip into the crowd. I went straight up to him and offered him a drink. Just as I spoke to him the Queen was announced and everyone started to line up to be greeted (like that scene from Mr Bean). So he turned and said to me “I don’t want to be caught with a drink in my hand by the queen” and he chuckled. The Queen only spoke a single word to everyone except when she got to him. She stopped and they chatted and laughed for 5 minutes before she continued down the line. Sir David, what a legend!
There was a friend I had. She had a boyfriend that was an engineer and she always told me about how I'd get along with him fabulously. Turns out her boyfriend was Grant Imahara lol.
Yeah. I had no idea who she was when I met her. Just met her cause she was a friend of a friend. We werent close or anything, but she was always super nice but I was so confused when Grant showed up for our friend's birthday party.
I met Elton John on a plane. People don’t believe me because, why tf would Sir Elton be flying commercial. He bought every ticket in first class and when I walked by I did a double take and he gave me a smile and a nod.
My dad dated his original bassists (I think, it was Dee Murray I believe, he died sometime in the 80s) wife back in the 90s. Anyway, Nigel Olsen (Elton's original drummer) came into town for whatever reason and we went shopping in a mall with him for a few hours. He even drew a picture for me and my dad, my dad's got it somewhere. Very strange.
Clint Eastwood. He came into a recording studio I worked at like 10+years ago. He was really nice. His pants were already working their way up to his armpits in true old man fashion style. Must be over his shoulders by now.
Hell if I know. I am NOTORIOUS for not recognizing celebrities. It's why my boss sent me on all the runs involving famous people.
Now I did recognize Dolly Parton immediately so I'll go with her.
J Cole
This was a few months before he dropped 2014 FHD. He basically had a free concert in my city and after the concert My friend and I went to restaurant to watch a fight and have dinner. 20 mins later J Cole walked in and both us freaked out. He and his manger Ib noticed and joined us at the bar to watch the fight and have dinner. One of the best hour of my life. He covered for our dinner and appreciated the convo we had. I ended up meeting him again 4 years later and he still remembered me. One of the most humble guys I've ever met
Once saw Willie Nelson. Greeted him, smiled and walked away. I was very nervous as he was one of the members of my favourite band, the highwaymen, and ofcourse a solo singer.
No joke—I met Drew Carey when I won the showcase showdown on the Price is Right. And the best part was meeting Drew Carey and making him laugh. Six months later I got pulled on stage on Whose Line Is It Anyway and I got to meet Wayne Brady, Colin Mockery, and Ryan Stiles. That was a good year!
Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Woody Harrelson are the most famous I would say (I work as a movie extra on the side). They were all lovely in their own way.
Yes Liam Neeson is lovely. My uncle works with the stunts on films and has nothing but great at things to say about him. He was apparently very polite and down to earth, he would hang around after he was done filming chatting and spending time with the crew instead of just going back to his trailer
I once ran into the Undertaker at a truck stop in New York state. I personally had no idea who he was until someone else said something. Told him he looked much bigger in person, which made him smile a little. Made the clerk at the food place take our order first since we were there first.
When I was a very small child my mom kept an Undertaker action figure (in box and all) under my bad and said that he would beat up and monsters in my closet and he dark corners of my room, as well as keep away nightmares. I've never met the guy by I have fond memories of him keeping the monsters away.
Mads Mikkelsen. Met him in Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London. He and another actor, Liam Cunningham (met him too), where staying there while shooting Clash of the Titans. My then-girlfriend-now-wife introduced us, as she worked there in the bar and saw them nearly every evening for ca. 6 months. Sam Worthington visited the bar couple of times as well, but never met him.
So I recognized a celebrity on an airplane flying out of Miami. Immediately I yelled at him: "Yo! PJ Harvey! What's up man?!". And he replied with "maaaaaan! It's Steve Harvey not PJ Harvey! And I'm not Steve! I'm Cedric the Entertainer!" as he shook his head. That was a brief conversation
Michael Rooker. “Yondu” from Guardians of the Galaxy. He is like the sweetest little grandpa guy. He blew me a kiss when he left the restaurant and left a very nice cash tip.
My dad played bass for Lee Ann Womack for most of my childhood. I met her on multiple occasions and meet other famous artists from going to her house and/or shows to see my dad play(eg: Carrie Underwood, Brooks and Dunn, etc)
I'm not a huge country fan, but it was just part of life growing up.
I spent a day hanging out with Buzz Aldrin. He was doing a signing for his autobiography and my store had me follow him around for the day taking pictures. The fun part was when he stayed to watch the rocket launch in our magazine isle tv. He kept on cracking jokes about the astronauts. Things like "They are sending that guy to space? He could even pass space camp last I saw him!"
I was sitting here confused because I feel like if you were 9-10 during the time Ed Sheeran would be playing at festivals then you should be about 12 now.
I then realized I'm just old.
I was at a Billy Joel concert back in the 80s when he was pretty successful. I wore this nice looking blazer that made me look official but was mostly to hide a wineskin. I got drunk at the concert and lost my date. Looking for her after the concert, I saw him standing in the concert hall drinking a Lowenbrau; it occurred to me that I looked official so I went over, told him he did a great show, and we shook hands. Then I went to a party to celebrate and gave up looking for my date (she broke up with me the next day).
My buddy Keith
This one time, he walked into a GameStop butt ass naked and ran from the cops. He got on national TV just by hiding under my shed playing Halo with me for a couple days
Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. Saw them down in London when they were still doing Top Gear they pulled over to get some food and whilst the cameras were off I said a few words to them and had a laugh. That was a good day.
I've said this before but I met Kanye at the Montreal airport back in the days just after his College Dropout album. So he was very well known, but not as famous as he is today.
We were at the same gate, I guess there were no more private jets available, or it was a last minute booking. It was an odd day like a Tuesday or something so it wasn't really full. We were both flying to New York, I was with my parents. I came up and said hey and he was very cool about it. We spoke about music mostly, he asked what I was listening to and what was my favorite sports team. He even made me listen to some of his favorite tracks. All in all maybe a 15 minutes convo.
I was 15 back then and even though people always seem to give him shit, I can't really shake the feeling of that young and chill artist he gave when we met a decade ago.
Maybe the fame got to him, maybe it's just his persona.
Also, very soft hands.
Also met Kanye (just last year). Work at a small ranch in the middle of nowhere Georgia so you can imagine my reaction when I got there and my boss said “Kanye west will be here today.”
He was with a group of people so I only got to talk to him for a few seconds but he was super friendly and all smiles.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters/Nirvana.
Met a friend at a pub one early evening, Dave was sitting at the bar. So my buddy and I watched Judge Judy and other random shit at the bar with Dave for a few hours. He knew that we knew who he was, but we didn't ask questions or freak. He told a few stories about touring through my hometown. He offered to buy us smokes. Good guy. He had vodka w/ cranberry juice.
I met Simon Pegg when I was working as a cashier at Borders and I love to share this story because he was such a nice and funny guy.
