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Celebs are conscionable similar america — well, not always. If you've talked to radical who've met celebs retired successful the wild, past you cognize sometimes they are conscionable regular people. Like erstwhile Elijah Wood came into my java occupation years agone — dude was conscionable stoked to devour immoderate donuts! But different times, stars unrecorded up to their "reputations," similar 1 of the radical connected this database whom I served once. Let's conscionable say, she was chilly astatine best.
1. "One morning, successful 2004, I was riding my motorcycle successful Berlin. As I went done the Brandenburg Gate, I was connected the sidewalk, similar a dick, and successful beforehand of the Hotel Adlon, determination was a radical of fast-moving radical who appeared. They came retired of the hotel, and they were astir curbside erstwhile I came wrong millimeters of taking retired a tiny blonde woman. As I came to a screeching halt, astir flipping disconnected my bike, she grabbed my handlebars arsenic the past enactment of defense. Luckily, I didn't tally her implicit oregon deed her, but I frightened america some and seemingly pissed disconnected the entourage because, arsenic I instantly and profusely started apologizing, immoderate large dude started dragging maine disconnected my bike. She told him to halt and said to me, 'You're fine,' and smiled earlier climbing into her car. Funny happening is, I had nary thought who she was during the five-second incidental until the musculus fto maine spell and said, 'You're fortunate Miss Witherspoon is truthful nice."
2. "My person swears connected his mother's beingness that helium was walking unsocial astatine night, holding a Big Gulp connected a Chicago suburb street, erstwhile helium felt idiosyncratic locomotion up from down him and instrumentality the Big Gulp retired of his hand. He stopped walking and saw Bill Murray lasting adjacent to him. Bill Murray took a sip, handed it backmost to my friend, and said, 'Nobody volition ever judge you,' earlier walking away. This was astir 2003 oregon 2004, erstwhile my person was astir 19 oregon 20. Nobody believed him, but helium says it was the champion infinitesimal of his full life."
3. "I stopped astatine a 7-Eleven successful Brentwood successful LA. There was a pistillate astatine the lottery table who asked maine if I'd ever filled retired 1 of the tickets. I hadn't, but I told her we could astir apt fig it out. Five minutes later, she and I had managed to capable retired 3 tickets each, and that's however Bette Midler and I played the aforesaid lottery numbers. We didn't win, but it was a amusive 5 minutes."
4. "I saw Mark Ruffalo astatine a Publix successful Pembroke Pines, FL, and I was fucking shocked. He was conscionable sitting extracurricular connected a bench. Nobody was talking to him. I said, 'Mark, what the fuck are YOU doing here?' He goes 'Eating, man.'"
5. "Was successful a high-end edifice successful NYC, and my grandma said, 'I deliberation that’s Gwen Stefani who conscionable walked by.' She had walked down maine to instrumentality her kids into the bathroom, and erstwhile she came backmost out, I was looking up astatine her, and she gave maine the nastiest look I’ve ever gotten from anyone. This was erstwhile she was inactive with Gavin Rossdale. She was wearing achromatic linen overalls, a neon yellowish sports bra, and blistery pinkish and neon yellowish sneakers."
6. "I was photographing an engagement league successful Venice Beach 1 afternoon. I heard a shutter from a camera and thought, 'Who the hellhole is shooting connected a 1DX??' My adjacent thought was, 'Maybe it’s paparazzi?' And past Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin came walking retired of a restaurant. This was erstwhile True Blood was VERY popular. Stephen looked astatine maine angrily due to the fact that helium saw my camera. I responded and pointed, 'I’m photographing their engagement session, not you.' He laughed and said, 'Have a bully day.'"
7. "I’m friends with a set that was connected a large arena tour, and I had a backstage pass. The circuit was sponsored by Rockstar and Grey Goose and had a barroom acceptable up backstage. At immoderate point, they closed it, and my buddy said, 'If you request thing else, conscionable spell into our greenish room. There’s a mini barroom successful there; you tin instrumentality whatever.' So I went into the greenish country I thought was theirs. The lights were off, and I couldn’t find the switch, truthful I went to determination myself a portion successful the dark. Then I heard a truly creepy 'hello' from down me. I turned around, and Jared Leto was sitting cross-legged connected the sofa successful the dark. I apologized for going into the incorrect greenish room, and helium said, 'No worries, you tin stay.' I made up immoderate excuse and got the fuck retired of there. He was precise polite, but it was truthful fucking weird. I’ll ne'er hide erstwhile Jared Leto frightened the bejeezus retired of me."
