What I mean is: did you ever get to talk to a "famous" person you just ran into, and who didn't have a "I'm famous" attitude?
And I don't mean at conventions, because they are there for the fans anyway.
Years back, our main movie theatre wasn't that strict with celebrity security, so you could just walk into the back rooms where the movie people hung out.
I sat next to Peter Jackson (pre-LOTR), who was having a beer at the bar. Back then, I was too shy to strike up a conversation.
I got to talk to Melanie Griffiths, who was really sweet, and we smoked a cigarette together. Well, each our own, of course! Later on, I snuck into the Q&A for reporters, and asked her a question. Our national newspaper ran an article on her, and the only question (and answer) they printed was mine!
Peter Ustinov was a really gentle man, and even spoke some Dutch.
I got to talk to Max von Sydow and his wife, really down to earth people.
You know, conversations like that mean more to me than "can I have your autograph and a picture moments". A lot of these movie people just want to be treated like...people.
And I don't mean at conventions, because they are there for the fans anyway.
Years back, our main movie theatre wasn't that strict with celebrity security, so you could just walk into the back rooms where the movie people hung out.
I sat next to Peter Jackson (pre-LOTR), who was having a beer at the bar. Back then, I was too shy to strike up a conversation.
I got to talk to Melanie Griffiths, who was really sweet, and we smoked a cigarette together. Well, each our own, of course! Later on, I snuck into the Q&A for reporters, and asked her a question. Our national newspaper ran an article on her, and the only question (and answer) they printed was mine!
Peter Ustinov was a really gentle man, and even spoke some Dutch.
I got to talk to Max von Sydow and his wife, really down to earth people.
You know, conversations like that mean more to me than "can I have your autograph and a picture moments". A lot of these movie people just want to be treated like...people.
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