Have you ever met a famous person? What were they like

debbash68
debbash68 Posts: 981 Member
Hi, I met Ewan McGregor once, before he was really all that famous, just as trainspotting was coming out. He was gorgeous, smiley and really friendly, just wondering if anyone else has met anyone because I'm very nosey and would like to hear about it!
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  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    Met a lot. I worked for one. The one I worked for was really nice. I thought he was a D-Bag before I met him. lol
  • brittyandian
    brittyandian Posts: 241 Member
    I've met many famous people. Met Ryan Seacrest just this past weekend at American Idol auditions lol
  • I've met Ido Drent (Famous in New Zealand), and Julie McNiven :)
    Both of them were really nice and I got photos n.n
  • tonafoto
    tonafoto Posts: 246 Member
    I worked as a photographer and had t take pictures of Frank Rijkaard, a famous soccerplayer. He was a nice guy, very professional.

    The strange thing: because he was as old as I am, I had the feeling I knew him personally. I knew how he talked, laughed, walked, and his expressions on his face. This was because from the moment his carreer started, he was on tv. He played in the Dutch soccerteam, so he was a lot on tv.

    I knew him, but he didn't know me. The temptation to talk on a familiar way to him, was really big.

    I talked with him about that feeling, and he said that strange people treated hem with big enthousiasm, like he was an old friend.
    Sometimes he got tired of it, most of the times he could handle the screaming people, when he walked on the street.
  • JesseDP00
    JesseDP00 Posts: 367 Member
    Quite a few times, the best one was Dwayne Johnson, very personable and down to earth.
  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
    I've met a few famous South African celebrities and they were all very down to earth and friendly!
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Several. They were surprisingly like people.
  • WhatAnAss
    WhatAnAss Posts: 1,598 Member
    Quite a few actually...mostly bands

    David Draimen (Disturbed)
    Coby D!ck (Papa Roach)
    All the guys from linkin park several times
    Guys from Slipknot
    Jimmy Buffet
    Tim McGraw
    Jason Aldean
    Luke Bryan

    Actors from The Walking Dead

    Norman Reedus
    Andrew Lincoln
    Stephen Yuen
    Melissa McBride
    Daniel Thomas May

    So far I have not met one that wasn't nice.
  • jdm_taco
    jdm_taco Posts: 999 Member
    Met a lot while working at a restaurant in Atlanta


    Xzibit- you are a piece of crap. Thanks for 10% on $150 because I wouldn't cut up your son's steak


    Favs--
    Chris Tucker- awesome thanks for 150% tip
    8-ball- you are awesome, love your music
    lil jon- keep blazing
    Jazze Pha- always a joy. He had on a sweater that said HNIC the first time I met him and I asked if that means what I think it means and he said "ya, playa." I waited on him almost every time he came in after that
    Hank Aaron- thanks for the autograph
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    A long time ago when the Chicago Bulls were in town I was behind Dennis Rodman (and a couple of guys who I assume were his "entourage") at an espresso stand. He got his drink and walked away without paying for it.

    This is not one I witnessed, but a friend of mine was walking her dog (a Greyhound) and Gerard Butler was walking his dog...they passed in the street and her dog went over for a friendly sniff of his dog as they like to do, and he SLAPPED her dog HARD right across the face, said some choice cuss words and just walked away. I've never been able to look at him the same.
  • jfort1988
    jfort1988 Posts: 216 Member
    I was almost hit by DragonForce riding a golf cart at the first Mayhem Festival
    I asked for the I.D. of a member of Cheap Trick (without realizing who it was) when I was working security at a concert.
  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
    I met MC Hammer at a Wendy's in Pittsburgh. He bought everyone a burger.
  • jmp463
    jmp463 Posts: 266 Member
    I met Joe Torre when he was manager of the Yankees in a cigar shop one morning in Toronto. The man could not have been nicer. Talked to us for a few minutes just a nice guy. Also met Bernie Williams that night on the street outside of our Hotel - same thing - could not have been nicer stood there and talked to us for a few minutes very friendly.
  • mellawella77
    mellawella77 Posts: 34 Member
    Donnie Whalberg, He is so kind and humble. He loves to interact with the fans.
  • Fiercely_Me
    Fiercely_Me Posts: 481 Member
    Met a lot while working at a restaurant in Atlanta


    Xzibit- you are a piece of crap. Thanks for 10% on $150 because I wouldn't cut up your son's steak


    Favs--
    Chris Tucker- awesome thanks for 150% tip
    8-ball- you are awesome, love your music
    lil jon- keep blazing
    Jazze Pha- always a joy. He had on a sweater that said HNIC the first time I met him and I asked if that means what I think it means and he said "ya, playa." I waited on him almost every time he came in after that
    Hank Aaron- thanks for the autograph

