[marron]

A couple of times I have bumped into famous people in passing. Did I ask them for their autograph? Gush and tell them I loved their work? No, I essentially ignored them and treated them as I would any other person I don’t know. I figured they get hounded enough as it is and don’t need it from me.

[Dead Corpse]

Same. Further, most of my "heroes" have been dead for hundreds of years. Decades at the least...

If I see one of them walking around... I'll let EVERYONE know.

[rktman]

Yup. Doris Day ruined any chance I would ever put any of them on some sort of pedestal when I was a little kid(early 1950’s). Never give celebrities a thought about their ‘status’. Passed Dog the Bounty Hunter in Vegas one time. Just a simple nod and “mahalo”.

[cyclotic]

Exactly.

One of my favorite TV shows ever was and still is Barney Miller.

Once at a restaurant in NYC, Hal Linden and his family were at the next table.

“Hey, cool, Hal Linden is next to us” I said quietly to the rest of the table.

That was the end of it.