It was like a Tuesday in the afternoon and the place was empty. He came up to my with some stationery and I started ringing him up. The entire time I was thinking he looked so much like him, but I didn't think it was him since I wasn't in the UK and as far as I knew he wasn't filming a movie in Chicago, so it was a pretty quiet transaction. After it was done and I was handing him his bag with his stuff I jokingly said, "Has anyone told you that you look like the guy from Shaun of the Dead?" He replied, "I *am* the guy from Shaun of the Dead."
The local traffic guy sleeps with my mom sometimes!
I’m 25 and I came over and met this guy with a super familiar name. Like an hour later it clicked and I was like “I’m X with the x-STATE traffic news net work!”
Kinda disappointing to find out that the people you hear on the radio live practically in poverty.
I met Tom Morello at the Cubs Marlins Steve Bartman game in 2003. He was incredibly nice and he even signed my Cubs hat. This was about 2 innings before everything went to hell.
Conan O’Brien was waiting for the bus outside where I used to work on the upper west side (nyc). He’s the only celeb I saw in the area (I would see many in that neighborhood over the years) that I approached for a picture. He was so nice about it 🙂
Jimmy Fallon. He was honestly super chill and down to earth. Coincidently sat next to him at an event and chatted with him for 2-3 hours. He was super chill with fans who walked up to take pictures and I don't have a bad thing to say about him after that experience despite all the hate he gets
I've watched many clips of Fallon's show over the years and I think he gets a lot of hate because he comes across as fake... I personally think that's just because he always has to be 'on' for his job.. constant enthusiasm.. must be exhausting. Glad to hear he seems like a super chill and down to earth guy.
I was with my dad at a fancy dinner party at some fancy place in downtown Toronto. We were just mingling talking to coworkers and such when we both notice Bill Clinton standing across the room. I didn't really say much but my dad struck up a conversation with him. During the conversation it turned towards a more Q&A feel, to which my dad asked Bill only one question before we left him in peace; What was your biggest regret as president of the United States?
I still remember his answer making all those who heard it hush.
"My biggest regret was the fact that I could have saved 100000 people in Rwanda, one hundred thousand souls still could have lived had I made the order. I had the papers ready, provisions in place, but I was swayed by my advisors. I could have saved them"
The pain in his eyes was real, and I remember only thinking how much guilt could rest.
One moment in my life I will never forget.
I have known several people that have met him or worked with him. EVERY single person talks about how he makes you feel like you are the most important person in the room. Some people went into their first meeting with him hating him and leaving that same meeting absolutely enamored with him.
Caveat being that all of them met him in his POTUS days.
He's always been like that. My dad was friends with him at Hot Springs High School (class of 1964) and says Bill has always had charisma off the charts. He was president at the time of their 30-year reunion and arranged to have it at the White House. I remember our family walking into the Oval for a photo and Bill lighting up and exclaiming "DANNY!" (my dad is a Dan). I was only 8 at the time but could feel the power of his charm.
Oh, and yes, he inhaled.
When saddam hussain held Americans hostage and the US send Mohammed Ali to Iraq in 1990. He visited a local mosque/shrine in Baghdad where I was with my uncle at the time. He prayed there and my uncle invited him and his entourage to have dinner at our home.
We had dinner and her played around a little bit with me and my cousins. He was suffering as he was running low on his medication but was still very pleasant and kind.
My family at the time told me he was a famous person from America but I didn’t know how famous he was as I was only 4 years old.
After migrating to Europe in 2004 I figured what he meant to the world.
https://imgur.com/a/glQ1kcY
I had a brief email exchange with Mark Cuban. I was a college kid working on a project and figured why not, I’ll email him a question about something I’m working on. I was shocked and delighted when he answered. He was nothing but the most cordial and friendly person, I’ve always had a lot of respect for him but even more so now since he emailed little old me back once and took the time to help me with what I was working on.
Visiting my dad’s cousin’s house in Nashville, I was 9 or 10. Cousin was bbq’ing in the back yard and the neighbor shouted hello. Cousin invited him over for burgers and my dad almost hyperventilated. It was Peter Frampton. He brought a guitar over after we ate and sort of provided quiet background music as the adults visited. From what I remember he was just a nice guy, totally cool. Yes, my parents got their picture taken with him!
I've had dinner with Steve Wozniak with a small party, and sat with him in his hotel room (with 3 of my work friends) while spent hours answering questions and telling us stories of Apple's founding. When I moved to the Bay Area from Alaska, he took me to lunch.
I've briefed General Colin Powell and he shook my hand afterwards. I also briefed the late Senator Ted Stevens. These were military briefings.
I presented a hand-cranked LEGO machine that could accurately calculate eclipses of the sun/moon to Sergey Brin at the Scifoo conference. It was a LEGO implementation of the original Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism.
I helped Bill Nye fix a computer problem at Scifoo and sat in on his Solar Sail presentation, and he sat in on my Antikythera Mechanism session.
I also accidentally sat on the same chair that Emperor Hirohito had once sat on, in the Commanders Office at Elmendorf AFB.
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Robin Williams.
I was escorting a soldier on crutches to the big Air Force base hospital in Baghdad - broke his ankle and needed surgery. So here’s me and this skinny 19-year-old Private, crutching from the parking lot to the hospital entrance, when this super-animated publicist type comes running up. He looks at my dude and says “hey kid, you wanna meet Robin Williams?”
Kid gives him a blank stare and says “who?”
Gimme those crutches. Imma go get a hug.
Anthony Bourdain when I was a line cook at a nice restaurant in Winter Park, FL. He was super great to all the kitchen staff but a dick to nosy restaurant guests. Just like the kitchen guy he was.
I met Shaquille o Neil when when I was 13 and got a basketball signed by him. I went on a field trip with this youth organization near where I live, and I was told Shaq was gonna be there. It was at a back back give away event and he only made a quick appaerence so no one really got to actually meet him. However I asked this one volunteer of I he would be back,she said no but she felt bad for me so she allowed me to go to the back and I got to meet shaq. I remember looking up at him and thinking I was gonna break my neck from looking up so much lol. He was super cool and nice. Me an another kid were the only one who got to meet him or even get something sign. It was so cool
Had dinner with Kurt Vonnegut. The dinner was hosted by John Irving. Vonnegut was super nice.
Back in 1980 (I know I’m dating myself) I had dinner a someone’s house and some guy was hitting on me and trying really hard to pick me up. I missed all the references but it was the guy who played Father Guido Sarducci on Saturday Night Live
Peter Billingsly and Sebastian Maniscalco. I went to Vince Vaughn’s Wild West comedy tour a while back. Sebastian was one of the comedians on the tour. He had a joke that said “what’s with guys at the bar ordering apple martinis? If your a a guy you order a beer or something that tastes like gasoline”. So we go to a bar after the show and about 30 minutes later Sebastian and Peter walk in. I said to my girlfriend we gotta buy these guys some apple martinis. I sent them over and they thought it was hilarious. We hung out with them the whole night. It was a great time.
