Onto the fun stuff: As we know I've met Stewart, but this past month I also met a few people from the 1960s civil rights movement that it was really a privilege even to see, much less talk to. Luckily I know a bit about that subject, so I had some things to say that didn't come out like babbling, lucky for me. I do have a big dorky smile in the photos taken of me with some of them, though.
One thing I try to remember: Artists and famous people hear "gosh, I love your work" from literally everyone. Try to have something different to say...either an unusual observation or a comment about a hobby or something that might be interesting. I've been lucky enough to meet a few hugely famous folks, or people very inspiring to me personally, and this has worked out great.
Another thing: If you're waiting in line to shake the hand of someone really important to you, think up something to say so your mind doesn't just go blank when the big moment arrives.
I've met an artist I hugely admire - Australian singer Paul Kelly - a few times. He's really introverted, so I try pretty hard to have intelligent things to say when I know I'm going to talk to him. It's easier to meet non-U.S. celebrities, so the crush and throng is usually not such an issue...
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by Divemistress of the Dark on 15 Mar 2007 17:11
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by DirtyMartini on 15 Mar 2007 17:13
[quote="GinaSuperCat"]
I know its half joking, but there was already a thread on TPT about where they might be staying...omg, I hope no one tries to bother them at their hotel...
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[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]invasions on their private time, pesterment of their children and other family members, and even attempts to meet them by some that go beyond the bounds of normal decorum.[/quote]
Yeah, and that turns them into prisoners. Not cool.
When I was younger I was more comfortable playing Asshole to the Stars -- and it meant getting to meet both Allen Ginsberg and Shannon Hoon before they died. So that didn't suck. But these days it just feels (to me personally) rude and inconsiderate (outside of a signing -- then I just feel like a tool). Only on occassion do I get up the stones for a quick handshake and a "thank you for your work" kind of thing.
Perhaps my largest bump with fame, though, was a literal bump: I cracked heads with Steve Martin on an NYC sidewalk. Most painful meeting ever.
I know its half joking, but there was already a thread on TPT about where they might be staying...omg, I hope no one tries to bother them at their hotel...
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[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]invasions on their private time, pesterment of their children and other family members, and even attempts to meet them by some that go beyond the bounds of normal decorum.[/quote]
Yeah, and that turns them into prisoners. Not cool.
When I was younger I was more comfortable playing Asshole to the Stars -- and it meant getting to meet both Allen Ginsberg and Shannon Hoon before they died. So that didn't suck. But these days it just feels (to me personally) rude and inconsiderate (outside of a signing -- then I just feel like a tool). Only on occassion do I get up the stones for a quick handshake and a "thank you for your work" kind of thing.
Perhaps my largest bump with fame, though, was a literal bump: I cracked heads with Steve Martin on an NYC sidewalk. Most painful meeting ever.
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by Divemistress of the Dark on 15 Mar 2007 17:16
Woof! I have nearly all of his standup-comedy albums from the 1970s completely memorized, so I'm not sure I could have resisted making a remark about that "wild 'n crazy guy"! 
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by blueseattle on 15 Mar 2007 17:19
[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]Woof! I have nearly all of his standup-comedy albums from the 1970s completely memorized, so I'm not sure I could have resisted making a remark about that "wild 'n crazy guy"! [/quote]
Steve Martin does rule.
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by DirtyMartini on 15 Mar 2007 17:22
I only wish I had been so intelligent in the moment. We were both rushing and staring at our feet. By the time I realized whose head I had just crashed into, I had already blurted out a number of expletives. So my claim to fame: calling Steve Martin a mother fucker. Go me.
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by sockii on 15 Mar 2007 17:44
I've worked science fiction conventions many years (usually just the dealer's room, once or twice with some behind-the-scenes involvement handling the guests.) You wouldn't believe some of the cringeworthy stuff I've seen in these places (truthfully sometimes from the big guests themselves, but usually from the fans who just don't know when enough is enough.)
It's a shame, too, because sometimes these guys (and gals) genuinely *want* to interact with and spend time with their fans outside of the drag of the autograph lines and q&a's, but all it can take is one creepy person or one bad experience to completely scare off a celeb for good.
I've actually never found there to be anything wrong with a handshake and a polite, "Thank you for your work. I really enjoy it." I've had some actors stop dead cold in the middle of a churn-through autograph line, with people just thrusting things at them without word or acknowledgement, stop at that and tell me in response, "Thank *you*, that means a lot." So I think much of it comes from showing politeness and not simply *expecting* or demanding something from a person just because of their popularity.
