I've seen celebrities but I never approach them to meet them. I don't feel comfortable doing that. Johnny Depp has the same great grandmother several generations back, that I do.

I have met several "local" or genre specific celebrities and my interactions with them have been as normal as you would expect from any other chance encounter with another human being; some good, some bad.

I've never been in the presence of a "big" celebrity that is a household name but I've always felt like, if given the opportunity, I would view and treat them as any other human I encountered.

Through the years, I have met several "celebrities". I've never asked for autographs or treated them any differently than I treat my "regular" friends. To name a few: Lee Marvin, Michael Landon, Reggie Jackson,and artist, Ted DeGrazia plus Eddie Hill, Shorty Lavender, The Louvin Brothers, Carl Smith, Ernie Meneheune and many others in the music industry. One of my favorites was Mary Higgins Clark.

mamatoad, I have never asked for an autograph either. I find meeting them nice and they are just like us.

Fred Gwynne, a poster reminded me.I lived near him for a minute and got to meet him....nice man.

I get not treating them differently but we do recognize them. Haloti Ngata is someone I used to see almost daily. He is just a guy.....who is a great football player. I

I waited on a lot of baseball players in the way back. It is interesting who were just nice guys with money and who were jerks with money. I didn't give a flip and many of the guys with just money hated me.....I would not put up with being treated as a servant....I am your server and I will try to give you a nice meal but treat me like I am some kind of servant who should bow to you.......that drink might accidentally land on your lap.

Jonathan and Drew are pretty darn cute. Hope they are nice in real life.

Obviously, some of these were quite some time ago....Anwar Sadat, Sec. Thomas Ridge, Benjamin Netanyahu, John Sununu, James Carville and several other political figures. Most of these were at "closed" cocktail parties of a local trade association I am a member of. All were outgoing and pleasant, some charming.

Terry Bradshaw, Frank Sinatra, Apolo Anton Ohno

Anne, I just looked over to see who was there, then back at the band. Then my brain kicked in and I realized who it was. Mainly, because I am short, I was happy to find he was also VERY short! I had no idea!

I imagine Terry Bradshaw is a lot of fun. Did you see that recent show with William Shatner and Henry Winkler?

Ate breakfast and had coffee with Leonard Skynard in a hotel lobby. I was sitting at a table and they asked if they could sit with me. I had no idea who they were, my husband came down later and told me. I met Muhammad Ali a long time ago we sat next to him in a bar, a very nice man. I know there have been a couple more but can't recall. It is usually when I am on vacation.

Anne, no I didn't. I'll have to check it out. I was 19 at the time, with my older brother skiing in Utah. We rode up on a tram with Terry and his then-wife. He must have been still playing then. I had no clue who they were, had a nice conversation. When we got off and went our separate ways, my brother asked me if I knew who that was. No clue.

I can't think what it was titled Sleeper but I think it was NBC and they traveled together. Very funny.

My uncle Ed was one of the superpowers of Hollywood. Every year he spent a million dollars on his Oscar party. He called it the Limato 400 after Mrs Astor Ballroom 400. I went to one of his oscar party, staying at his house was a trip you never knew what movie star would stop by. http://www.showbiz411.com/2010/07/04/ed-limato-john-kerry-diana-ross-legendary-hollywood-agent 

I saw a few celebrities come through Disneyland and my Guy works in Hollywood and has worked with many. They are just people. Most want to be left alone, not bothered for pictures. Some are so surrounded by assistants and catered to by the industry that they get picky habits about what they will and wont wear, eat and who gets to talk to them. Some of the worst don't even want people looking at them. Some people are so insulated from the normal world as well. I wouldnt like to give up my privacy for money or fame.

I've met a few local celebrities when temping for a TV station, but only one semi-famous one, Kinky Friedman. Once at a grocery store, with what looked like a couple body guards, and once coming out of a UPS store by himself. I like him a lot because he does so much for animals.

I love reading this. I haven't had a lot..several Gov people over the years. and, both George Bush's, Bill Clinton..quick handshakes and adios. :) Ran into Rod Stewart,

literally, coming off an elevator. He said, "we have to stop meeting like this" I just

nodded with my mouth open. Stood beside Kid Rock, but didn't know who he

was until told later. Have seen a lot of entertainers in concert, etc., but never up

close and personal.

Anne...I loved that show...I hope they are making another. It kind of left it like there

would be more coming.

Ran into Rod Stewart in a hotel elevator, he was very nice and much shorter than I expected. Met the band Kiss at Mardi Gras one year, my girlfriend and I were staying at the same hotel. Gene Simmons was crude and I did not join him in his suite as he suggested we do.

