Probably the most famous people I've met and had a conversation with is Jerry West at a golf tournament while he was still GM of the Lakers. Also Mel Gibson. Both very nice and approachable.
I've met a few famous people, but the most relevant was meeting Marilyn Manson in a strip club. He was kind of a dick to everyone, one dancer told me he wasn't tipping at all.
He also wore a sharpie around his neck so he could sign autographs, kind of weird IMHO.
And he was really tiny in person, but in my experience celebrities are always smaller IRL than on the TV.
I’ve met a few, John F. Kennedy at the White House, I was 12, my dad had reason to go to Washington D. C. on business he took me on his business trip, after his business was done we went to the White House for a prearranged visit. President Kennedy, was greeting visitors, when he met my dad, they had a brief chat, my pops had a service medal from his WWII service. We were brought to the Oval Office for a private visit and Caroline Kennedy was there as well. She was the same age as me, I still have the photographs from the White House and a bronze medallion that President Kennedy gave to me.
That’s not the only famous person I’ve met but certainly one of the most memorable.
I've met a few---Denzel, Garry Marshall, Steven Bochco, John Lithgow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Iger---because I was at Disney as a writer---the coolest was Johnny Depp, a chain smoker and at the time, loved cheeseburgers---we originally met in D.C. years ago when I worked @Air & Space Museum and then 20 yrs. later @Disney during a lunch break in the cafeteria. Real cool and he looked at me and said, "Man, I've talked with you before," and then it hit him, "In D.C." I said, "You have a good memory." He was doing some "looping" for a Pirates of The Carribean sequel.
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last commentShook Hands with Bo Jackson in a Kansas City Steakhouse when he played for the Royals.
Huge hands.
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Bill Clinton, near the end of his term then shortly thereafter. Crazy how much he aged between those two meetings.
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Probably the most famous people I've met and had a conversation with is Jerry West at a golf tournament while he was still GM of the Lakers. Also Mel Gibson. Both very nice and approachable.
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I've met a few famous people, but the most relevant was meeting Marilyn Manson in a strip club. He was kind of a dick to everyone, one dancer told me he wasn't tipping at all.
He also wore a sharpie around his neck so he could sign autographs, kind of weird IMHO.
And he was really tiny in person, but in my experience celebrities are always smaller IRL than on the TV.
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I’ve met a few, John F. Kennedy at the White House, I was 12, my dad had reason to go to Washington D. C. on business he took me on his business trip, after his business was done we went to the White House for a prearranged visit. President Kennedy, was greeting visitors, when he met my dad, they had a brief chat, my pops had a service medal from his WWII service. We were brought to the Oval Office for a private visit and Caroline Kennedy was there as well. She was the same age as me, I still have the photographs from the White House and a bronze medallion that President Kennedy gave to me.
That’s not the only famous person I’ve met but certainly one of the most memorable.
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I've met a few---Denzel, Garry Marshall, Steven Bochco, John Lithgow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Iger---because I was at Disney as a writer---the coolest was Johnny Depp, a chain smoker and at the time, loved cheeseburgers---we originally met in D.C. years ago when I worked @Air & Space Museum and then 20 yrs. later @Disney during a lunch break in the cafeteria. Real cool and he looked at me and said, "Man, I've talked with you before," and then it hit him, "In D.C." I said, "You have a good memory." He was doing some "looping" for a Pirates of The Carribean sequel.
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In TL in Upland I talked to actor, Richard Gant. He was doing the reboot of the Wonder Years at the time as the grandfather. He was wild that night!
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