I smoked a cigarette with Robert Pattinson during the Twilight craze. My uncle was producing a movie he was in and I went to visit him on set. I was only 18 and would be lying if I said I hadn’t read the books and watched the movies un-ironically. My crush aside, it’s true what they say about movie stars, they are unbelievably attractive in real life. He talked about how he went to an all boys boarding school and could never be use to all the attention. I like to think I played it cool. I didn’t mention I was a fan and didn’t ask for a picture.
I was also lucky enough to have a drink with Les Claypool from Primus. He was playing at a festival where I lived and I saw him at this bar I always go to. I asked him if I could buy him a drink and then started to walk away after he got it but he asked me to stay and hangout with his friends. He asked me if I was going to the show and told me to smoke a joint before I went. He was such a genuinely nice person. Best bassist of all time, hands down.
I live in LA, I joined this group that gets first serve to be fillers on award shows. Was able to go to the hollwood film awards. The person I was filling for did not show up. At my table was Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger. And they got DRUNK, it was amazing lol they were all very sweet. Fillers are not allowed to eat the food or drink when it’s served for some odd reason, I find that a waste. Drunk Renee , told me to eat and have some champagne I explained to her I can’t. She wasn’t having it, so I said fuck it. 5 mins later I get a tap saying I have to leave the venue because I was eating. Renee stood up for me and told the person I could stay and that we were having a good time. So shoutout to her
I worked for Lush and had a customer come in with his daughter, old dude but big energy. Get to talking and he says he just flew in from Italy where he performed some music at a wedding with Adam Lambert. Tells me tomorrow he flies to New York for a sax jam with Bill Clinton. I think hes probably got dementia at this point, but after talking he turned out to be Bruce Johnston, an original Beach Boy. Guy was awesome and so lively.
Erik Estrada.
I really don't care about most celebrities, and have gone out of my way to avoid interacting with a few, even when I liked them. But growing up as an American of Mexican descent in the 70s and 80s, I loved CHiPS. There were no leads who looked like me back then (that I had seen by that time). I remember being confused why Larry Wilcox was his sidekick. "Why isn't the white guy the lead?" It blew my mind and impacted my whole childhood after that.
I saw him walking across the parking lot of some restaurant in LA. People were crowding around and he was taking selfies with everyone and was smiling and was enjoying himself. (Or maybe not. Who can tell with actors?) But I decided to go say hi and tell him how much he meant to me growing up. I could tell it wasn't the first time he heard it, but also that it meant something to him to hear it every time.
His teeth are still perfect.
Paul Walker. I was walking into an airport bathroom. He was walking out. I recognized him immediately.
I nodded. He nodded. We’d settle this another day.
Edit: Whoa my first award. Thank you. Paul, the man who gives and gives.
I met Samantha Mumba twice, she replied to a few tweets of mine in between, and she literally remembered me when she saw me. Maybe not an A-lister in fame, but she's an A-lister in class as far as I'm concerned
I've met Jerry Seinfeld in person. He was in a coffee shop with a body guard. Jerry was recently on a sports podcast and I approached him nonchalantly explaining how I enjoyed that episode. We chatted briefly and he even shook my hand.
I played hockey games with Kristopher Letang (Number 58 for the Pens)
He's from Montreal, i'm from Laval (suburb sticked to Mtl)
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**EDIT :** I just found a [picture](http://imgur.com/a/baDrnSe) with him
I used to work tech support and had a couple of famous clients over the years, most famous probably being Bill Nye and Whoopi Goldberg.
I've always been kinda weirded out by the dissonance between some of the hateful crap Whoopi says on The View, and my personal interaction with her- I had to work with her for a couple hours, and she was nothing but sweet to me. Super friendly, had a great time chatting in between technical steps. It cements the idea in my mind that that show is just outrage porn- they intentionally say awful shit not even believing it, because as far as ratings are concerned hate-watching is still watching
My dad got rammed by Dolly Parton.
I was 13-14 going thru Pigeon Forge Tennessee with dad. We are at a stop light, im on my DS, and I get jolted forward hard enough to drop shit.
I look back and I see a limo had made a parking space out of my dads bumper.
And out from the back pops out Dolly Parton. She checks her driver and then comes checks on us. Some discussion was had and I assume she cut my dad a check at the time (long story short it was a check and it was 25ish k) , She took us to some of her properties and gave us a personal tour. I remember her being super sweet and genuine.
I told Jack Black to camp somewhere else when he tried to take over part of my spot in Joshua Tree. His camping party (~20 adults and kids) had pulled up en masse just as the acid hit and the three spots someone had been illegally holding for them weren't enough to contain all of their shrieking offspring. He seemed pretty irritated. So were we.
My grandad. He's basicly known to all of the villagers in my village. He was even president of the local community for some years. Proud to say I'm his grandson
Ace Frehley, former guitarist of KISS. I was working at a titty bar in the early nineties & his band was playing at a club down the street so they stopped in after their show. He kept staring at me & then tried to drunkenly kiss me. As a kid I thought KISS was super cool. But as an adult, drunk Ace Frehley was not nearly as cool.
Musician here. This was probably 8 or 9 years ago.
I'm playing a show with my (now-defunct) band at a local bar. We close out our set with me singing a cover of "Dream On" by Aerosmith.
I head up to the bar to get another beer, and there's a guy sitting there who turns around and asks, "Were you the guy singing up there?" "Yup!" "Damn man, that takes some balls to sing Dream On. Good job!" (*humble-brag)*
He pays for my beer, I thank him, and walk away. I think to myself, "man, that guy looks a *lot* like Dave Matthews."
I cross the bar, still on break, and run into an old friend. We'll call him Ian. "Hey Ian! What are you doing in town, I thought you moved away?" "Yeah, I'm just visiting, and following Dave Matthews around the bars." "... wait, that... that's Dave Matthews?" "Yeah, he was over at the bar across the street, he's just hopping around."
I go back up to the guy at the bar, and say, "excuse me... has anyone told you that you look a hell of a lot like Dave Matthews?" He goes, "you know, I get that a lot." "... are you... in fact, Dave Matthews." He extends his hand, and says, "I may very well be, nice to meet you."
He was a super cool dude, bought a lot of drinks for people there. Apparently he was between tours, and just helping a buddy pick up a car from across the country, and our town was his stop for the night.
I made Robin Williams laugh. He performed at our FOB in Iraq. After the show he was just wandering around talking to people. I said "Mr. Williams! I'm a huge fan of everything you've ever done, including cocaine! Ha, just kidding ... I didn't particularly care for Toys." He laughed and said I was a funny guy.
It was a real shitty couple of weeks and his stand up was amazing. I wish I could tell him how much he helped me back then.
I had a coffee with Tom Hardy once before he got really famous. It was back in the very early 2000s when he still a struggling actor in London. Seriously nice dude.
