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IMAGINE YOU....AND JAKE...OR HEATH...
ednbarby:
Well, unless either of them struck up a conversation with me first (and even then my tongue, along with the rest of me, would probably be paralyzed), I wouldn't say or do anything save steal a couple of discrete glances and feel warm and tingly all over.
I have this thing about approaching famous people when they're in their own personal space. Ed and I were in the West End about 10 years ago, and I remember I had recently seen "Mrs. Brown" for the first time and was completely in awe of Judi Dench. We were waiting for the double-decker tour bus to make its rounds back to our stop and noticed a group of people coming out of a theater about 10 yards from where we were standing. Suddenly the little group was mobbed by people with pens and books, and I said, "I wonder who it is?" As the crowd dissipated, I noticed a couple of theater actors I recognized - one, even, who was in the play we had just seen the night before. As the group of them separated, out emerged from the center none other than Judi Dench. I whispered to Ed, "Oh, my God. It's Judi Dench. The one we liked so much in that "Mrs. Brown" movie we watched a couple weeks ago, remember?" She was walking in our direction, but not looking at us - just straight ahead. I was trying very hard not to stare and to look nonchalant. I remember she had this umbrella she was carrying like a cane - it was almost as tall as she was. He whispered, "Well, go get her autograph." I said, "No way. If I'd known it was her when they were mobbing her, maybe, but not now that she's in her own space." She waved her umbrella for a taxi, and one immediately appeared and whisked her away. I've never regretted not bothering her.
David:
If it were Jake.....I'd walk up next to him and whisper in his ear "Don'tcha remember how good it was last time? Meet me behind the store in 10 minutes" and then calmly walk out of the store.
Hey, 50-50 chance he does right? LOL :laugh:
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on May 24, 2006, 12:53:45 pm ---If it were Jake.....I'd walk up next to him and whisper in his ear "Don'tcha remember how good it was last time? Meet me behind the store in 10 minutes" and then calmly walk out of the store.
Hey, 50-50 chance he does right? LOL :laugh:
--- End quote ---
The first non-shy, non-tongue twisted person in the group. LOL!
ednbarby:
David, you are my hero. ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
Barb, that's really classy of you, letting Judi Dench alone in her own space. That's what I would probably do if I ran into Heath or Jake as described. I would tell myself I was respecting their privacy, though I would have to admit to myself that I was really just rationalizing cowardice.
On the other hand, two weeks ago at a subscribers party for the Pennsylvania Ballet, I actually found the nerve to go up to my favorite dancer when he was momentarily alone and introduce myself. Somehow I found the tongue and the breath. I apologized for intruding and said I really enjoyed his performance in a particular show, and at that his face just lit up like a 100-watt bulb. It made me feel really good for finding the guts to speak to him.
So maybe I'd be able to find the nerve to say something similar to Heath or Jake. ... Jake. ... Jake. ... ;)
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