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Did you ever meet your heroes?[W:73,84]

I don't know if I would call him a hero, although I did thoroughly enjoy every movie he made, but I did meet Paul Newman when he came to the company I worked for to discuss business. They even took a picture of him with his arm around my shoulders, all casual like! Ha! I was floating on air! That photo is framed and on proud display on my cabinet, and I'm fairly certain, in case of fire, it would be one of the first things I would grab to save since it cannot be replaced!
 
No, I have not yet met President Bill Clinton in person :( . Hope I do so within my lifetime.
 
Andalublue said:
I was just listening to an old compilation CD I made a few years ago and a couple of songs on there made me think how much I would love to have met Agnetha Fältskog and Cat Stevens, both such interesting characters. It made me wonder what I would have asked them if I'd met them, and whether or not I might have been sorely disappointed.

I've met a couple of people who I idolised as a youngster: Gladys Knight and one of my footballing heroes, Dennis Tueart. The first was such a pleasure, she's such a beautiful, modest, sweet person. I spent about 15 minutes with her just small-talking; I didn't really want to regale her with questions, but I wasn't disappointed. On the other hand, as has been my impression when coming across other sportspeople, Tueart was really boring, living off past glories and with no real interest left in the game. Major let-down.

So, have you ever met people you idolise(d)? If so, how was it for you? Did they live up to your expectations? Was it a let-down?

If you haven't, who would you like to meet, and what would you like to ask them?
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I don't have any people that I idolize or consider heroes. I have people I admire for certain traits I wish to emulate, but that is it.
 
Andalublue said:
I was just listening to an old compilation CD I made a few years ago and a couple of songs on there made me think how much I would love to have met Agnetha Fältskog and Cat Stevens, both such interesting characters. It made me wonder what I would have asked them if I'd met them, and whether or not I might have been sorely disappointed.

I've met a couple of people who I idolised as a youngster: Gladys Knight and one of my footballing heroes, Dennis Tueart. The first was such a pleasure, she's such a beautiful, modest, sweet person. I spent about 15 minutes with her just small-talking; I didn't really want to regale her with questions, but I wasn't disappointed. On the other hand, as has been my impression when coming across other sportspeople, Tueart was really boring, living off past glories and with no real interest left in the game. Major let-down.

So, have you ever met people you idolise(d)? If so, how was it for you? Did they live up to your expectations? Was it a let-down?

If you haven't, who would you like to meet, and what would you like to ask them?
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To this day I still have a serious crush on her.

I have never met anybody famous, though I have had chances. I just wouldn't find a 30-second exchange of pleasantries satisfying. I'd want to sit down with them for 30 minutes or so and get into a non-interrupted deep conversation.
 
Andalublue said:
Thanks! Oh, Evanescence - yeah, I know them and like their music. I've never come across Halestorm before; soft rock's not really my cup of tea. Thanks for posting though.
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Hey, they're not soft rock. Take that back! :lol:
 
Michael Dorn - I loved his character Worf in star trek, I thought he did a fantastic job and you gotta respect a guy who spends most of his working day getting prosthetics put on for 5 hours a day and spends the other 12 working in them.

I paid for an autograph and I tried to approach the subject from a more non star trek approach, I was an actor at the time and I said as a fellow actor how much I appreciated his work on the show and praised his performance.

He reacted very coldly and sarcastically and seemed annoyed when i wanted to shake his hand, it kind of crushes me still to think about that even while typing this.
 
I've had a tendency, throughout my life, to admire people I already know, people who I've looked up to and aspired to be like. I pay very little attention to celebrities or the famous, at least nothing more than a passing interest. Most of my "heroes" are people who've had a direct and positive impact on my life. To me, that's what matters.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Michael Dorn - I loved his character Worf in star trek, I thought he did a fantastic job and you gotta respect a guy who spends most of his working day getting prosthetics put on for 5 hours a day and spends the other 12 working in them.

I paid for an autograph and I tried to approach the subject from a more non star trek approach, I was an actor at the time and I said as a fellow actor how much I appreciated his work on the show and praised his performance.

He reacted very coldly and sarcastically and seemed annoyed when i wanted to shake his hand, it kind of crushes me still to think about that even while typing this.
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I understand your disappointment. I've met many celebrities over the years, although I can't say any of them were really heroes to me... the closest would be Carrie Fisher, who breath-taking writing expertise awes me... but many of them were just plain full of themselves. Two of the worst were Morgan Fairchild (dear lord, what a narcissistic bitch) and... no surprise here... Fabio, who to this day makes me want to hurl at the sight of his picture.
 
