I seen a bunch of celebs bouncing around Montreal, but I never really felt star struck, because they would never talk to you normally anyway, to them you are some crazed fan. To me, almost all of them seemed like snobs, only vaguely covering up their real identity.

The only real star struck I had was when I met Lieutenant-General Roméo Alain Dallaire at a development conference out in Ottawa. I really admired this man, his efforts in Rwanda and his relentless pursuit of trying to change Canadians outlook on what Canada should mean on the International stage in the 21st Century.

He seemed like a big sad bear.

I think it's kind of an embarassed feeling that you know the something about that person and they don't know sh*t about you.

I've met some of the Chaser "stars" at a party before, so to overcome my feelings of starstruckification I went and hugged one of them with a rake to introduce myself.

long story, but i will *try* to make it short ...

i used to work at this greasy-spoon hamburger joint (just a small shack on the side of the road). it has been in business for over 60yrs and hires high schoolers during the season. clamps (aptly named after the original owners) is on the way to a more affluent part of the scenic country life (in connecticut) and rakes in the business.

one weekday afternoon a red head stops with her young son and nanny in tow. she looks sooooooooooooo familiar, so i give her 'that look' and say, "can i ask you a question?" she quickly responds with, "yes, i am!" i laugh and told her that i had no clue who she was. she replied, "i guess it will remain a mystery" we laughed some more and then she took her food and went to sit down at a picnic table.

i figured she someone in one of the many soap operas i watched at the time ... i had my own apartment senior year and had basic cable (12 channels), so it was soap operas, sitcoms, and my boyfriend's STNG video tape collection.

she came back to get an ice cream for her son and i couldn't resist, "can you just you just tell me your name?" she obliged with, "gates mcfadden" i shrugged and she just smiled and walked away.

moments later it hit me!!!! dr beverly crusher from the star trek enterprise ... i nearly bolted out the door for her autograph before being stopped by the owner. he told me one of the reasons they are so popular is because they treat celebrities like 'normal' people! UGH!!!!

she was walking to her car to leave and i yelled, " goodbye dr beverly crusher!!" she laughed and waved!

that was my most memorable meeting but there have been others that i've just seen around my hometown. i've spoken to kyra sedgewick, oscar de la renta, gloria vanderbilt, the kissingers, dustin hoffman, mia farrow, michael bolton ... i worked for the local answering service in high school so they REALLY weren't talking to me ... more like leaving a message for a client!!! i used to keep their phone numbers ... like i'd EVER call one of them!!! hahahahaha

i've invited adam sandler over for a 'home cooked meal' he filmed mr deed's in my hometown and i met him on the green (center part of town). i had nothing on me but my checkbook so i had him sign that and then gave him a deposit slip and circled my name and addy!!! *slaps forehead* winona ryder is beautiful in person!

anyway .... i said i would try to make it short, but i'm a girl and it didn't work! so there ya go ...

Oh dear, LadyBug tried to get it on with Adam Sandler! Dirty lil' minx of a insect!

Great story - you live in *that* town? Cool! Where is that!?

I got a letter of condolence from Matt Groening after posting one of his "Life in Hell"-cartoon drawrings at work and getting fired for it-He sent me and autographed pic and a postcard sayin' "Sorry buddy...Life is...This was prior to 85', bout a year b-4 The Simpsons.....Oh yeah...Met lotsa rock stars, bit actors, supermodels, and politicians......funny they all smell similar......Don't worry, your 15 minutes is almost up!

google is your friend, krupo!!

Farhad's already accused me of being a stalker, I don't want to confirm it by figuring out where you live!

Besides, it was more of a rhetorical "Where is that?", in the cryptic sense that I'm impressed by the fact you live there, wherever it is... then again they just filmed Hairspray up my street a few weeks ago, so I really shouldn't get so impressed... but I do anyway...

nothing wrong with being impressed! keeps one humble!!

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I saw Rod Stewart and his hot GF in a hotel lobby in Perth.

I wanted to go up and talk to him, but he gave me this look like "talk to me and I'll rip your head off and sing Maggie May down your neck".

he gave me this look like "talk to me and I'll rip your head off and sing Maggie May down your neck"
Fantastic.

Wow, some of you folks have some good celebrity sighting stories.

I've run into "Chocolate Bear" from Scrubs at the Santa Monica promenade, Jimmy Kimmel at the Beverly Center, walked around a shirt store at the Venetian hotel in Vegas with Howie Mandel, unbeknownst to him, (who was with a woman in a handicap-style electric scooter for some reason), and I've seen Kobe Bryant with his attractive wife on two different occasions, once at Disneyland and another time at a mall shopping for baby furniture. The only celebrity I've ever actually approached was a local news reporter, who was quite friendly; I always feel like I'd be bothering people who'd rather be left alone and then later regret not having chatted with them.

I recently got a 300mm lens for my camera and my wife and I plan to hit well-known celebrity spots in Hollywood to get first-person photos like amateur paparazzi (though just for the fun of it, of course).

Yeah it's always fun until Sean Penn punches you in the face

Oh, no. We aren't aiming to do anything like that . The 300mm lens is so we can sit at a distance and snap pics undetected like.
You know, P.I. style.