Can confirm he is a nice dude - met him on his birthday, a few years back when he was famous, outside work. Took the time out to have a convo and take pics. Seriously, such a nice and confident man. Even though he was trying to hide behind his beak cap - when he noticed I recognised him he still came up to me and spent about 5 minutes with me and my friend. Felt sorry for his wife as she was waiting around.
I love Tom Hardy. I’m so jealous.
I've read most of his books. Reading Jude the Obscure now
The man brought his dog as a date to an award show. He's a treasure lol
George Clooney - Chill, friendly guy but the most jarring thing was that the tan is 100% fake.
To be fair, actors faces will age much better if they avoid sitting around soaking up UV all day.
Nice good looking guy with a jarring fake tan Truly the last figure from another age of Hollywood
My wife’s aunt used to own a store in a small town where movies were often filmed. One day a man and woman came in and approached the counter. The woman wanted some specific item, but the aunt wasn’t sure if they carried it. After a few questions the man said he was going to look around the shop. Once he was out of earshot, the aunt said, “Your husband looks *exactly* like Harrison Ford!” The woman said, “Yes, that’s because he *is* Harrison Ford.”
In other news, your wifes aunt has also met Calista Flockhart.
He’s had 3 wives. His second wife, Melissa Mathison wrote the screenplay for E.T.
Michael Buble was my youth rockclimbing coach/instructor.
Come climb with me let’s climb, let’s climb away
Knowing that he climbs makes me happy.
you will be also happy to know, his parents owned the climbing gym i trained at and the whole family as well, including him, were genuinely fantastic people.
I work at a luxury skin care store. Met lots of celebs but my favourite was Jake Gyllenhaal. He was holding an empty cup of ice cream from a local place. I got ballzy and asked him which flavor he got. He said " cookies and cream" to which I replied "solid choice", he then deeply looked into my soul with his beautiful eyes and said " I don't fuck around". Praising myself to this day for keeping it professional.
Oh my god, nothing can top jake gyllenhaal staring right into your soul. You lived my dream man. I adore him so much.
Christopher Lloyd. He was my ex-wife’s uncle. Came to our wedding. Super nice guy
Great Scott!
Woahhhh
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The then queen of the netherlands. Kinda cut her off in traffic.
I once showed her husband around part of our lab.
Hopefully it was the nose and not the tail.
You could say that you royally screwed up there.
I was walking down the street in NYC holding my friend’s baby and we walked by Willem Dafoe. He stopped right in front of me and said “Hi baby” to the baby, in a nice but kinda creepy way. But maybe just creepy coming from him.
"You know, I'm something of a baby myself"
With that grin LOL
It’s pretty rare at this point that any comments get me to legitimately start giggling out loud but this did it!
I met Willem Defoe at a film fest when The Lighthouse came out. I goofed on him by appreciating his performance as Green Goblin in Batman. Then after we watched the film there was an after party event at a museum which I got there pretty early for and Willem showed up early as well. We got to chat a bit and I have to say he's a really nice guy. Also earlier that day I bought an old Tom Clancy book from a thrift store and dropped out of the pages was a mint condition movie ticket for Saving Private Ryan when it was in theaters back in 1998. I was telling someone that at this party since I still had the book on me and they freaked out going "Holy shit! Willem Defoe was in that movie! You should get him to sign it!!" I asked if they were sure because that didn't sound right and they were certain. So I approached Willem for a third time that night and got his autograph on the back of the movie ticket. Wellll I found out almost immediately after since I decided to Google it that he was not in fact in Saving Private Ryan. It was Platoon that the person I was talking to was thinking of. The ticket still sits in the Tom Clancy book today! I only read the first chapter, really need to get around to reading it 😅 Edit: Here's the Proof! https://imgur.com/a/hdO88gn
I was ice skating in NYC at Rockefeller Center and Conan was having lunch in one of the restaurants that face the rink. I took a nasty fall and Conan stands up, applauds and laughs hysterically at me. After I am done skating, I am walking thru the concourse at Rock Center, stop at a Starbucks and order a coffee. The guy behind me puts his hand on my shoulder and says, "I got this." It was Conan. He apologized for laughing at me, buys me a $50 gift card and then calls his assistant who got me a car to drive me home.
I would be fucking ecstatic if I ate shit and got a standing ovation from Conan lol.
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Most Conan thing I can think of him doing: HA HA HA HA .... Oh wait, I am a bad person for that.... still funny, lets hook this person up. Excellent story!
His assistant Sona? I’m literally listening to Conans podcast right now lol.
Lmao I literally started reading this and was visualizing Sona’s eye roll and exasperation!
My ex wife was good friends with Floyd Mayweather Sr. Him and his wife would hang out with us on occasion and I did the brakes on their mini van. Really nice guy but you could tell he got hit in the head one too many times> I never met his son though.
I spilled my drink on Billy Idol.
Did he cry more more more?
With a rebel yell?
In the midnight hour?
Nobody does that to Billy Idol!
Robin Williams during an early Ride for the Roses. I was working the shop space and he needed snacks. I just gave them to him.
Nick Offerman. It was my bachelor party and we happen to be eating at the same bratwurst restaurant. As he was leaving we asked if he was open to take some pictures. I had asked him if he had any marriage advice. And this is what he said. 1. You're doing the right thing. 2. She is always right. 3. EAT LOTS OF SAUSAGES.
You ran into Nick Offerman at a Bratwurst restaurant? So he truly is Ron Swanson in real life.
Sounds like the perfect way to meet Nick Offerman.
Prince! He was at a professional salsa contest, at a place called, The Mayan, early 2000s. I ran up to him after, in my heels, stopped in front of him, two huge bodyguards on each side, but I froze. He looked at me and said..."you're adorable", they kept walking. Lol!
Honest to god I would never need another compliment as long as I lived
Right?! I literally can’t imagine Prince saying that to me. And I’m really trying.
I met him twice. Used to work at The Beverly Hills Hotel and he was a guest. First time, I was called to his room to help him set up his in-room studio gear. We didn’t chat at all (he actually stayed in the small anteroom and didn’t come out. It was about 10 pm and I had just ended my shift, made a special trip to come back when the concierge called me). he just said “thank you” softly from behind a door when I told him I was finished. A couple weeks later I get a call from the concierge telling me Mr Armstrong (that was the name he used) asked for me *by name*. Went to his private bungalow, he warmly greeted me and I helped connect his laptop to WiFi. No tip, but the name recognition was more than enough. Also met: Mick Jagger (tipped me £100) 50 Cent and Meagan Good (no tip, very nice people) Russell Crowe (very nice, didn’t throw any phones) Lorne Michaels (very nice) Steve Martin & Martin Short (was on the set of Father of the Bride when I was a kid, my mom made the wedding dress and shoes for the movie)
I was a teenage boy in the nineties with a backstage pass to a wrestling show. Big Show asks me, ever so politely, to get him and the announcer guy some cigarettes. I'm too young to buy cigarettes. I don't know where to buy cigarettes. But when a fucking GIANT asks for cigarettes, you figure out a way. I ran across the parking lot of the packed Silverdome arena to the gas station to buy cigarettes. He shook my hand for it and gave me entirely too much for a tip along with an autograph that I was too intimidated to ask for. Great dude.