8. "I conscionable a fewer done my enactment occasionally, truthful I don't cognize however random that is (and a batch of them are successful politics). The champion was gathering Susan Sarandon astatine a protest. The vibes were truthful chill I didn't adjacent recognize it was her astatine first."
9. "I was astatine a karaoke barroom successful Waikiki, and the spot was ace crowded. I was unsocial and saw an unfastened spot astatine the bar. I sat down, ordered my drink, and started to speech to the feline adjacent to me. It took maine a while, but I told him helium looked familiar. He said, 'OH, no, I'm nobody.' As soon arsenic helium said it, it clicked; it was George Takei! He's a ace bully guy."
10. "I projected to my woman astatine a edifice successful Lahaina. Afterward, Michael Keaton, astatine a adjacent array with his family, leaned implicit and offered his congratulations. He told me, 'Well done.' I thought Batman conscionable gave maine kudos."
11. "I physically ran into Julia Roberts portion she was astatine Disneyland with her kids erstwhile I was astir 11 oregon 12. I wasn’t looking guardant and abruptly ran into a woman. She didn’t accidental anything, but her vigor was precise kind, and I didn’t consciousness similar she was annoyed oregon upset with me. I looked up and instantly recognized her, and a infinitesimal later, my ma and I noticed the crowds trying to instrumentality photos of her connected their phones. My uncle was a cameraman connected 1 of her movies and has not-so-nice things to accidental astir her, but I don’t similar him precise much, truthful I’m going to instrumentality with the gut instincts that I felt successful that moment, which were that she seemed similar a precise bully lady."
12. "Robin Williams and I utilized to bargain comic books astatine the aforesaid store — shoutout to Comix Experience connected Divisadero successful SF. I’d ever motion to him arsenic if to say, 'Hey. I admit you, but I’m not going to beryllium a dick.' I ran into him coming from his therapist’s office. Literally, we walked into each other. He made definite I was okay, nodded, and gave maine a wink. No thought if helium recognized me, but it was a saccharine random moment."
13. "I held the doorway for Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman astatine Blockbuster. I’ve seen a ton of state stars. In fact, my friend's dada worked with Keith, and arsenic a astonishment for my friend's saccharine 16, helium came implicit and played a fistful of songs for a radical of teenagers, and past conscionable hung retired and fto america inquire him questions for an hour. Awesome dude. But seeing Nicole Kidman, arsenic a cinephile, was akin to however Gimli looks astatine Galadriel. She felt regal. And earlier I could halt myself from saying it, I said, 'I emotion your work.' I got the content they felt the earnestness of a teenager, and some were like, 'Thank you truthful much! That’s truthful kind!' The 2 older guys moving the antagonistic were like, 'Nice, dude!'"
14. "In the precocious '90s, I was playing blackjack astatine The Mirage successful Vegas, conscionable maine and the dealer. I heard a precise acquainted dependable down maine inquire if I’d caput if helium sat in. I turned around, and it was Jack Nicholson! I said, 'Sure, person a seat.' We conscionable had a small idle blackjack array chit-chat. He mislaid 3 hands successful a row, said, 'That’s capable for me,' got up, and left. He was ace cool, and conscionable seemed similar a regular guy."
15. "I was connected 1 of those tiny commuter planes heading location erstwhile I saw a pistillate who looked familiar. I conscionable figured she was idiosyncratic I knew successful passing (maybe the ma of 1 of my son’s friends oregon something). I started chatting with her, asking however she was doing, how’s the family, etc., portion trying to fig retired wherever I knew her from. After a fewer minutes, it dawned connected maine that it was Meg Ryan."
16. "When I inactive took the autobus to/from work, I utilized to locomotion past a edifice successful downtown Pittsburgh that hosted a batch of people. I would usually spot visiting hockey teams there, but 1 day, I accidentally locked eyes with a random feline sitting connected a seat extracurricular the hotel. I instantly thought I knew this dude, but wasn't definite from where. Then it deed me. He's Willem Dafoe! For immoderate reason, I instantly laughed retired loud, pointed astatine him, and conscionable said, 'What the fuck are you doing here?!?!' He looked backmost astatine maine and started laughing arsenic well, and said, 'Hello, friend!' And I conscionable kept walking."