    Oh how I miss Atlanta! I met Jazze Pha too before he was famous.
    I also met Ludacris when he was "Cris Lova Lova" as a radio DJ, and again years later at a college concert. When he was a radio DJ, he cussed out my best friend for playing on the phone, but he was nice to me.
    I met Ciara when she first came out with "Goodies". She performed it at my high school, and gave our cheerleading team a visit. She was a sweet person.
  • the_dude00
    the_dude00 Posts: 1,056 Member
    Kinda, when I was a teenager I worked for a AAA baseball team. Met lots of guys who went on to successful careers and some guy sent down for Rehab. Daryl Strawberry & Doc Gooden played rehab games and were nice fellows. Met Jeter who signed a 1/2 dozen cards for me then and was really cool as well. Manny Ramierez was nice but he could hardly speak english at least at that time. Also met some future major leagues who were *kitten* as well.
  • zeebruhgirl
    zeebruhgirl Posts: 493 Member
    David Foster -Singer/Song writer
    Nathan Morris -Singer
    Sonny Turner -Singer
    Rafael Bittencourt -Guitarist
  • HeyGoRun
    HeyGoRun Posts: 550 Member
    Ive met alot from the spanish networks, i dont even know their real names just there characters from the novelas lol
  • Sandytoes71
    Sandytoes71 Posts: 463 Member
    A long time ago when the Chicago Bulls were in town I was behind Dennis Rodman (and a couple of guys who I assume were his "entourage") at an espresso stand. He got his drink and walked away without paying for it.

    This is not one I witnessed, but a friend of mine was walking her dog (a Greyhound) and Gerard Butler was walking his dog...they passed in the street and her dog went over for a friendly sniff of his dog as they like to do, and he SLAPPED her dog HARD right across the face, said some choice cuss words and just walked away. I've never been able to look at him the same.

    I would have slapped him back! That's upsetting.
  • onwarddownward
    onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
    Yes! I once had a long phone conversation with a young comic who was playing a local comedy club and got my number out of the phone book. He was looking for a high school buddy with the same unique last name.

    I didn't know the guy he was looking for, but we chatted anyway, for about an hour. He was very nice and down to earth. This would have been back in the late eighties early nineties. He and I are the same age and his name is Kevin James, aka Paul Blart, Mall Cop.
  • ALKNica
    ALKNica Posts: 50
    I've met five U.S. Supreme Court Justices. Not exactly celebrities to most people but they are in my world. Justices O'Connor and Sotomayor are awe-inspiring. They look like unassuming women and then they begin to talk, and you hang on their every word. They are such smart, accomplished women.
  • RebekahR84
    RebekahR84 Posts: 794 Member
    When I was a radio DJ, I interviewed Shinedown, 12 Stones, Unloco, and Big Dismal. The first 2 bands are pretty famous I guess. The guys from Shinedown were AMAZING. And Paul Mccoy from 12 Stones was a big sweetie pie. You'd remember him as the male half from the song by Evanescene "Bring Me to Life."

    This past week, I got to meet James Marsters, Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, at Comic Con. It was my birthday, so he shouted my favorite of his lines at me: BEAR! YOU MADE A BEAR! UNDO IT UNDO IT!

    hehehe

    Oh yeah, I also met Jerry Springer and Steve Wilcos, but I promise I wasn't a guest on their shows.
  • RebekahR84
    RebekahR84 Posts: 794 Member
    I've met many famous people. Met Ryan Seacrest just this past weekend at American Idol auditions lol

    How'd you do?
  • mulecanter
    mulecanter Posts: 1,792 Member
    I met Bob Barker when he was hosting the Miss USA Pageant. I was a lucky guy getting to escort Miss Alabama across the stage (long story from my youth). Talked to Bob during a rehearsal, he was very nice, his on-air personality seems to be his real personality.
  • xombiebite
    xombiebite Posts: 276 Member
    I've met:

    The Moffatts and Serial Joe (If you are Canadian...you know)

    Gillian Anderson (X-Files - she was kinda offish)
    Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger - really intelligent and friendly)
    Danielle Harris (little girl in Halloween and Annie in Rob Zombies Halloween's. SUPER FRIENDLY i wanna be her friend :sad: )
    Bill Mosesly (Chop Top in TCM2 or ya'll will probably know him as Otis in House of 1000 Corpses/Devil's Rejects very nice guy)
    Julie Benz (Dexter...she is gorgeous)

    I've been around a bunch of famous people just never talked to them
  • 42hockeymom
    42hockeymom Posts: 521 Member
    Um, well, do porn stars count?