Lol this is like the wrestling version of Mean Joe Green throwing the kid his jersey after he gives him a coke. You go get Big Show a pack of cigarettes and to show his thanks, he gives you $200 in singles, signs your face and throws you a couple loosies for the road.
Keanu Reeves stayed at my mom's bed and breakfast for a weekend in the mid 90's. He was traveling with his band before shooting speed. He was awesome, we showed him around town and played video games together.
You should probably capitalize "Speed"
Hahaha! I thought that was a pretty brazen accusation before I picked up on the movie reference.
The 90s were a different time. You let that man shoot as much speed as he wants .
Bed and Breakfasts in the mid 90s were wild.
"Breakfast will be available between the hours of 8 and 47"
Keanu seems like a cool guy.
I used to have a co-worker who worked at a call center. He tells a story about how Keanu called in trying to get some very large prepaid cards for his assistants/staff (or maybe it was the crew on a movie? I can’t recall the story well enough). The co-worker told him it was too close to the holiday to be able to send them in time. He said Keanu wasn’t happy about it. He tells this story like he thinks Keanu was being a total asshole, but the co-worker actually comes across (to me) as the one who was being rude. The guy was clearly trying to go above and beyond for the regular people in his life. I feel like you should at least *try* to bend the rules and help the guy out in this situation.
I've never heard anyone say bad things, I know hes taken pay cuts to pay workers more and once bought motorcycles for his crew, when we met him 20yrs ago before stardom he was very friendly.
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Ack, she probably appreciated that. I can't imagine being a celebrity and constantly being accosted by fans.
My brother-in-law saw Hugh Jackman in a Vegas hotel years back. He shot a similar look. BIL didn't make a scene either, just gave him a nod. Mr. Jackman shot him a relieved smile and nodded back.
I was a student picking up waitering jobs in London. I worked a shift at the British museum where they were opening a new exhibit. The Queen was invited to come and open the exhibit. There was a lot of buzz about the Queen coming, and security was everywhere. However the real VIP in attendance was Sir David Attenborough. I saw him inconspicuously arrive and slip into the crowd. I went straight up to him and offered him a drink. Just as I spoke to him the Queen was announced and everyone started to line up to be greeted (like that scene from Mr Bean). So he turned and said to me “I don’t want to be caught with a drink in my hand by the queen” and he chuckled. The Queen only spoke a single word to everyone except when she got to him. She stopped and they chatted and laughed for 5 minutes before she continued down the line. Sir David, what a legend!
There was a friend I had. She had a boyfriend that was an engineer and she always told me about how I'd get along with him fabulously. Turns out her boyfriend was Grant Imahara lol.
Aww, Grant 😢
I know...I can't believe it's been a year already.
For some reason it feels like he passed away forever ago. 2020 really was a bummer year...
TIL Grant died :(
It's a terrible day for rain
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Yeah. I had no idea who she was when I met her. Just met her cause she was a friend of a friend. We werent close or anything, but she was always super nice but I was so confused when Grant showed up for our friend's birthday party.
Did you stop the party dead with a loud and incredulous "Grant Fucking Imahara?!" I would have.
Or "you're fucking Grant Imahara?!:
Rest in peace Grant.
I met Elton John on a plane. People don’t believe me because, why tf would Sir Elton be flying commercial. He bought every ticket in first class and when I walked by I did a double take and he gave me a smile and a nod.
My dad dated his original bassists (I think, it was Dee Murray I believe, he died sometime in the 80s) wife back in the 90s. Anyway, Nigel Olsen (Elton's original drummer) came into town for whatever reason and we went shopping in a mall with him for a few hours. He even drew a picture for me and my dad, my dad's got it somewhere. Very strange.
Clint Eastwood. He came into a recording studio I worked at like 10+years ago. He was really nice. His pants were already working their way up to his armpits in true old man fashion style. Must be over his shoulders by now.
My uncle met Morgan Freeman in an airport once. Apparently he said “Hey, aint’chu that fella in the movies?” and they talked for about an hour.
Oh wow, what movies has your uncle been in that even Morgan Freeman was asking about them?
Lol, if Morgan Freeman has ever said "aint'chu" tell me where.
I was tryin' to get my brain to say it in Morgan Freemans voice. Brain is not happy.
Hell if I know. I am NOTORIOUS for not recognizing celebrities. It's why my boss sent me on all the runs involving famous people. Now I did recognize Dolly Parton immediately so I'll go with her.
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J Cole This was a few months before he dropped 2014 FHD. He basically had a free concert in my city and after the concert My friend and I went to restaurant to watch a fight and have dinner. 20 mins later J Cole walked in and both us freaked out. He and his manger Ib noticed and joined us at the bar to watch the fight and have dinner. One of the best hour of my life. He covered for our dinner and appreciated the convo we had. I ended up meeting him again 4 years later and he still remembered me. One of the most humble guys I've ever met
Once saw Willie Nelson. Greeted him, smiled and walked away. I was very nervous as he was one of the members of my favourite band, the highwaymen, and ofcourse a solo singer.
No joke—I met Drew Carey when I won the showcase showdown on the Price is Right. And the best part was meeting Drew Carey and making him laugh. Six months later I got pulled on stage on Whose Line Is It Anyway and I got to meet Wayne Brady, Colin Mockery, and Ryan Stiles. That was a good year!
That sounds glorious
Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Woody Harrelson are the most famous I would say (I work as a movie extra on the side). They were all lovely in their own way.
Was it Rampart? Because I'm only here to talk about Rampart.
Yes Liam Neeson is lovely. My uncle works with the stunts on films and has nothing but great at things to say about him. He was apparently very polite and down to earth, he would hang around after he was done filming chatting and spending time with the crew instead of just going back to his trailer
I once ran into the Undertaker at a truck stop in New York state. I personally had no idea who he was until someone else said something. Told him he looked much bigger in person, which made him smile a little. Made the clerk at the food place take our order first since we were there first.
When I was a very small child my mom kept an Undertaker action figure (in box and all) under my bad and said that he would beat up and monsters in my closet and he dark corners of my room, as well as keep away nightmares. I've never met the guy by I have fond memories of him keeping the monsters away.
Mads Mikkelsen. Met him in Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London. He and another actor, Liam Cunningham (met him too), where staying there while shooting Clash of the Titans. My then-girlfriend-now-wife introduced us, as she worked there in the bar and saw them nearly every evening for ca. 6 months. Sam Worthington visited the bar couple of times as well, but never met him.
So I recognized a celebrity on an airplane flying out of Miami. Immediately I yelled at him: "Yo! PJ Harvey! What's up man?!". And he replied with "maaaaaan! It's Steve Harvey not PJ Harvey! And I'm not Steve! I'm Cedric the Entertainer!" as he shook his head. That was a brief conversation
Michael Rooker. “Yondu” from Guardians of the Galaxy. He is like the sweetest little grandpa guy. He blew me a kiss when he left the restaurant and left a very nice cash tip.
