SoulAlive said:

or the celebs who fuck you AND pay you..

ok so my last post was just a joke..

NWF said:

what an ass

I don't like him too much

babooshleeky said:

dont talk about NWF like that, he is sensitive. plus you may get him angry
and if there are any broken bottles about,

you will be in a heap of shit.

Alec Baldwin? omg!! I love him!! he's awesome

i always ignored celebrities when i bumped into them in NYC, just because i learned that's what you're supposed to do. i don't know if that's correct or not - it's just how i was "trained" when i moved there, ha.

one time lauren hutton left her purse in a deli and we ran down the street to give it back to her. other than yelling "MISS HUTTON! MISS HUTTON! LAUREN HUTTON!!!" until she turned around, we didn't really acknowledge knowing who she was. she was nice. then again, we had her purse.

Anx said:

Exactly. I like pretending that I don't know who the celebrity is when I run into one.

Stax said:

i like the memories i have of celebrities being in the periphery a whole lot more than memories of trying to have some kind of awkward conversation with someone i harassed on the street.

"remember that time we went to brunch and had a really good talk and eric bogosian was sitting right next to us? remember that album release party we went to and got really drunk and rosie perez was there?" stuff like that makes for cool memories.

eraclito said:

I don't think this poster was dissing me. I certainly hope not.

NWF said:

I was talking about ALEC BALDWIN!!!!!

Anx said:

Yeah, you have the option of playing dumb too, I guess. It's kinda like when I saw Star Jones outside a sidewalk cafe.

NWF said:

for a second i thought you wrote "when i saw star jones outside The Sidewalk Cafe"

that woman would burst into flames if she set foot on avenue a.

REDFEATHERS said:

Yeah, the nice ones are cool and I'll always appreciate and respect them for that.

I remember meeting Jerry Seinfeld at my job, and he was very humbled at the fact that I told him that his sitcom was one of the greatest of all time.

NWF said:

when i worked in an art store, i waited on david bowie's personal assistant once. i cannot believe it, but i held my tongue the whole time.

not to mention bowie's PA was cute as hell.

the only time i got up the nerve to talk to a celebrity was when laurie anderson sat next to me at a karen finley performance. i decided i would talk to laurie when the show was over and tell her how much i love all her music.

of course, laurie left the show early so that didn't happen.

ironically, a couple of years later karen finley sat next to me once and i got up the nerve to tell her i think she's awesome. she was SUPER sweet.

Anx said:

See, there are some celebrities that are sweethearts. It's all in the approach really. Like I remember when I was kicking it with Green Gartside of Scritti Politti at his concert last year. No rock star egos, just a sweet sincere man.

Funny you mentioned Bowie, since I know his drummer from his Berlin-era. He was slated to produce me and my band, but.... it never happened.

ThreadCula said:

Yes, that's great!

But it wasn't like I was one of THOSE kind of fans. I just being myself.

CalhounSq said:

But I mean, if you're someone who enjoys that celebrities work and it puts money in their pocket and stuff, then they should be greatful that a fan is saying hello.

I saw Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of REM w in the Village.

They were in full "yeah-we-know-you-know-who-we-are" mode, but I wasn't like "OMGz I loovvvve Automatic for the People OMGzzz!!!" But the Village is so cool everybody else was just like not acknowledging it's Michael Stipe standing on the street smoking a cigarette.

I dunno, it's pretty corny to acknowledge they're "like, famous." Guess that's just the L.A. in me?

I was in a crepe shop in the LES and Mike Myers walked in and it's kinda corny how people were reacting to him. He caught my eye and we smiled, but I was like whatever and continued talking to my friend and eating my apple crepe with powdered sugar. Movingrightalong. *DAMAGED*

babooshleeky said:

i apologise i often forget that american humour is slightly different to every one elses.

i know that you were not referring to NWF, by intentionally making that mistake
i was in fact in a sarcastic kinda way, dissing both of you with one stone. basically because i think i am funny like dat...

but i must add that, nwf's behaviour concerns me, i find it strange that alec baldwin's not returning your greeting
upset you so much that it prompted you to start a thread on it..

so much tension aint healthy and just because a bloke dont say hello back it dont make him a dickhead...

Sinead O' Connor sat behind me on a train going to Dublin about two years ago. She was pregnant and kept going to the loo to smoke..stupid cow.

Mara said:

i used to see kier kirby a lot in the village back when i lived there, and i'm sure i always looked like a deer in the headlights...it was back when she still LOOKED like the deee-licious lady miss kier kirby, and as far as i was concerned, it might as well have been the pope or the dalai lama or something.

Apparently Prince did the same thing to Lenny Henry in a nightclub. I dont know if he turned away and ignored him. Probably not I reckon.

I did ask Norwich City manager Nigel Worthington whether he was the Nigel Worthington when I saw him at some swimming baths. He was very amiable.

Anx said:

How cool is that!

It's pretty neat seeing celebs, but meeting them is just not really my thing. I kinda like to keep them in their imagined/idealized state and not have a personal experience to muck it up.

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You have to act like you don't notice them. I'd never get anything done if I stopped to talk to every celebrity I see here in LALA Land.

But David Lynch is pretty fucking cool when you talk to him.

eraclito said:

a belated

bringin the east london flava yet again

LittleSmedley said:

booyaah

The best thing to do is to snub a celeb..

I did that shit to Alan Rickman.. and gave him some bother when I worked in a shop, and his signature didnt match his credit card..

REDFEATHERS said:

WHAT?!!!! you did that to Alan Rickman? woman why have we not talked about this before?!!!

PANDURITO said: