I always thought Stephen King must be a really bizarre guy, but apparently he’s as normal as they come. Ditto Gregory Maguire.
Lady Gaga is 90% about marketing, 50% about fashion, and -40% about music. I’m sure of it, though I’ve never heard anything she’s done.
Yes, always. 
I think both Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey would be great buddies to have.
I think hanging out with my favorite comics like Louis C.K. and Patton Oswalt might be suicidally depressing.
I like to think that most sex symbol female celebrities are probably shitty in the sack.
With the exception of 3 or 4 I know, that is totally untrue.
kidding of course
“Prove me wrong, ladies. Prove me wrong.”
Friends of mine met Woody on a beach on the west coast of Ireland a few years ago. They didn’t realise who he was at first, and they shared their picnic with him, and he shared, err, what he had on his person ;). A totally charming and friendly bloke apparently.
I think Stefani Germanotta (her real name) is probably mostly about the music, but won’t turn down a chance for fame. I base this on reading she did backing vocals and stuff before creating Lady Gaga. I just have this gut feeling that she’s into what Lady Gaga is, just on a much less flamboyant basis. Kinda like how David Bowie isn’t exactly mainstream, but he’s not a living Ziggy Stardust all the time.
Jon Taffer of **Bar Resue **has very bad breath.
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LeVar really is a very nice guy. He was doing a weekend children’s theater at a theater where I worked, and he was always pleasant and an all-around great guy.
Richard Dryfus and Jeremy Piven seem to be two equally unpleasant assholes and I would never want to meet either one of theml
Burton did children’s educational television - “Reading Rainbow.” He was quite good at it - this makes him a mensch by any standard.
While I’m sure a lot of actors (men and women) are nice people while in their strange world, I tend to think they would not even remotely fit into mine if we spent time together. So my opinion of pretty much all of them, with absolutely no proof, having never spent an afternoon with one, is that they consider themselves to be better than the general population (living in Hollywood, how could they not? Red carpets? Awards? Yeah, big part of my life, too). I did read about one actress who was appalled at the notion of staying overnight in a Hampton Inn room (rather, I gather, than a huge multi-room suite). Kathy Bates, a seemingly nice enough person, told Craig Ferguson that she had taken up camping in an RV. He said “so you drive all over the country and camp?” and she waved her hand dismissively and said “Well, I have someone who does the driving.” Yeah, that’s my idea of camping, too.
Ooooh, I got another one. I think Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are down-to-earth people who do try to keep a life separated from the glitz. You don’t see a lot of photos of their family in the media, and when you do, they aren’t accompanied by a swarm of nannies and attendants. I can’t even remember their kids’ names - the eldest is Violet or something?
Joe Mantegna seems like he’d be a bit gruff, based solely on the characters I’ve seen him play. His voice probably plays a part.
I’m always a little surprised to see him turn into a pile of mush when he talks about his wife and kids in interviews.
Christopher Meloni (Elliot on Law and Order) likes loud and angry sex. Mm hm yeah…
… with men.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But I get that vibe for some reason.
Seth Green seems like he’d be very intelligent and surprisingly well informed for an actor but really full of himself.
Angela Lansbury seems like she would smell really good and be as classy as her persona but curse like a sailor.
Betty White seems like she’d be a bitch (though a cool one- and more the Golden Girls B.W. than the frail modern B.W.)
Damon and Affleck were ruined for me back in their just-post-GOOD WILL HUNTING days when a friend said they looked like defendants in a fratboy date rape case.
Steve Martin strikes me as somebody who’d make you fumble for the keys and make excuses to leave from your own party. Ditto Jim Carrey, but not because he’s “wacky”.
Johnny Depp seems like the sort of person you could have a great conversation with about damned near anything.
Candace Bergen is down to earth, funny, smart, definitely not full of herself.
That’s the impression I’ve always gotten from viewing her on glowing rectangles, and that’s why I’ve always really liked her, even though I don’t think she’s a very good actress.
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The ones who strike me as jerks:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Eddie Murphy
Martha Stewart
In the right circumstances, the ones who would probably be interesting to meet (timing is everything):
Joan Rivers
Kathy Griffen
Chelsea Handler
Anthony Bourdain
Chris Rock
Bethany Frankel
Pink
Bill Maher
Puffy
Gene Simmons
Bill O’Reilly
Quentin Tarantino
Larry David
Simon Cowell
I always thought that Kelsey Grammar would be a really smart guy. Then I met him. On the IQ scale, he appeared to be slightly below your average doorknob.
I fucking hate Jeremy Piven. With a passion. He’s a complete douchebag who needs to have his smarmy smirk smacked off his face.
…and this is all based on a single picture of him I saw in an issue of Vanity Fair a few years ago, where he’s hugging Lindsay Lohan at a party. I think this is the one. I’ve never seen anything he’s been in, never read anything he may have said.