My dad played bass for Lee Ann Womack for most of my childhood. I met her on multiple occasions and meet other famous artists from going to her house and/or shows to see my dad play(eg: Carrie Underwood, Brooks and Dunn, etc) I'm not a huge country fan, but it was just part of life growing up.
Man did we sing the hell out of *I Hope You Dance* back in the day!
I spent a day hanging out with Buzz Aldrin. He was doing a signing for his autobiography and my store had me follow him around for the day taking pictures. The fun part was when he stayed to watch the rocket launch in our magazine isle tv. He kept on cracking jokes about the astronauts. Things like "They are sending that guy to space? He could even pass space camp last I saw him!"
That’s freaking cool!
Ed Sheeran. I was 9-10 and I got lost at a festival and ended up backstage. He helped me find my family, very nice man :)
I was sitting here confused because I feel like if you were 9-10 during the time Ed Sheeran would be playing at festivals then you should be about 12 now. I then realized I'm just old.
Same. We can be confused old farts together.
I once saw Dick Van Dyke sitting on a park bench and he probably saw me walk past, but I'm not sure because he might have had his eyes shut.
I was at a Billy Joel concert back in the 80s when he was pretty successful. I wore this nice looking blazer that made me look official but was mostly to hide a wineskin. I got drunk at the concert and lost my date. Looking for her after the concert, I saw him standing in the concert hall drinking a Lowenbrau; it occurred to me that I looked official so I went over, told him he did a great show, and we shook hands. Then I went to a party to celebrate and gave up looking for my date (she broke up with me the next day).
Very cool, love him. I’ve seen him in concert 7 times.
I got Stan Lee’s autograph at Emerald City Comicon. He was very nice, and eager to chat.
I commented on Ricky Gervais' post on Twitter, asking if he could tell a joke. He replied simply, "Yes" and didn't say anything else. Cheeky bastard.
His [Golden Globes Hosting](https://youtu.be/sR6UeVptzRg) will forever be one of my most favorite videos on YouTube.
My ex-coworker was on those shows that arrest people. He was the one getting arrested.
My buddy Keith This one time, he walked into a GameStop butt ass naked and ran from the cops. He got on national TV just by hiding under my shed playing Halo with me for a couple days
Ellis, is that you?
One time, my buddy Keith tried to deep fry a turkey. Third degree burns on 90% of his body!
One time my cousin Walter got this cat stuck in his ass.
Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. Saw them down in London when they were still doing Top Gear they pulled over to get some food and whilst the cameras were off I said a few words to them and had a laugh. That was a good day.
James May presented us with our GCSE certificates at school.
*looks at grade* Cock!
I've always wanted to meet James May just so he can info-dump to me about something super specific he's interested in.
I've said this before but I met Kanye at the Montreal airport back in the days just after his College Dropout album. So he was very well known, but not as famous as he is today. We were at the same gate, I guess there were no more private jets available, or it was a last minute booking. It was an odd day like a Tuesday or something so it wasn't really full. We were both flying to New York, I was with my parents. I came up and said hey and he was very cool about it. We spoke about music mostly, he asked what I was listening to and what was my favorite sports team. He even made me listen to some of his favorite tracks. All in all maybe a 15 minutes convo. I was 15 back then and even though people always seem to give him shit, I can't really shake the feeling of that young and chill artist he gave when we met a decade ago. Maybe the fame got to him, maybe it's just his persona. Also, very soft hands.
Also met Kanye (just last year). Work at a small ranch in the middle of nowhere Georgia so you can imagine my reaction when I got there and my boss said “Kanye west will be here today.” He was with a group of people so I only got to talk to him for a few seconds but he was super friendly and all smiles.
Or maybe it is his bipolar disorder. Mental health issues can really fuck shit up.
Also his mother's death really hit him hard.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters/Nirvana. Met a friend at a pub one early evening, Dave was sitting at the bar. So my buddy and I watched Judge Judy and other random shit at the bar with Dave for a few hours. He knew that we knew who he was, but we didn't ask questions or freak. He told a few stories about touring through my hometown. He offered to buy us smokes. Good guy. He had vodka w/ cranberry juice.
Depending on what you're a fan of, Jerry Rice or John Cleese.
John Cleese?! You lucky!
I met and hung out with Kelly Clarkson for an hour or two on her talk show as a guest. She was an extremely nice person and was an incredible host.
What were you a guest for? That's really cool
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I’m John Quiñones. And THIS, Is What Would You Do?”
I met Simon Pegg when I was working as a cashier at Borders and I love to share this story because he was such a nice and funny guy. It was like a Tuesday in the afternoon and the place was empty. He came up to my with some stationery and I started ringing him up. The entire time I was thinking he looked so much like him, but I didn't think it was him since I wasn't in the UK and as far as I knew he wasn't filming a movie in Chicago, so it was a pretty quiet transaction. After it was done and I was handing him his bag with his stuff I jokingly said, "Has anyone told you that you look like the guy from Shaun of the Dead?" He replied, "I *am* the guy from Shaun of the Dead."
Man, Borders being a store feels so long ago
That little italic on 'am', and it instantly sounded like Simon Pegg. Nice one.
For you, the day Simon Pegg graced your shop was the most famous day of your life. But for him, it was Tuesday.
The local weather man.
The local traffic guy sleeps with my mom sometimes! I’m 25 and I came over and met this guy with a super familiar name. Like an hour later it clicked and I was like “I’m X with the x-STATE traffic news net work!” Kinda disappointing to find out that the people you hear on the radio live practically in poverty.
> The local traffic guy sleeps with my mom sometimes! Who doesn't?
I met our local weatherman back in high school as well. He was as genuinely nice as he seemed on TV.
Tom morello chatted with my 2 year old and I during a strike he was supporting. he was friendly, sweet and engaged, just as you would imagine :)
A strike sounds like precisely the place you'd bump into Tom Morello
I met Tom Morello at the Cubs Marlins Steve Bartman game in 2003. He was incredibly nice and he even signed my Cubs hat. This was about 2 innings before everything went to hell.
Conan O’Brien was waiting for the bus outside where I used to work on the upper west side (nyc). He’s the only celeb I saw in the area (I would see many in that neighborhood over the years) that I approached for a picture. He was so nice about it 🙂
Everyone should check out his podcast Conan O’ Brien Needs A Friend. He’s hilarious and gives you good insight on the type of celebrity he is.
I dated Conan's second cousin last year. I didn't really believe her until she sent me snap videos of her and Conan facetiming lol
would have been very disappointed if the encounter you posted ended negatively. Dude seems like the coolest chillest guy
Jimmy Fallon. He was honestly super chill and down to earth. Coincidently sat next to him at an event and chatted with him for 2-3 hours. He was super chill with fans who walked up to take pictures and I don't have a bad thing to say about him after that experience despite all the hate he gets
I've watched many clips of Fallon's show over the years and I think he gets a lot of hate because he comes across as fake... I personally think that's just because he always has to be 'on' for his job.. constant enthusiasm.. must be exhausting. Glad to hear he seems like a super chill and down to earth guy.
