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| At least you tried | |
| Posted by: dramedy 05:11 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: Billy Porter - oz2252 12:31 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| You’d probably regret not saying anything. And you don’t know what was going on in his mind at the time. I’ve only had two times when I recognized someone (Lenard Nimoy and Henry winkler) and both gave me that look of don’t even think of talking to me before I even considered saying anything. Needless to say, I kept on walking. |
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| re: At least you tried | |
| Posted by: swoozie 10:26 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: At least you tried - dramedy 05:11 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| Agreed. You would have regretted not saying anything. I am also extremely shy and walked up to Sara Bareilles (Practically shaking) during a preview of Waitress and told her how much her song BRAVE meant to me. She was absolutely lovely (as expected) and asked me a few questions about myself. Sometimes meeting heroes is great, sometimes not. |
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| re: At least you tried | |
| Posted by: AlexanderKat 04:40 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: At least you tried - swoozie 10:26 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| I was entering the theatre at the same time as Michael Ball was as they were scanning our tickets. I offhandedly said to him that I had waited four years for a DVD of his from Amazon. to be available He answered he'd hope that it was worth the wait and we both went our own ways. During intermission in the lobby, I was shocked when he and his friend walked up to me and my partner to chat. He said they were both in town to film segments for a theatre program series he hosted in England. I had a fun time asking him questions since I'd just seen CHITTY CHITTY the evening before which he had starred in when it played in London. We spoke about the London production and what he jokingly referred to as "the real star" of the show THE CAR. He thought the Broadway production did an even better job of it. He and his mate couldn't have been nicer. A lovely man. And call it "theatre magic" but we bumped into each other the very next night at a performance of DESSA ROSE. | |
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| re: At least you tried | |
| Posted by: mattyp4 11:40 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: At least you tried - dramedy 05:11 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| It's funny-- my old roommate has a little Henry Winkler story from a bunch of years ago that is like the polar opposite of your experience. They were about to pass each other on a crowded street. He saw him recognize her-- her eyes lit up-- but before she could say anything he pointed at her & gave her a big joyous wave & said hello. That was it. But it made her day & she was happy to talk about that little NYC encounter for years. Just goes to show that we shouldn't judge these celebrities by one singular encounter. As other people have pointed out, if they come off as "rude" it could be that they are just having a bad day. So just know that Henry Winkler probably isn't the a**hole that you always assumed he was! |
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| Henry Winkler. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 03:43 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: At least you tried - mattyp4 11:40 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| I have only ever gotten the impression that Henry Winkler is the loveliest, most affable guy. Even at the height of Happy Days fame I've only heard great stories. Jerry Stiller did the same thing to myself and a couple of friends at a cafe downstairs from the Beacon Hotel. It was 1994 and I guess he was at the height of his Seinfeld fame and we sighted him but we were trying to be cool but he caught our gaze and said "Hi, guys! How ya doing?" With some people it might have felt like a deliberately aggressive hello as if to say "You want a piece of me? You want a PIECE of me?!?" (to quote one of his funniest moments) but he just seemed like a genuinely personable mensch. |
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| re: At least you tried | |
| Posted by: JohnPopa 09:48 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: At least you tried - mattyp4 11:40 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| I know a couple people who have seen shows where Winkler was seated around them and each said he was very outgoing and chatty (before the show and at intermission, of course.) Granted, this was in the last 15 years or so, not at the peak of his fame. | |
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| I didn’t think he was bad | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:31 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: At least you tried - mattyp4 11:40 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| It’s his private time and he didn’t want to be bothered. I get it. Same with nimoy, it was intermission and he didn’t want to be bothered on his time off. | |
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| re: At least you tried | |
| Posted by: StageLover 06:40 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: At least you tried - dramedy 05:11 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| I got that look once from Sally Field, after an evening at the LA Music Center. It could've froze water. | |
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| re: At least you tried | |
| Posted by: portenopete 03:45 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: At least you tried - StageLover 06:40 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| I'd expect her to be quite friendly, but whatever :). | |
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