I thought the correct form of address to a celebrity was “I loved you in that jewel heist movie”.
No, it’s “You were really great where you play that retard.”
Either that or chuck a beer can at his head.
Or discover a strange tunnel on a tiny half-floor of a bland office building that allows you to take control of the celebrity in question. You know, whatever.
Yup. I don’t have much to say to any celebrities I’ve met; it’s such an unnatural situation, where I know their name and what they do and I admire what they’ve done, and I’m nameless, faceless person in a crowd. I’d really like to not be starstruck, but I find I am.
Stephen Fry wrote up an excellent piece on this from the celebrity’s point of view a few years ago. Here’s the link.
I still get a laugh remembering when my friend and I saw Monty Python Live at New York’s City Center back in 1976. Shortly after entering the theatre, my friend goes to the bathroom, and finds John Cleese standing at one of the urinals.
My buddy rushes over and shouts “Hey John! Big fan, how are you?” Cleese’s reply was something like “Christ, can’t I take a piss in peace?”.
If I knew he had a great sense of humor I’d be tempted to tell James Caan “I’m your number one fan!” in a rather over-excited tone except:
a. I’m sure he’s heard that one a thousand times and it loses funniness real fast.
b. I don’t want to get beaten to death with a typewriter.
c. I’ve never seen the man in public.
I don’t think that was John Stamos but rather Dave Coullier who was the subject of that little song she wrote. :dubious:
:smack: Well, you oughta know.
Probably would still be bad to ask Stamos about her, though. 
Well who wouldn’t gush at meeting Ron Jeremy?
My wife and I met Prince and she went all groupie. Him being a noted lady-killer I was less than pleased :mad: (One day we’re going to run into Toni Braxton, then she’ll be sorry) … anyway, Prince, for having such a high energy show was majorly reserved. Not rude or anything just quiet.
Personally I always carry copies of my screenplay in case I run into someone important and can slip it to them.
I don’t really do that…
Eww.
I met Mark Dacascos at a fast food place one night. I was watching him, and some teenage girls came up and said, “You look really familiar…” and just stared at him. He shook them off, but I could tell he was kind of annoyed. When he sat next to me, I asked him, “So are you going to do Drive part 2?” We had a nice conversation about his films.
What I learned: I think famous people don’t mind meeting genuine fans.
I’ve always sworn that if I ever meet George Foreman I’ll tell him how much I love his grill…
Yeah, but don’t do that when it turns out the celeb hated his first role… awwwwkward.
My dad told us the story of being at a big Republican fund-raiser in the 60s and getting to sit at the head table, next to John Wayne. The Duke excused himself to go to the bathroom, and returned with the outsides of his legs all wet.
"It happens every time – I take the middle urinal, and the guys on both sides turn and say “John Wayne?!?”
Oh yeah - that one should have definitely gone on the list:
- Do NOT repeat their catchphrase (or indeed any of their material) back to them. I guarantee that several hundred people have already done it, and you could well be the one that pushes the celeb over the edge into homicidal rage. (See the Mainland episode of Father Ted for an excellent example of this).
whatchu talkin about, gyrate?
Funny enough, I actually had occasion to meet him once. I literally saw him walking down the street surrounded by autograph hounds with armfuls of Star Wars memorabilia (I think this was after some sort of event that he had attended). I turned around to see what was going on, saw him and thought (though didn’t say aloud), “Holy shit, it’s Luke Skywalker!”
You can tell he was getting annoyed by these guys, but I stopped, stuck out my arm and said, “Mr. Hamill can I shake your hand,” which he actually seemed relieved to hear, and happily obliged.
Anyway in my job, I’ve had occasion to deal with a few celebrities. Some of them are genuine dicks, but most of them are fairly cool so long as you don’t violate one of two rules:
Don’t bother them while they’re eating.
And do not, ever under any circumstances, bother them while they are in the bathroom.