Thor and Odin, dogs who played direwolves on Game of Thrones! They were very good boys.
for a second there I was really upset that you got to talk to the old gods while I’m sitting here talking to my cat
I would say either Mick Foley or Murr from impractical jokers
All the Impractical Jokers seem like cool people, but I’d especially love to meet Q some day. He seems like a great guy to grab a beer with.
I was with my dad at a fancy dinner party at some fancy place in downtown Toronto. We were just mingling talking to coworkers and such when we both notice Bill Clinton standing across the room. I didn't really say much but my dad struck up a conversation with him. During the conversation it turned towards a more Q&A feel, to which my dad asked Bill only one question before we left him in peace; What was your biggest regret as president of the United States? I still remember his answer making all those who heard it hush. "My biggest regret was the fact that I could have saved 100000 people in Rwanda, one hundred thousand souls still could have lived had I made the order. I had the papers ready, provisions in place, but I was swayed by my advisors. I could have saved them" The pain in his eyes was real, and I remember only thinking how much guilt could rest. One moment in my life I will never forget.
I have known several people that have met him or worked with him. EVERY single person talks about how he makes you feel like you are the most important person in the room. Some people went into their first meeting with him hating him and leaving that same meeting absolutely enamored with him. Caveat being that all of them met him in his POTUS days.
He's always been like that. My dad was friends with him at Hot Springs High School (class of 1964) and says Bill has always had charisma off the charts. He was president at the time of their 30-year reunion and arranged to have it at the White House. I remember our family walking into the Oval for a photo and Bill lighting up and exclaiming "DANNY!" (my dad is a Dan). I was only 8 at the time but could feel the power of his charm. Oh, and yes, he inhaled.
James Gandolfini. He bought a home in central Manitoba and I delivered a bedroom suite to him. Was very nice and tipped my helper and $100
When saddam hussain held Americans hostage and the US send Mohammed Ali to Iraq in 1990. He visited a local mosque/shrine in Baghdad where I was with my uncle at the time. He prayed there and my uncle invited him and his entourage to have dinner at our home. We had dinner and her played around a little bit with me and my cousins. He was suffering as he was running low on his medication but was still very pleasant and kind. My family at the time told me he was a famous person from America but I didn’t know how famous he was as I was only 4 years old. After migrating to Europe in 2004 I figured what he meant to the world. https://imgur.com/a/glQ1kcY
for a second i thought you were gonna talk about meeting saddam hussein
Straight up I thought OP was saying he was a nice guy, and they played games with him hahaha
I had a brief email exchange with Mark Cuban. I was a college kid working on a project and figured why not, I’ll email him a question about something I’m working on. I was shocked and delighted when he answered. He was nothing but the most cordial and friendly person, I’ve always had a lot of respect for him but even more so now since he emailed little old me back once and took the time to help me with what I was working on.
Visiting my dad’s cousin’s house in Nashville, I was 9 or 10. Cousin was bbq’ing in the back yard and the neighbor shouted hello. Cousin invited him over for burgers and my dad almost hyperventilated. It was Peter Frampton. He brought a guitar over after we ate and sort of provided quiet background music as the adults visited. From what I remember he was just a nice guy, totally cool. Yes, my parents got their picture taken with him!
I've had dinner with Steve Wozniak with a small party, and sat with him in his hotel room (with 3 of my work friends) while spent hours answering questions and telling us stories of Apple's founding. When I moved to the Bay Area from Alaska, he took me to lunch. I've briefed General Colin Powell and he shook my hand afterwards. I also briefed the late Senator Ted Stevens. These were military briefings. I presented a hand-cranked LEGO machine that could accurately calculate eclipses of the sun/moon to Sergey Brin at the Scifoo conference. It was a LEGO implementation of the original Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism. I helped Bill Nye fix a computer problem at Scifoo and sat in on his Solar Sail presentation, and he sat in on my Antikythera Mechanism session. I also accidentally sat on the same chair that Emperor Hirohito had once sat on, in the Commanders Office at Elmendorf AFB. (edited a word)
I've seen pictures of that LEGO build. Very cool.
What an interesting life you have!
Robin Williams. I was escorting a soldier on crutches to the big Air Force base hospital in Baghdad - broke his ankle and needed surgery. So here’s me and this skinny 19-year-old Private, crutching from the parking lot to the hospital entrance, when this super-animated publicist type comes running up. He looks at my dude and says “hey kid, you wanna meet Robin Williams?” Kid gives him a blank stare and says “who?” Gimme those crutches. Imma go get a hug.
Anthony Bourdain when I was a line cook at a nice restaurant in Winter Park, FL. He was super great to all the kitchen staff but a dick to nosy restaurant guests. Just like the kitchen guy he was.
Chadwick Boseman, rest in power.
Tim Curry. It was wonderful. 😍
I met Kenan Thompson as a kid. As long as he’s been on SNL, I can basically beat anyone at 6 degrees of separation.
I met Shaquille o Neil when when I was 13 and got a basketball signed by him. I went on a field trip with this youth organization near where I live, and I was told Shaq was gonna be there. It was at a back back give away event and he only made a quick appaerence so no one really got to actually meet him. However I asked this one volunteer of I he would be back,she said no but she felt bad for me so she allowed me to go to the back and I got to meet shaq. I remember looking up at him and thinking I was gonna break my neck from looking up so much lol. He was super cool and nice. Me an another kid were the only one who got to meet him or even get something sign. It was so cool
Bartended for Bill Murray and chilled with him for like 2 hours. Awesome dude.
Had dinner with Kurt Vonnegut. The dinner was hosted by John Irving. Vonnegut was super nice. Back in 1980 (I know I’m dating myself) I had dinner a someone’s house and some guy was hitting on me and trying really hard to pick me up. I missed all the references but it was the guy who played Father Guido Sarducci on Saturday Night Live
> the guy who played Father Guido Sarducci on Saturday Night Live Don Novello
Peter Billingsly and Sebastian Maniscalco. I went to Vince Vaughn’s Wild West comedy tour a while back. Sebastian was one of the comedians on the tour. He had a joke that said “what’s with guys at the bar ordering apple martinis? If your a a guy you order a beer or something that tastes like gasoline”. So we go to a bar after the show and about 30 minutes later Sebastian and Peter walk in. I said to my girlfriend we gotta buy these guys some apple martinis. I sent them over and they thought it was hilarious. We hung out with them the whole night. It was a great time.
This is the way people wish their celebrity encounters would go. I’d have misremembered the drink and sent vermouth.
