re: What celebrities have you met? Were they nice or a jerk?

I went to a small art show in West Hollywood over a decade ago that featured pieces inspired by 80s movies, and Ernie Hudson showed up. He actually spoke with my sister and I for several minutes and was quite friendly. I got a kick out of him saying "I still talk to Danny and Harold regularly...Bill is a little harder to get a hold of."

Since my sister works in the industry, she has a ton of stories, many of which I can't even remember. Her funniest story though has to be when she went apartment hunting in L.A. with Shirley Jones riding shotgun.

Met Lenny Kravitz in an airport bar while waiting for a connecting flight.

Was sitting next to him for about 20 minutes and into my second old fashioned when it dawned on me why he looked so familiar to me.

By this time, almost everyone else had left the bar and it was just one or two other people.

He caught me glancing at him and says, not angry - but directly, "What?!".

I immediately respond with no hesitation the only words that I could think to say, not planned, it just came out: "I'm just wondering... is Lisa Bonet as crazy as the tabloids say?"

Loud boisterous laughter. "You gonna lead with that!!!"

"Sorry, didn't mean to offend. I had a huge crush on her back in the day. Just hoped to get verification if that was wasted energy."

(pause)

"I'll tell you this. She's crazy as hell man. But she's the most loving person I'll ever know and I'll love her until I die. She's truly beautiful on the inside and out."

(another pause)

(slight chuckle) "but yeah, she's crazy as hell."

After that, we talked about Eleuthera, Bahamas for another 20 minutes or so until I needed to catch my flight. Pretty sure all he was drinking was water with lime wedge (if anyone is wondering).

Ran into Elisabeth Shue on vacation in the Caribbean in the early 90s. Had a few drinks together and tried to bed her. Failed. Bummer.

Was throwing a decoy for the dog at the park when Ryan Gosling walked over, followed by a guy with a big studio Steadicam.

The actor asked in a polite, pleasant voice if he could throw the decoy for the dog.

After he threw a few times a passerby screamed "That's Ryan Gosling!" and a mob scene ensued.

A similar thing happened at DFW when I spotted a fashionably-dressed Renée Zellweger walking out of an airport restaurant.

A dipshit coworker screamed "That's Renée Zellweger!" and started chasing her through the terminal.

So it seems like most celebrities are nicer than most fans.

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You have to be carded no matter what in Tennessee.

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Can confirm. It's the dumbest thing ever.

They will card a 90 year old woman in a wheelchair.

When I was a youngster, had a miss USA bitch come to our business. I had to take down her personal information and she flat out refused because she didn’t trust me. For like 10 minutes I explained to her I was the only one allowed to fill out the paper work and she said no.

Manager knew her and called her later to tell her I was correct.

I saw Eminem go into a bathroom stall once to take a shite, so I stood by it until he came out and I asked for an autograph. He wouldnt give it to me so I called him an a-hole.

Nicest one I ever met was Clarence Thomas at a social event. Very friendly and just wanted to cut up and laugh.

Also Gordon Ramsay was very nice, polite, engaging, and respectful. I really wanted him to call me a donkey, but his friendly demeanor was too disarming.

I ran into comedian Dave Attel on the street. Tried to get him into a bar by tempting him with a few warm-up rounds on me before a show, but unfortunately he had probably sobered up by then. Quitter.

Ran into Nancy Pelosi once in Union Station in DC. We almost literally ran into each other. She looked surprised. My first thought was - nice tits. I just wrapped up a happy hour with some buddies, so I was a bit buzzed and think I probably complemented her tits, but I mumbled. I doubt she heard me. I regret not speaking up.

Met James Doohan, Scottie from Star Trek. He was drunk as frick.

I met both Norman Reedus and Andrew Lincoln while they were filming season three of The Walking Dead. Both were super nice.