Funny story - the first time I met the actor who I work with a bit these days, I had a complete attack of the spazz-out dorktastic fangirlishness. I still turn red thinking about it! But he actually seemed to find it amusing at the time, as he wasn't so very well known at the time and probably didn't get that kind of thing very often. He ended up going page by page through my photo album instead of just signing the one photo I'd requested to get signed, telling all sorts of crazy stories about what went on in each movie or tv show.
After that I ended up seeing him again a few times every year and slowly building up a friendship by never being pushy about it...about 3 or 4 years later he ended up offering me webmaster duties for his site and it all goes smoothly since. But I've seen him have to deal with weird fans at times and it can definitely be an unpleasant experience, just the people who can't leave well enough alone or want to bother someone in the middle of a meal, think they're going to get a Hollywood job out of running into someone on the street...not fun stuff. And man, some of the requests *I* get through the website for personal information and stuff...yikes! Makes me very glad not to be a celebrity myself.
It's a shame, too, because sometimes these guys (and gals) genuinely *want* to interact with and spend time with their fans outside of the drag of the autograph lines and q&a's, but all it can take is one creepy person or one bad experience to completely scare off a celeb for good.
I've actually never found there to be anything wrong with a handshake and a polite, "Thank you for your work. I really enjoy it." I've had some actors stop dead cold in the middle of a churn-through autograph line, with people just thrusting things at them without word or acknowledgement, stop at that and tell me in response, "Thank *you*, that means a lot." So I think much of it comes from showing politeness and not simply *expecting* or demanding something from a person just because of their popularity.
Funny story - the first time I met the actor who I work with a bit these days, I had a complete attack of the spazz-out dorktastic fangirlishness. I still turn red thinking about it! But he actually seemed to find it amusing at the time, as he wasn't so very well known at the time and probably didn't get that kind of thing very often. He ended up going page by page through my photo album instead of just signing the one photo I'd requested to get signed, telling all sorts of crazy stories about what went on in each movie or tv show.
After that I ended up seeing him again a few times every year and slowly building up a friendship by never being pushy about it...about 3 or 4 years later he ended up offering me webmaster duties for his site and it all goes smoothly since. But I've seen him have to deal with weird fans at times and it can definitely be an unpleasant experience, just the people who can't leave well enough alone or want to bother someone in the middle of a meal, think they're going to get a Hollywood job out of running into someone on the street...not fun stuff. And man, some of the requests *I* get through the website for personal information and stuff...yikes! Makes me very glad not to be a celebrity myself.
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by GinaSuperCat on 15 Mar 2007 17:45
Hah, Funky Tut comes to mind 
...that's like the best way to meet Steve Martin, LOL...Or standing next to someone you cannot think is anyone else but Eric Idle waiting to cross on the Strand...and being *tempted* to sing the first thing that pops into your head "life's a piece of shit...when you look at it" but not doing it, of course <grin>
The first semester I was at Penn State (like literally the first week) Joe Paterno and I were both rounding the corner in an alley and we smacked right into each other...if there was a car or something in the road...I would have been run out of town my first week
...that's like the best way to meet Steve Martin, LOL...Or standing next to someone you cannot think is anyone else but Eric Idle waiting to cross on the Strand...and being *tempted* to sing the first thing that pops into your head "life's a piece of shit...when you look at it" but not doing it, of course <grin>
The first semester I was at Penn State (like literally the first week) Joe Paterno and I were both rounding the corner in an alley and we smacked right into each other...if there was a car or something in the road...I would have been run out of town my first week
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by Mrs. Gradenko on 15 Mar 2007 17:59
Asking him to meet you is abit rude. You can run into him (no stalking! lol), but asking him.... weird.
Plus if he met you, he'd have to meet EVERYONE.
Plus if he met you, he'd have to meet EVERYONE.
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by DirtyMartini on 15 Mar 2007 18:32
[quote="sockii"]
I've actually never found there to be anything wrong with a handshake and a polite, "Thank you for your work. I really enjoy it." I've had some actors stop dead cold in the middle of a churn-through autograph line, with people just thrusting things at them without word or acknowledgement, stop at that and tell me in response, "Thank *you*, that means a lot." So I think much of it comes from showing politeness and not simply *expecting* or demanding something from a person just because of their popularity. [/quote]
Yeah, that's my thinking. Or my hope, at least. Sometimes you don't want to let that opportunity slip by -- and sometimes it can be hard to quell that temptation to just (if I may borrow from the 'Mistress) "squee" like a banshee. But like you said, when the adoration turns to expectation -- where people just shove and grab and want want want (plus the inevitable understanding that half of those autographs will end up on eBay anyway) -- it has to be tough to not feel like there's always someone that wants a piece of you.