Spent a night years ago partying with Van Morrison. He was a hoot!

When in Las Vegas we entered The Flyaway Indoor Skydiving facility as Andy Gibb was ending his lesson. He told us how much fun it was & advised we should have our pictures taken. Long time ago.....

My sister met Mark Hamill in a bar in Chicago. They exchanged numbers, and he invited her to some function the next evening. She went, and he proceeded to ignore her after greeting her. She called him later and told him she thought he was rude. She said he was very apologetic.

Celebrities don't go where I go, so I have never met one.

I got introduced to Tom Petty, and to Richard Thompson (another rock musician). Both were personable.

I went to high school with Captain Kangaroo's daughter, and to 7th and 8th grade with Ed McMahon's daughter - Ed McMahon hosted one of the 8th grade graduation parties at his place, so we got to meet him directly.

I have also met Isaac Asimov, and a variety of other, less famous, science fiction authors. A function of attending SF conventions.

Back in the 70's, Mom was at the Kentucky Derby, in box seating not far from the box that the then president, Richard Nixon and his entourage was in. She went over and got their autographs. (Today she'd probably be wrestled to the ground...)

I used to go to a bunch of concerts and would wait after to meet them. lol Some bands or members of bands I've met that I can remember:

Deftones, members of Mudvayne, Kitty, CSS, Team Sleep, !!!, Paper Route, Kill Hannah, Sonny (met all but the lead singer who ended up becoming Skrillex), Brian of the Backstreet Boys (they were staying at the hotel I worked at as a teenager before most people knew who they were. Just happened to see them on the back of a teeny bopper mag and recognized them), Peter Murphy of Bauhaus.

I met the members of one of my favorite band She Wants Revenge many times. I saw them 19 times in concert and they were always very nice. :)

The only bad experience I had was with Team Sleep. The singer was also the singer for the Deftones and was very well known. My husband, his cousin, a friend or two of ours waited until 2-3 am to meet him cos we already met some of the other members. He peeked out of the blinds of the tour bus a few times and I think someone even said he'd come out. Then around 2-3 they said it was time to go and the bus just left. :\ I understand they get tired and stuff but just say so and we'll leave.

I also met Potsie from Happy Days at some carnival/festival thing when I was little :)

I don't roll with celebrities either and looking back it is amazing how many I have met. Some posters here seemed to think it is rude to interact with them. Some I have met thru work and of course then you interact. Those I have met independantly and randomly I will say hello of course. Would you say hello to the guy in elevator? I do, so when it's Cedric, I say hi...I don't fawn but clearly if you are famous you know people know who you are right?

One person who I interacted with for years in my area just because it was a rural, horse country area I had no idea who he was until he became "famous" after many, many years as a successful actor. Ran into him some years later and he and I said hi and chatted and we talked about how I just thought he was that friendly guy getting wine or feed at the farm store.....he misses being a bit more anonymous but loves the paycheck!

I did find out I missed meeting Don Mattingly and was disappointed because he was on the darned Brady Bunch...LOL. I would have approached in a very respectful way.

I also lived very near a few NFL players and often saw one in particular at a local store. We always just said hello and I never would ask for a picture or take one trying to be sly. He clearly knew everyone knew him and was treated as another customer but everyone knew him if that makes sense. One of my kids played soccer with another NFL players kid and it was the same...He was there for his kid and while it was clear everyone knew who it was, we were respectful.

I don't think a celebrity is better than but that they have a harder job because they can't have a bad day in public.

I think we talked about this before. I've met many musicians, professional athletes, and played the tables with a lot of celebrities. My favorite celebrity was Mickey Mantle, he used to come and stay at my brother's house to go fishing. I would take him to the local honkey tonk!

I used to see Julia Roberts and Farrah Fawcett at the grocery store a lot.

That is cool terilyn. I think Farrah seemed lovely. Julia seems lovely too. I like that her quirky beauty is still celebrated. We aren't all Barbies! Her interviews make her seem like a great girl and she is gorgeous.

When I was in undergrad, I was dating a law student. One evening we were waiting in line for a movie (The Way we Were -- that really dates me) when he introduced me to a new professor at the law school. She was young, in jeans, long hair and very bohemian. Her name was Hillary. Several years later, after her husband, Bill, became governor, I had several occasions to met him. He officiated a wedding in which I was the maid of honor and I attended another small wedding in the givernor's office. Also met him at various social events through the 80s. DH had a fun run in with him at a bar convention in 1990. It was late and I was already asleep, when DH decided he wanted a soda. The soda machine was right outside a dance room and the party was still going on. Bill showed up (not from the party) but also seeking out the soda machine. The stood there a whiile and watched the party (and commenting on the dancers), then DH ended up buying him a soda because he didn't have the right change,

We also sat on the same pew as John Glenn at a Christmas Eve service in Vail one year and ate lunch at a restaurant near Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman and their kids at another ski resort some years later (having a great family time, but polite).