DiAnna said:
I understand your disappointment. I've met many celebrities over the years, although I can't say any of them were really heroes to me... the closest would be Carrie Fisher, who breath-taking writing expertise awes me... but many of them were just plain full of themselves. Two of the worst were Morgan Fairchild (dear lord, what a narcissistic bitch) and... no surprise here... Fabio, who to this day makes me want to hurl at the sight of his picture.
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Never met the guy, but his reputation for conceit makes me chuckle every time his name is mentioned.
 
DiAnna said:
I understand your disappointment. I've met many celebrities over the years, although I can't say any of them were really heroes to me... the closest would be Carrie Fisher, who breath-taking writing expertise awes me... but many of them were just plain full of themselves. Two of the worst were Morgan Fairchild (dear lord, what a narcissistic bitch) and... no surprise here... Fabio, who to this day makes me want to hurl at the sight of his picture.
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:lol: Yeah, neither of those surprise me, although Michael Dorn does surprise me. Not everybody is a "trekkie," so you'd think that he'd be glad to meet people who appreciate the craft. Especially since JetBoogieman wasn't wearing some funky Star Trek costume or something.

I don't really have any heroes, but have heard nasty things about celebrities. A friend of mine once waitressed in the Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse, and Dan Ackroyd came in. The waitress had to strictly deal with his handler. She couldn't ask him for his order, she couldnt' give him his food, and neither she, nor anyone else in the restaurant, could not only not ask for autographs, they were specifically forbidden to make eye contact with him.

What a douchenozzle. :roll: Never watched his movies the same way again.
 
Quag more or less had my answer. Meeting Ted Sorensen was more or less funny, but whatever someone asked me about heroes, I always said I never had any.
 
radcen said:
To this day I still have a serious crush on her.

I have never met anybody famous, though I have had chances. I just wouldn't find a 30-second exchange of pleasantries satisfying. I'd want to sit down with them for 30 minutes or so and get into a non-interrupted deep conversation.
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This. There's several people that I admire that I wish I could just be friends with and discuss things.
 
PoS said:
Are you Chris Elliot? Your avatar pic looks like him!
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Mst definitely not, my avatar is Stan Rogers and ain't nobody on this website besides the possibility of middle ground knows who that is.
 
Superfly said:
:lol: Yeah, neither of those surprise me, although Michael Dorn does surprise me. Not everybody is a "trekkie," so you'd think that he'd be glad to meet people who appreciate the craft. Especially since JetBoogieman wasn't wearing some funky Star Trek costume or something.

I don't really have any heroes, but have heard nasty things about celebrities. A friend of mine once waitressed in the Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse, and Dan Ackroyd came in. The waitress had to strictly deal with his handler. She couldn't ask him for his order, she couldnt' give him his food, and neither she, nor anyone else in the restaurant, could not only not ask for autographs, they were specifically forbidden to make eye contact with him.

What a douchenozzle. :roll: Never watched his movies the same way again.
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What you have to understand, and I'm not defending him or anything, but celebrities meet tons of people every single day who want to gush over them and praise them and it's not hard to see that they get pretty sick of it after a while, especially when sitting around signing autographs for the fawning sycophants like Dorn was. Celebrities aren't anything special. They don't need to be praised. They need to be treated like they're regular people, which is what they are. Be a person, don't be a fan. Don't be starstruck. I'm friends with a bunch of celebrities and the way that happens is to treat them like a regular guy (or gal). Find out what they're like. Don't talk on and on about what they've done. They're sick of that. Like them for who they are, not who they've played on TV. You'd be amazed how far that goes.
 
Cephus said:
What you have to understand, and I'm not defending him or anything, but celebrities meet tons of people every single day who want to gush over them and praise them and it's not hard to see that they get pretty sick of it after a while, especially when sitting around signing autographs for the fawning sycophants like Dorn was. Celebrities aren't anything special. They don't need to be praised. They need to be treated like they're regular people, which is what they are. Be a person, don't be a fan. Don't be starstruck. I'm friends with a bunch of celebrities and the way that happens is to treat them like a regular guy (or gal). Find out what they're like. Don't talk on and on about what they've done. They're sick of that. Like them for who they are, not who they've played on TV. You'd be amazed how far that goes.
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Well that's special. I'm about to like your post.
 
Cephus said:
What you have to understand, and I'm not defending him or anything, but celebrities meet tons of people every single day who want to gush over them and praise them and it's not hard to see that they get pretty sick of it after a while, especially when sitting around signing autographs for the fawning sycophants like Dorn was. Celebrities aren't anything special. They don't need to be praised. They need to be treated like they're regular people, which is what they are. Be a person, don't be a fan. Don't be starstruck. I'm friends with a bunch of celebrities and the way that happens is to treat them like a regular guy (or gal). Find out what they're like. Don't talk on and on about what they've done. They're sick of that. Like them for who they are, not who they've played on TV. You'd be amazed how far that goes.
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I appreciate that, and the few celebrities that I have been near, I've done that very thing. I just pretended like I didn't know who they were, and moved on about my day. But the thing is, while I understand that they don't really like the notoriety, it comes with the territory. No job is perfect, not even jobs where everybody loves you and you make an embarrassing amount of money. But you have to take the good with the bad. The thing with celebrities is that, if you are rude to your fans long enough, you won't have many after a while. The internet has the made the world a much smaller place, and behavior like Dorn's does make it's way around much more quickly than it did before.