Again, that's not to say that I don't understand the temptation to go all dorktastic fangirl. Been there. And that's not to say that I wouldn't love to buy Mr. Copeland a drink. But considering how much he, Mr. Summers, and Mr. Stingo have given already, I *hope* that if ever the opportunity arose, I would have the self-possession to just say "Thank you."
Otherwise, there's always the Roadie Route. Or cracking him in the head and calling him a mother fucker. You gotta go with what works.
I've actually never found there to be anything wrong with a handshake and a polite, "Thank you for your work. I really enjoy it." I've had some actors stop dead cold in the middle of a churn-through autograph line, with people just thrusting things at them without word or acknowledgement, stop at that and tell me in response, "Thank *you*, that means a lot." So I think much of it comes from showing politeness and not simply *expecting* or demanding something from a person just because of their popularity. [/quote]
Yeah, that's my thinking. Or my hope, at least. Sometimes you don't want to let that opportunity slip by -- and sometimes it can be hard to quell that temptation to just (if I may borrow from the 'Mistress) "squee" like a banshee. But like you said, when the adoration turns to expectation -- where people just shove and grab and want want want (plus the inevitable understanding that half of those autographs will end up on eBay anyway) -- it has to be tough to not feel like there's always someone that wants a piece of you.
Again, that's not to say that I don't understand the temptation to go all dorktastic fangirl. Been there. And that's not to say that I wouldn't love to buy Mr. Copeland a drink. But considering how much he, Mr. Summers, and Mr. Stingo have given already, I *hope* that if ever the opportunity arose, I would have the self-possession to just say "Thank you."
Otherwise, there's always the Roadie Route. Or cracking him in the head and calling him a mother fucker. You gotta go with what works.
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by Marshmallow Jones 1 on 15 Mar 2007 18:51
I agree, the handful of times I've been in proximity of someone 'famous' i've mostly chosen to leave them alone (Joe Strummer being a major exception). It's weird to me to go up to someone you *don't* know (TV, Music, movies dont count) and start a conversation unless it's someone who's work you really appreciate or if they're there to meet people like a book signing or something. The worst I saw was about 15 years ago, I was in a -ahem- 'gentlemens's bar' and about half of the defense of the New York Giants football team came in. All these guys surround them looking to say hello and get autographs. I thought, good lord, these guys are here to gawk at scantily clad women, do you really think they want a bunch of ugly annoying guys taking up their line of sight? 
on the flip side, a bunch of years ago I was on a nearly empty PATH train going into NY with a friend of mine, and as much disdain I have for MTV, I recognized that the other guy on the train was some 'veejay'. I certainly wasnt looking to meet him or say hello, but strangley the guy came all the way down to our side of the car to exit the train, and walked by us with this smirk like 'i know you know who i am' and oooh i wanted to say something
but i held my tongue
on the flip side, a bunch of years ago I was on a nearly empty PATH train going into NY with a friend of mine, and as much disdain I have for MTV, I recognized that the other guy on the train was some 'veejay'. I certainly wasnt looking to meet him or say hello, but strangley the guy came all the way down to our side of the car to exit the train, and walked by us with this smirk like 'i know you know who i am' and oooh i wanted to say something
but i held my tongue-
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by Divemistress of the Dark on 15 Mar 2007 19:16
Well, and that's the flip side.
I have the distinction of living in Nashville and maintaining a healthy loathing for most mainstream country music. (By mainstream I don't mean Johnny Cash and *actual* country music...just the soulless crap that's blasted out by the big music companies and played on the radio constantly at the expense of great struggling local bands...) So I meet people all the time I get that "I know you know who I am" look from, and actually, I, erm, don't.
Fun stories, though: I saw a lady wearing a REALLY cool outfit one day at the movie theater. Sort of a combat print miniskirt and boots, and a cool tunic, and it turned out to be Martina McBride...whose music I truthfully don't know, but she looked great.
Wound up behind either Brooks or Dunn (the blond one) at the local sports gear store and was pleased to note he was really cool to the poor starstruck kid trying to check him out. Which is even another fun aspect...stars don't get thronged nearly so much in Nashville, so on the off chance I do meet someone whose face I recognize, it can be a real interaction instead of a quick "love your work, bye" kind of thing.