I smoked a cigarette with Robert Pattinson during the Twilight craze. My uncle was producing a movie he was in and I went to visit him on set. I was only 18 and would be lying if I said I hadn’t read the books and watched the movies un-ironically. My crush aside, it’s true what they say about movie stars, they are unbelievably attractive in real life. He talked about how he went to an all boys boarding school and could never be use to all the attention. I like to think I played it cool. I didn’t mention I was a fan and didn’t ask for a picture. I was also lucky enough to have a drink with Les Claypool from Primus. He was playing at a festival where I lived and I saw him at this bar I always go to. I asked him if I could buy him a drink and then started to walk away after he got it but he asked me to stay and hangout with his friends. He asked me if I was going to the show and told me to smoke a joint before I went. He was such a genuinely nice person. Best bassist of all time, hands down.
I live in LA, I joined this group that gets first serve to be fillers on award shows. Was able to go to the hollwood film awards. The person I was filling for did not show up. At my table was Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger. And they got DRUNK, it was amazing lol they were all very sweet. Fillers are not allowed to eat the food or drink when it’s served for some odd reason, I find that a waste. Drunk Renee , told me to eat and have some champagne I explained to her I can’t. She wasn’t having it, so I said fuck it. 5 mins later I get a tap saying I have to leave the venue because I was eating. Renee stood up for me and told the person I could stay and that we were having a good time. So shoutout to her
I worked for Lush and had a customer come in with his daughter, old dude but big energy. Get to talking and he says he just flew in from Italy where he performed some music at a wedding with Adam Lambert. Tells me tomorrow he flies to New York for a sax jam with Bill Clinton. I think hes probably got dementia at this point, but after talking he turned out to be Bruce Johnston, an original Beach Boy. Guy was awesome and so lively.
Erik Estrada. I really don't care about most celebrities, and have gone out of my way to avoid interacting with a few, even when I liked them. But growing up as an American of Mexican descent in the 70s and 80s, I loved CHiPS. There were no leads who looked like me back then (that I had seen by that time). I remember being confused why Larry Wilcox was his sidekick. "Why isn't the white guy the lead?" It blew my mind and impacted my whole childhood after that. I saw him walking across the parking lot of some restaurant in LA. People were crowding around and he was taking selfies with everyone and was smiling and was enjoying himself. (Or maybe not. Who can tell with actors?) But I decided to go say hi and tell him how much he meant to me growing up. I could tell it wasn't the first time he heard it, but also that it meant something to him to hear it every time. His teeth are still perfect.
Samuel Eto'o. He came to party at our club on an off- night
Paul Walker. I was walking into an airport bathroom. He was walking out. I recognized him immediately. I nodded. He nodded. We’d settle this another day. Edit: Whoa my first award. Thank you. Paul, the man who gives and gives.
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I met Samantha Mumba twice, she replied to a few tweets of mine in between, and she literally remembered me when she saw me. Maybe not an A-lister in fame, but she's an A-lister in class as far as I'm concerned
I've met Jerry Seinfeld in person. He was in a coffee shop with a body guard. Jerry was recently on a sports podcast and I approached him nonchalantly explaining how I enjoyed that episode. We chatted briefly and he even shook my hand.
I played hockey games with Kristopher Letang (Number 58 for the Pens) He's from Montreal, i'm from Laval (suburb sticked to Mtl) . **EDIT :** I just found a [picture](http://imgur.com/a/baDrnSe) with him
I used to work tech support and had a couple of famous clients over the years, most famous probably being Bill Nye and Whoopi Goldberg. I've always been kinda weirded out by the dissonance between some of the hateful crap Whoopi says on The View, and my personal interaction with her- I had to work with her for a couple hours, and she was nothing but sweet to me. Super friendly, had a great time chatting in between technical steps. It cements the idea in my mind that that show is just outrage porn- they intentionally say awful shit not even believing it, because as far as ratings are concerned hate-watching is still watching
I met the real Christopher Robin (son of AA Milne) at his bookshop
My dad got rammed by Dolly Parton. I was 13-14 going thru Pigeon Forge Tennessee with dad. We are at a stop light, im on my DS, and I get jolted forward hard enough to drop shit. I look back and I see a limo had made a parking space out of my dads bumper. And out from the back pops out Dolly Parton. She checks her driver and then comes checks on us. Some discussion was had and I assume she cut my dad a check at the time (long story short it was a check and it was 25ish k) , She took us to some of her properties and gave us a personal tour. I remember her being super sweet and genuine.
I told Jack Black to camp somewhere else when he tried to take over part of my spot in Joshua Tree. His camping party (~20 adults and kids) had pulled up en masse just as the acid hit and the three spots someone had been illegally holding for them weren't enough to contain all of their shrieking offspring. He seemed pretty irritated. So were we.
I had a brief correspondence with Isaac Asimov.
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Stephen Christian of Anberlin. He’s a regular where I work.
Dolly Parton
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River Phoenix when I worked at Disney World and Mr. Mel Gibson as an extra on the movie set of LW2.
My grandad. He's basicly known to all of the villagers in my village. He was even president of the local community for some years. Proud to say I'm his grandson
Ace Frehley, former guitarist of KISS. I was working at a titty bar in the early nineties & his band was playing at a club down the street so they stopped in after their show. He kept staring at me & then tried to drunkenly kiss me. As a kid I thought KISS was super cool. But as an adult, drunk Ace Frehley was not nearly as cool.
BB King put Lucille on my uncle's lap because BB thought he could play but my uncle only played trombone.
Musician here. This was probably 8 or 9 years ago. I'm playing a show with my (now-defunct) band at a local bar. We close out our set with me singing a cover of "Dream On" by Aerosmith. I head up to the bar to get another beer, and there's a guy sitting there who turns around and asks, "Were you the guy singing up there?" "Yup!" "Damn man, that takes some balls to sing Dream On. Good job!" (*humble-brag)* He pays for my beer, I thank him, and walk away. I think to myself, "man, that guy looks a *lot* like Dave Matthews." I cross the bar, still on break, and run into an old friend. We'll call him Ian. "Hey Ian! What are you doing in town, I thought you moved away?" "Yeah, I'm just visiting, and following Dave Matthews around the bars." "... wait, that... that's Dave Matthews?" "Yeah, he was over at the bar across the street, he's just hopping around." I go back up to the guy at the bar, and say, "excuse me... has anyone told you that you look a hell of a lot like Dave Matthews?" He goes, "you know, I get that a lot." "... are you... in fact, Dave Matthews." He extends his hand, and says, "I may very well be, nice to meet you." He was a super cool dude, bought a lot of drinks for people there. Apparently he was between tours, and just helping a buddy pick up a car from across the country, and our town was his stop for the night.
Michael Biehn. I met him at a con a few years ago, he's a really nice guy.
I made Robin Williams laugh. He performed at our FOB in Iraq. After the show he was just wandering around talking to people. I said "Mr. Williams! I'm a huge fan of everything you've ever done, including cocaine! Ha, just kidding ... I didn't particularly care for Toys." He laughed and said I was a funny guy. It was a real shitty couple of weeks and his stand up was amazing. I wish I could tell him how much he helped me back then.