I got cruised years ago by Billy Bob Thornton and Dr. John tried to pick me up at a party. Had an iced tea with Paul Shaffer. Donald Sutherland lives nearby. Same with the guy who plays Elliot on Law & Order. Same with Jackie Mason who always has an entourage. John Goodman walking very fast with a baseball cap pulled down low, as if he thought he wouldn't be recognized. The guy who played Niles on Frasier -- much cuter in person. I'm sure I see more but I'm terrible at faces.

Also, here's a good gardenweb story: When I moved into my little tenement apartment, I had more time than money and did all the work on it myself. It took me forever to hang a shelf as I kept going back to the hardware store to get a few screws here, a few anchors there. Finally, when I got it done, I went for a walk and saw the guy from the hardware store. "I finally got that shelf up!" I said to him and he replied, "That's great." Later that night I was watching Law & Order and realized that hadn't been the guy from the hardware store, it was Jerry Orbach. Did I mention I'm bad at faces?

Had my hair done sitting next to Ivanka Trump. (I was a hair model, getting it done for free. I'm sure her's was $$$ if she actually paid her bill.) She was super loud, talking with what my first grade teacher used to call a "barnyard voice." The catty hairdresser whispered that she had been getting her hair bleached blond since she was 4 years old.

I'd trade them all for petra_gw's sighting of Kinky Friedman. So jealous!

jupidupi, Kinky is rather grumpy-looking in person. Maybe to discourage fans from accosting him. :)

I love your Jerry Orbach story, he was probably puzzled why you told him about your shelf, haha.

My wife and I met Justin Timberlake at a friend's house when we were over for a birthday party. He was there with his father and step mother who was the sister of my friend. He was just 16 and had had his tonsils removed. My friend is from a musical family himself so there was some guitar playing and singing, which Justin joined in. Afterwards, when he had left, my wife mentioned what a nice voice he had. It was then that we learned he was in a band, NSYC, that was just starting out and scheduled to tour in Europe. They showed us a video of his group's yet to be released in the USA song, "I Want you Back". A few months later I heard the song on the car radio. My wife, who worked in public school system was very popular with the young girls because she'd "met Justin".

went to lunch at the universal studios (waaay before tours) a pal of my dad's took us in a private tour...saw so many people but eating lunch 2 tables over from Cary Grant was the topping of the day...we went on Tony Curtis set, but can't remember the picture..and the tv Wagon Train set...then in the back lots...faux city buildings and homes...but it was one of those special days...

Jupidupi......

Since Ivanka has come on the scene I have felt she is robotic and fake. Your post seems to bear that out since she is loud in person....with no cameras.

I wouldn't doubt dying her hair blonde at 4 (ugh!) was daddy's idea. I thnk he's probably also responsible for her nose job and any other plastic surgery.......I'm sure he wouldn't be caught dead with any average looking women in his inner circle.

Not me but my hubby has met celebrities through work. Steve Harvey- nice guy and interesting hairline. John Bon Jovi- salt of the earth. MC Hammer- really nice guy. A few more that I won't mention because they weren't pleasant people.

Jimmy Carter kissed me and told me he loved me (for working on his campaign). Carly Simon in a grocery store on Martha's Vineyard, and I bumped into Harrison Ford in a booth at an antique show when he was making Witness here.

lily that is sweet. I was too young to be political when Jimmy was President but I admire him as a really genuine man. My father actually took us to his peanut farm on a vacation and somewhere I still have a six pack of Billy Beer! His dedication to Habitat for Humanity is amazing.

Blue...I was convinced Jon Bon Jovi was going to be the love of my life back in the 80's even though he was older and married...I have seen him in concert a lot but if I met him in person I think i'd pee my pants. Steve Harvey would probably make me laugh enough to pee my pants too. :P

I've seen or met several, mostly on airplanes back when I used to travel a lot. My seat mate from Washington DC to Atlanta once was Coretta Scott King. Very nice lady and she kept to herself except to exchange pleasantries. Ted Kennedy was another. He shook hands with several on one flight.

I also was on a plane to Hawaii with Robert Wagner and Jill St John. Same thing - kept to themselves and didn't both anyone. Danny Glover was waiting for a flight in an airport by himself once. Was at an unoccupied gate by himself just sitting waiting, not with the rest of the crowd at the adjoining gate.

Because of where I live and where I worked as a teenager, I saw Wernher Von Braun (most of you probably don't even know who he is) a lot when I was a teen & in college. He did a lot of management by walking around. Very respected and liked by all.