17. "I randomly met 2 guys from Stranger Things astatine bars connected antithetic occasions. Turns retired the pistillate I was seeing was besides dating 1 of them, lol. Jamie Bower is inactive 1 of the astir genuinely bully guys I've ever met. I don't day men, but I fell a small spot successful emotion with him."
18. "I was a navigator astatine a tiny diner successful a obscurity municipality and went retired beforehand to drawback a drink. I turned astir to unfastened the tin of soda connected the counter, and Helen Hunt was seated successful a booth a fewer feet away, eating the nutrient I had conscionable cooked for her. She was truly bully and down to earth."
19. "Don Knotts was a jerk. I saw him successful a Mercedes sports car adjacent to america connected the mode to a play helium was starring successful astatine the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion successful LA. I was possibly 13 and adored him connected TV. Our cars pulled up alongside each different astatine a stoplight. We were SO excited and waved. He flipped america disconnected (really) and drove away. It's an disfigured memory."
20. "I was successful assemblage successful the aboriginal 2000s. One day, I was walking done Astor Place wearing a yellowish fabric shirtwaist formal with a cute multicolor floral pattern. Parker Posey stopped maine connected the thoroughfare and told maine she loved my dress. Probably the coolest I person ever felt successful my life. 😅"
21. "25 years ago, I was parking my motorcycle successful beforehand of the IHOP successful Philly erstwhile Danny Trejo walked retired and said, 'Nice bike.' 10/10, would highly recommend."
22. "I drove for Uber part-time for a fewer years aft college. I judge it was 2015, and I ended up getting a thrust petition from Michael J. Fox and his wife! At first, erstwhile they got into my car, I didn’t deliberation thing of it until I turned astir and said hullo to them. I told him, 'You look similar Michael J. Fox,' and helium was like, 'Oh, I get that a lot.' 😂 😁 I was smiling the full ride, trying to play it chill due to the fact that I knew it was him and his wife, Tracy. I was hoping they couldn’t spot maine smiling truthful hard, haha! They were ace bully and sweet. I’ll ne'er hide that!"
23. "I was leaving the pub 1 night, and I felt similar a kebab, truthful I crossed the railway and went to an ATM. Then a achromatic limo pulled up, and Kylie Minogue hopped retired successful a tiny mink overgarment with her wallet successful hand. She was followed by a elephantine antheral who positioned himself betwixt america and threatened unit if I didn't piss off. I stuffed my room paper into the ATM, causing it to close, and past bolted."
24. "I virtually bumped into Nicolas Cage astatine East Bay Vivarium successful Berkeley, CA, 1 twelvemonth ago. He was determination to bargain spiders; I was buying poison dart frogs. We talked for a spot astir the spiders helium wanted and the dart frogs I wanted. He was precise bully and ace chill with everyone who approached him."
25. "I went done information with Famke Janssen successful Toronto. I recognized her close away. Although not a immense fan, I was instantly starstruck. I could not judge however beauteous she was successful person. Luckily, my 8-year-old girl was with maine to interruption the crystal and politely inquire for an autograph. I was a staring fool."
26. "I was astatine a Broadway show, and I saw Jason Alexander sitting a fewer rows down me. When I went to hold astatine the signifier doorway for autographs, helium was hanging retired successful the alley arsenic well. Our brushwood was the dumbest bid of sentences I’ve ever said successful my life: 'Are you Jason Alexander?' I asked. 'I deliberation so,' helium answered. 'I ticker Seinfeld each the clip connected TBS,' I replied. Then I died."
27. "Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell walked close past maine astatine the Pecan Street Festival successful Austin astir 20 years ago. They bought a blooming onion-type crockery and sat successful the doorway of a 6th Street barroom eating it. I was wholly taken by astonishment astatine however abbreviated Kurt Russell is."
28. "I met pro surfer Kelly Slater. I was walking down to the formation with my board, and helium ran past maine successful a hurry (like helium forgot thing successful his car) and told me, 'Get retired of my way!' I was beauteous upset for respective years earlier uncovering retired helium was a chill dude, and it was conscionable a atrocious day. A twelvemonth aft that, coincidentally, I met pro surfer Rob Machado portion swimming retired to the lineup. He struck up a speech with me. Literally the coolest dude I ever met."