But I do appreciate your point, and it is well taken. I just think that lack of privacy is a trade off for celebrity. So many celebrities have tired of the lack of privacy and just cashed in their chips and moved out of the limelight. :shrug: It's always an option, once you get to the point where it's just "too much."
 
Proud South Korean said:
This. There's several people that I admire that I wish I could just be friends with and discuss things.
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I'm that way. There are people that I tell my husband, "They seem so cool. I'd love to just get a cup of coffee with them, and pick their brains." I see people who have basically the same personality as I do, and I tell him, "I would love to have a glass of wine or ten with her."
 
Jetboogieman said:
Michael Dorn - I loved his character Worf in star trek, I thought he did a fantastic job and you gotta respect a guy who spends most of his working day getting prosthetics put on for 5 hours a day and spends the other 12 working in them.

I paid for an autograph and I tried to approach the subject from a more non star trek approach, I was an actor at the time and I said as a fellow actor how much I appreciated his work on the show and praised his performance.

He reacted very coldly and sarcastically and seemed annoyed when i wanted to shake his hand, it kind of crushes me still to think about that even while typing this.
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You didn't heed his warning, Jet.

 
Superfly said:
I appreciate that, and the few celebrities that I have been near, I've done that very thing. I just pretended like I didn't know who they were, and moved on about my day. But the thing is, while I understand that they don't really like the notoriety, it comes with the territory. No job is perfect, not even jobs where everybody loves you and you make an embarrassing amount of money. But you have to take the good with the bad. The thing with celebrities is that, if you are rude to your fans long enough, you won't have many after a while. The internet has the made the world a much smaller place, and behavior like Dorn's does make it's way around much more quickly than it did before.

But I do appreciate your point, and it is well taken. I just think that lack of privacy is a trade off for celebrity. So many celebrities have tired of the lack of privacy and just cashed in their chips and moved out of the limelight. :shrug: It's always an option, once you get to the point where it's just "too much."
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And yet there are artists and others who manage to live relatively normal lives and who aren't entirely ate up with themselves and aren't tabloid fodder.

I don't regard talent as synonymous with "heroic," though. Entertainers aren't "heroes," at least not in my opinion, even if I admire their talent.
 
Aside from perhaps a dozen or so famous women I'd like to bone, there's no one celebrity I'd particularly like to meet.

Be your own hero.
 
Superfly said:
:lol: Yeah, neither of those surprise me, although Michael Dorn does surprise me. Not everybody is a "trekkie," so you'd think that he'd be glad to meet people who appreciate the craft. Especially since JetBoogieman wasn't wearing some funky Star Trek costume or something.

I don't really have any heroes, but have heard nasty things about celebrities. A friend of mine once waitressed in the Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse, and Dan Ackroyd came in. The waitress had to strictly deal with his handler. She couldn't ask him for his order, she couldnt' give him his food, and neither she, nor anyone else in the restaurant, could not only not ask for autographs, they were specifically forbidden to make eye contact with him.

What a douchenozzle. :roll: Never watched his movies the same way again.
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I have heard the same thing about Dan Akroyd, which disappoints me as I have always liked him as an actor and thought he was better than that.
 
I've never understood how people can view celebrities as heroes. I might enjoy their music, or respect their acting abilities, but have never viewed them as 'heroes'.

My Aunt B, on the other hand, who over came several obstacles in her life to continue her education at age 50+, made a new life for herself and treated everyone around her as equal human beings, and still found time to be a guiding hand, is as close to a hero would ever be.
 
Cephus said:
What you have to understand, and I'm not defending him or anything, but celebrities meet tons of people every single day who want to gush over them and praise them and it's not hard to see that they get pretty sick of it after a while, especially when sitting around signing autographs for the fawning sycophants like Dorn was. Celebrities aren't anything special. They don't need to be praised. They need to be treated like they're regular people, which is what they are. Be a person, don't be a fan. Don't be starstruck. I'm friends with a bunch of celebrities and the way that happens is to treat them like a regular guy (or gal). Find out what they're like. Don't talk on and on about what they've done. They're sick of that. Like them for who they are, not who they've played on TV. You'd be amazed how far that goes.
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Fair enough, but don't have rules like "don't make eye contact" and "only take my food order from my minion". Respect is good, as is being a regular person, but it's also still a two-way street.
 
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