We used to ski a good bit in Park City UT with friends just prior to Sundance (the film festival. Several times we would spot celebrities arriving ahead of the main events who would be hanging out in some of the bars and restaurants or shopping. I can't remember all of them. Amy Pohler was one.

Ran into Tom Selleck (almost literally) at the grocery store.

Spent the night at work (at the hospital) with a very famous, Oscar winning actor who was there for a family member -- won't name him to respect privacy -- he was very pleasant, willing to chat, and very interested in our work.

Also had the distinct no pleasure of caring for a very famous TV star of the 50's at the same hospital -- he was not nice at all.

I've only ever met Abe Vigoda, but not really face-to-face. I was taking my lunch break in the mall I worked in, when an old man who looked like "Fish" walked by and a shopper stopped to ask for his autograph just feet away from where I was sitting.

My sister, on the other hand: just signed a contract to be in a television show that's about to start filming in Vancouver BC. She's been in many tv shows and movies as a background actor and began her "acting" career in an episode of Riverdale, which is set to air in another two weeks, I do believe. I'll let you know which character is hers when it airs. :) :) She's met a LOT of actors.

Oh and I forgot about meeting my favorite current celebrity - Nick Saban!! How could I forget that. He's such a great ambassador. Despite being very abrupt with the press sometimes, he's very good with meeting and greeting fans.

If you don't follow college football you probably don't even know who he is. He's the coach of the University of Alabama football team and just signed a new contract thru 2024. He'll retire there and pretty much said so.

I met many celebrities in a job I had in the theatre business during the 70's and 80's, when the stars finished their London or Broadway run, and toured with the production, to other cities.

'Star' cast members usually have clauses added to their 'green room/dressing room' contracts, that fulfill any personal requirements they demand. Shortly after arrival, I'd meet them to get their signature on the green room contract, and occasionally for a future signature, if a new issue arose that needed amendment. Some were a short 'greet and sign' while others could be chatty.

Many of them are now deceased, and I won't include more personal opinions, such as being slovenly unhygienic, or 'fidelity challenged' (only one listed here, but I knew of several 'stars' who clearly 'dabbled when they travelled.') I'll just refer to my impressions regarding any short conversations I had with them. I know I'm forgetting many, but these ones are perhaps most well known.

Yul Brynner- articulate, outrageously arrogant, boorish...(one specific memory is that his dressing room had to be repainted 3 times, until he was satisfied with the shade of 'chocolate' brown.)

Peter O'Toole - intelligent, vulgar

Richard Harris - gregarious, warm

Laurence Olivier - surprisingly soft spoken, considering his forte was acting

Katharine Hepburn - gracious

Audrey Hepburn - sweet, polite, elegant

Elizabeth Taylor - funny, loud, brash

Richard Burton - same as Elizabeth (I guess they were too much alike)

Rex Harrison - charming

Maggie Smith - lovely, impeccable manners

Vanessa Redgrave - kind, warm

Julie Andrews - same as Vanessa

Christopher Reeve - congenial, chivalrous

Margot Kidder - rudely presumptuous

Liberace - humourous, generous, stubborn

^^ Amicus, I'll get the tea/coffee and cake ready, want to come over for a gossip? :)

I met all of U2 in 1982 when they were on their first big US tour, after their show at the Ripley in Philly. Very gracious, quite shy.

3 Springsteen sightings: bumped into him (literally) at a bar, not recognizing him. He sat behind me at a show, and he (along with Patti and Nils) sang at the funeral for a former work colleague.

1 Jon Bon Jovi sighting at JBJ Soul Kitchen.

Heard, then saw Marlo Thomas in the shoe department at Bloomingdale's in NYC.

Nolan Ryan at a restaurant in Santa Fe.

Lorraine Pascale from the Food Network and I were on the same flight from London this past Sunday, but I didn't get a chance to say hello.

Chef Eric Ripert at La Bernardin last December. Not unexpected, but I've been there many times, and it was the first time I have seen him come out into the dining room.

Just missed seeing Lenny Kravitz getting into a cab in NYC, my friend grabbed my arm and said, "Did you see Lenny?" Sadly, no. :-(

I want to go to Soul Kitchen! I would love to go volunteer for a day even if Jon isn't there! It is one of the best ideas ever.

I loved Mike Douglas. I am just about to be 48 so I was quite young but I remember when Tiger Woods was on. Liked Mike a lot.

Debby, I have heard Riverdale is good...need to binge. I liked Archie as a kid. I have a stepkid who has been in a few Netflix and independant films. So cool for you.

I've never met nor seen any celebrity in person.