Some of them made sense obviously,Dolly Partonis a gem but some were super surprising!
Here are people’s best celebrity encounter stories.
They were literally turning lights off in the convention center.
He stood up and said not to worry, that he was gonna meet all of us.
When we got up to him he was great; he shook both my wifes hand and then mine.
He wrote out a line from the episode and signed it.
Then we asked if he would do us a favor, and he said, ‘anything.’
He cracked a huge smile, stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and air piano-ed perfectly!
We thanked him and he shook our hands again and thanked us for waiting.
It was just awesome and he really was just amazingly nice."
“I metHenry Winklerat a con.
He pretty much ignored me and talked to my daughter the whole time.
In line he got down and did a magic trick for her.
When we took the picture he was hugging her.
Scripted line, but damn if it didn’t make me tear up.
Then he asked if he could have a hug and she practically leapt into his arms.
It will always be one of my favorite celebrity moments.”
Once I was at Tower Records and two women went up to him and told him they were fans.
It was pretty funny.
“My family ran intoBryan Cranstonat my brother’s law school graduation.
He agreed to take a picture with us and my dad mentioned Tim Watley [the dentist fromSeinfeld.
(We live in a different country than him.)
Then she hears someone behind her say ‘Cool indeed’….it was Jack Black.”
She took a photo with me and told me to always be inspired by what I want to achieve.
It was such a cool moment.
I’ll always remember it."
My dads mate is from Newcastle, so he speaks in a Geordie accent.
Turns around and boom, Christian Bale.
“Rachel McAdams is by far the nicest celebrity Ive met.
This was 14 or so years ago but peakNotebookandMean Girlsfame.
I told her what a fan I was and then as a 16-year-old boy kind of blacked out lol.
Later as we were leaving the building, she ran up to say hi and remembered my name.
She was just SO genuinely nice.”
“I’ve met Weird Al over 30 times, but one of my favorite ones was in 2019.
We also did all the touristy things like Disneyland and studio tours.
She said we had just gone to LA and the teacher asked what she had done.
No mention of Disney or anything else.
“Robert Downey Jr.
He was so down to earth and always joking.
He hung out at the nurses station with us a few times and was always engaging.
He ordered the entire floor In-N-Out for dinner one night.
He never expected preferential treatment.
And he was there daily genuinely concerned for his family member, participating in his care decision, etc.
Just a cool dude.
No assistant or better-than-thou attitude.”
“Dolly Parton has been the nicest celebrity that I ever met.
A lot of stars dont want you to even look at them.
She complemented me on my hair and makeup.
Olivia offered to pose for pictures and did not leave until she ensured we were happy with the pics.
My wife met her hero that day and came away even more enamored with her.
Lovely lady, RIP.”
He treats the entire crew with respect, and is happy to have a conversation with anyone.
He turns on the temper for the cameras, but grins mischievously about it on the other side.
I used to work security at music venue and he came to do his podcast live.
He walked up, saying hi to everyone around as he was walking up.
He extended his hand out to get a wristband but I went to shake his hand instead.
He said, ‘Nice to meet you too bud but am I getting one of those as well.’
And right before he was about to leave he asked if anybody else wanted a picture.”
And he said, ‘hey, thanks man.’
He did not need to say that.
He was working out with his trainer and wife.
Really nice dude."
Kid and stage mum (and all of us who witnessed this) were big fans.
I met him the other day and he’s so sweet.
“The late John Candy.
Father-in-law was a pain-in-the-ass yet Candy treated him like a nice new acquaintance.”
“I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Goldblum three times in my life.
He’s a sweet and fun dude.
I have a small YouTube channel and I asked him if he could make a small video for it.
He grabbed my phone and said, ‘Sure!
What do you want me to do?'”
“I met Magic Johnson at King’s Island in Cincinnati years ago.
He was genuinely super kind and polite.
“Conan O’Brien was filming a remote forLate Nighta long time ago at the casino I was working at.
He was a super nice guy.
He had no entourage.
Im a Conan guy for life after that interaction.”
My dad and I changed the tires on his motorcycle we didn’t even know who we were meeting.
One of the coolest experiences ever.”
“Years ago I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis.
She’s super nice and kind to everyone on set.
I remember talking to her about Lindsay Lohan, back then she was still getting in trouble.
They had done a movie together and she seemed genuinely worried about her.
I am glad they have stayed in touch and they are apparently working together again.”
“I met Matthew Lillard once when he and his then-fiance sawBeing John Malcovichat the theater I worked at.
Matthew was nice and just said ‘yeah.’
I kinda gave him a little grin cause I knew more of his work.
He gave me the same kinda grin like, ‘What are you gonna do?’
After the movie let out, I asked him how he liked it.
He said it was worth a watch.
I told himSLC Punk!was amazing.
He seemed glad to get recognized for a smaller role.
He was just a down-to-earth, chill dude.”
“I met Steven Tyler in Italy once.
We made eye contact and all I could say was, ‘Oh my god, youre Steven Tyler!’
He replied with, ‘Fuck yeah I am!’
I met him about five years ago.
My parents were members at a country club in North Carolina, he was there visiting his sister.
He was a really chill guy and made me a big fan for life.”
“I met Olivia Colman very very briefly the year she won her Oscar.
She was so nice!
The whole interaction must have lasted five minutes, if that.
But she was really lovely!
She seemed really shocked almost that we recognized her.
I was also star struck, and I never thought I would be that punch in of person.
But I was!”
“Ke Huy Quan … is actually the kindest and sweetest, most darling man.
We missed you!!’
And he would start getting really emotional and tearing up so wed have to pause between each interview.
It meant so much to him.
Hes such a good dude!!!!”
I worked with him on a film about 14 years ago.
Because of his status, we had someone on standby to get him lunch from anywhere he might like.
He couldn’t have been nicer or more down-to-earth."
“Larry David was so nice to us when we asked to take pictures with him.
Some set crew person angrily yelled at us to ‘get away from Larry David!!!’
and Larry just smiled at us and said: ‘Oh, it’s fine!
Come on up here !’
and proceeded to greet and engage in small talk with us for a bit before we took pictures.
He seemed like a genuinely friendly guy.”
After that, it was like we had been friends for years."
Admittedly I did meet him near the end of his life, but he was incredibly gracious.
I was visiting my husband who was catering the movieThings Change.
He was all decked out in fancy clothes for the shoot that day and looked marvelous.
Such a gentleman everyone on the crew loved working with him."
36.And finally…“Aaron Neville.
We used to play Words With Friends against each other.
I met him after a couple of concerts, and he knew who I was!
He even started to sing!”
Submissions have been edited for length/clarity.