    I met quite a few during Exxxotica in Chicago last month. :blushing:

    The ones I met were very sweet, not what I was expecting at all. Kind of gave me an ego boost.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member


    This is not one I witnessed, but a friend of mine was walking her dog (a Greyhound) and Gerard Butler was walking his dog...they passed in the street and her dog went over for a friendly sniff of his dog as they like to do, and he SLAPPED her dog HARD right across the face, said some choice cuss words and just walked away. I've never been able to look at him the same.

    I've heard he's a pretty big douche. And very full of himself.
    I hope your friend let him have it.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    Nearly everyone on Supernatural.. (My favorite show)

    Mark Sheppard - Dr. Who, X Files, Supernatural, Firefly, Leverage - he spent about 5 hours with my friends and I in the lobby of the Sheraton Park Westin, talking about TV and politics.

    Denzel Washington - Met him in the elevator going up from the parking garage at the Arclight theater on Sunset in Hollywood. I actually didn't recognize him until he spoke. He looks really ordinary in person.

    Brendan Fraser - Met him at the Mummy Returns premier. I was also an extra in one of his movies.

    Mickey Dolenz - My mom was dating a record industry guy. He went to pick Mickey up at the airport and we went with him. My mom had dinner with them both that night.

    Bruce Campbell - Met him a book signing for one of his books. Chatted with him a little. At the time, his brother and I worked for the same company. (different cities)

    Judson Scott - Xfiles, The Phoenix, Brisco County Jr. - Met him at the Mummy Returns premier. He was very cool.. he went and got a top off on his drink, then sat and chatted with my friends and I for about an hour.

    Oded Fehr - The Mummy, Resident Evil - Mummy Returns Premier.

    Dee Wallace - Texas Frightmare weekend a few years ago. 2007, I think. Very nice. She wanted to know what horror movies were my favorites.

    Malcolm McDowell - Texas Frightmare weekend 2007. Seemed nice but he was pretty rushed.

    Anthony Michael Hall - Breakfast Club, pretty much every 80's movie guy - Texas Frightmare weekend 2011. I asked him if he was going to go sightseeing instead of just doing cons and getting back on a plane, and he told me about some of his sightseeing plans. :smile:

    Michael Biehn - Terminator, Dark Side of the Moon, etc - Texas Frightmare weekend 2011 - weird guy. He liked it that one of my front teeth is crooked. :tongue:

    Jennifer Runyon - 18 again, Ghostbusters, Quantum Leap pilot - Texas Frightmare weekend 2011 - very nice. Was surprised I remembered her from Quantum Leap and a couple other old TV shows. I guess most people just remember Ghostbusters.

    Julie Newmar - Batman - Some radio station event when I was in high school. Around 1981 maybe. She was very sweet.

    Gil Birmingham - Twilight - a Native American art festival in Arlington about 3 years ago. He liked it that I remembered him from Buffy instead of asking him a bunch of Twilight crap.

    some 70's TV people..

    The guys who played the cops on Adam 12..Kent McCord and Martin Milner. This was at some comic book thing when I was a kid. Both of them seemed cool.

    Richard Hatch from the old Battlestar Galactica. - Same event - really nice guy.

    Steven Tyler - Staying at a hotel in Dallas where a friend of mine worked. I went up to visit her one night and ran into him in the lobby/hallway.

    Duff and Slash from Guns and Roses - At a club called "On The Rocks" in Dallas 1988 after they opened for INXS. Slash - cool. My boyfriend bought him a drink and he talked to us for a bit. Duff - wasted, and tried to look down my dress.

    All the members of the band Hurricane in the 80's. in fact, a lot of "one album" bands from the 80's. I went to a lot of concerts.

    My cousin went to high school with LeeAnn Rimes. Not much to report. she was supposedly a bit on the quiet side.
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
    Holy crap, Smantha32, you've met a LOT of celebs!

    Me? Well, I got a KISS from Harry Chapin during one of his last concerts (in Duluth MN) before he died in a tragic accident. I bought one of his books of poetry/lyrics, and he kissed me after signing it. Very cool guy, and awesome singer/songwriter.

    I brushed past Bud Grant of the MN Vikings (coach from a long time ago) and said Hi to him.........he said HI back :)

    I also saw Daunte Culpepper, also of said Vikings, in the airport in Mpls. He was a very BIG presence in the corridor, and dressed in a snazzy white suit, lots of bling.

    That's about it.............................................Oh, I know where Bob Dylan was born, and took a pic of my brother on his porch steps.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    Holy crap, Smantha32, you've met a LOT of celebs!


    I've had time to rack em up I guess. lol

    I made a crack about being old, but I guess it could be worse. lol