I have the distinction of living in Nashville and maintaining a healthy loathing for most mainstream country music. (By mainstream I don't mean Johnny Cash and *actual* country music...just the soulless crap that's blasted out by the big music companies and played on the radio constantly at the expense of great struggling local bands...) So I meet people all the time I get that "I know you know who I am" look from, and actually, I, erm, don't.
Fun stories, though: I saw a lady wearing a REALLY cool outfit one day at the movie theater. Sort of a combat print miniskirt and boots, and a cool tunic, and it turned out to be Martina McBride...whose music I truthfully don't know, but she looked great.
Wound up behind either Brooks or Dunn (the blond one) at the local sports gear store and was pleased to note he was really cool to the poor starstruck kid trying to check him out. Which is even another fun aspect...stars don't get thronged nearly so much in Nashville, so on the off chance I do meet someone whose face I recognize, it can be a real interaction instead of a quick "love your work, bye" kind of thing.
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by jedsoon on 15 Mar 2007 21:55
Most celebrities i wouldn't attempt to meet. I did try talking to Page Hamilton once after a Helmet show, but it came out as all blather. But celebrity doesn't bowl me over these days like it used to.
Now, if i met Stewart, well, i'd probably give him hell about this whole tour business.. i mean, what does he think he's doing? He needs to get cracking on his re-imagined version of the Rhythmatist!
He's actually the only famous person i could really sit down and have a conversation with. Many of my artistic ambitions and perspectives are modeled on his career, so if we were able to speak long enough for it to become a two-way street, i'm hopeful we would discover at least a little common ground!
Now, if i met Stewart, well, i'd probably give him hell about this whole tour business.. i mean, what does he think he's doing? He needs to get cracking on his re-imagined version of the Rhythmatist!
He's actually the only famous person i could really sit down and have a conversation with. Many of my artistic ambitions and perspectives are modeled on his career, so if we were able to speak long enough for it to become a two-way street, i'm hopeful we would discover at least a little common ground!
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by georgygirl on 16 Mar 2007 04:39
[quote]where were you when Stewart did his DVD signing tour last fall? He made a bazillion stops, including NYC (where I met him and got my DVD signed). [/quote]
Well well well, is not the same to hug and kiss Stewart until death, after his DVD signing than after Police live concert...
I am with heidi and want backstage passes from a Police live concert too...
Well well well, is not the same to hug and kiss Stewart until death, after his DVD signing than after Police live concert...
I am with heidi and want backstage passes from a Police live concert too...
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by smudge on 16 Mar 2007 12:51
I've only ever met two of my heroes. Neither worked out too well. So I have no desire to meet Mr Copeland. That would be MUCH worse - my inner 14 year old just wouldn't handle it ....
The first was in my early twenties. Michael Foot (veteran british MP) is a quietly spoken, thoughtful man and was slightly phased by being introduced to me by my mother as someone who 'used to herd pigeons on Parliament Hill' near where he now lives. Thanks Mum - one of the greatest parliamentarians of the 20th century and you manage not to mention that I'm actually actively involved in politics. Pigeons - I ask you.
The other one was my own fault. I managed to completely fail to string a sentence together when I met Mike Scott at a Waterboys aftershow party in Dublin. All I wanted to say was 'thanks for being a big part of getting me through the Thatcher years - can I buy you a drink?' - but is came out as "mrwhhhhhwebble spllurgh grunf"
The first was in my early twenties. Michael Foot (veteran british MP) is a quietly spoken, thoughtful man and was slightly phased by being introduced to me by my mother as someone who 'used to herd pigeons on Parliament Hill' near where he now lives. Thanks Mum - one of the greatest parliamentarians of the 20th century and you manage not to mention that I'm actually actively involved in politics. Pigeons - I ask you.
The other one was my own fault. I managed to completely fail to string a sentence together when I met Mike Scott at a Waterboys aftershow party in Dublin. All I wanted to say was 'thanks for being a big part of getting me through the Thatcher years - can I buy you a drink?' - but is came out as "mrwhhhhhwebble spllurgh grunf"
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by georgygirl on 17 Mar 2007 06:27
[quote]I am with heidi and want backstage passes from a Police live concert too...
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Just kidding
As a matter of fact I only want to see Stewart in a pressence way, only if I will see him at live concert, or DVD presentation.
He is my platonic hero (KK) and don´t want to transform him into my realworld. This will be too much for me...
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Just kidding
As a matter of fact I only want to see Stewart in a pressence way, only if I will see him at live concert, or DVD presentation.
He is my platonic hero (KK) and don´t want to transform him into my realworld. This will be too much for me...
[/quote]Wildy Pelous!
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¡The Cosmic Race!
¡Salvajilla Pelous!
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