29. "My girl utilized to unrecorded successful the West Village, and her gathering was adjacent to (a overmuch nicer) 1 wherever Julianne Moore lived. She was precise pleasant, and I person a representation of me, her, and my granddaughter."
30. "I person repeatedly tally into Martin Sheen astatine demonstrations. We person a nodding acquaintance. He is simply a almighty speaker, similar a preacher connected beatified fire."
"I saw him astatine the airdrome successful Vegas backmost erstwhile The West Wing was on. I was OBSESSED with that show. I yelled out, 'Oh my god, it’s the president!' And helium did a small salute to me. What a guy!"
31. "We didn't speak, but Dame Judi Dench did springiness maine a affable question from the backmost of her Rolls portion I was riding a unicycle. I happened to beryllium passing by the RAH the nighttime 1 of the Bond movies premiered; she was conscionable arriving arsenic I passed."
32. "Steven Tyler lived successful my building, truthful I rode the elevator with him respective times. My content was large hairsbreadth and lips, and the bevy of women helium ever had with him. They ignored me. He was truthful skinny I wondered if helium could ooze done the door."
33. "I saw Rachel McAdams connected a car rental autobus astatine KC airport. As I was getting disconnected astatine my stop, I got the courageousness to say, 'Are you Rachel?' She said yes, and past I said, 'I thought so,' and I stepped disconnected the bus. I regret not starting a speech earlier, arsenic I’m definite she would person entertained it."
34. "I met Tony Shalhoub erstwhile I was moving arsenic a receptionist astatine a edifice during the Super Bowl. Super bully man, and precise down-to-earth. He paid for his edifice room, checked in, and went connected his merry mode similar immoderate different mean person. I judge helium was a instrumentality of the Steelers astatine the time."
35. "I saw Diana Ross astatine the Atlanta airdrome once, going done the information enactment nearby. She was affable to people. She’s besides truthful tiny that she made her ample bodyguard look 8 feet tall."
36. "In the '80s, I was a carriage driver, and connected Mother's Day 1982, I gave Madeline Kahn and her parent a ride. They had maine instrumentality them up to adjacent the Museum of Natural History, wherever they had lived erstwhile Madeline was little. They tipped maine existent good."
37. "I met Sharon Stone portion she was present successful Vegas filming the movie Casino. I didn't adjacent cognize who she was astatine first; we were talking astir nutrition erstwhile I abruptly realized, 'Holy crap, I'm talking to Sharon Stone!'"
38. "My woman and I ran into Donald Sutherland successful a market store. When I saw him, I told my woman I thought it was him, and she didn’t judge me. He looked close astatine america and said hullo arsenic we got closer, and aft saying hello, I told him I loved his quality successful Kelly’s Heroes. That got a bully chuckle retired of him. He introduced himself, and past helium told america however helium astir died making that movie, being sick with the flu. He asked if I wanted an autograph, but I’ve ne'er been into that. We conscionable said acknowledgment for him taking the time, and we each went backmost to our day. It was a reasonably mean beingness encounter; I would person wholly sat with him and drank a beer, though. RIP Donald."
39. "Circa 1980, I was connected a solid elevator astatine the Hyatt successful Phoenix astatine night, looking astatine the metropolis lights. We got to the apical level and the elevator doors opened. We conscionable stood there. An evidently annoyed pistillate asked if we were getting off. No. Just looking astatine the city. She got connected with 2 men. Partway done the ride, 1 of the men sidled up to maine and asked, 'Did you spot that feline sunbathing successful the nude?' I was 19 and grew up reasonably sheltered, truthful I thought helium was a pervert and took a large measurement distant from him. We got to the lobby, and the 3 exited. I looked astatine my friend, who was plastered into the backmost country of the elevator with immense eyes. I asked if she was ok. 'Do you cognize who they are?' she asked. I didn't. 'They were John Travolta, Danny DeVito, and MariLu Henner.' They were successful municipality to ticker Tony Danza box. I had nary idea. 🤣 Wish I had recognized DeVito."
40. And lastly, "In the precocious '80s, I concisely met Eugene Levy astatine the Mountainview Mall successful Midland, Ontario, Canada. Those eyebrows were unmistakable. My mum and I crossed paths with him, and we were some successful awe. 🤩"
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