Celebrity blues

All the Oscar talk (BTW, I cheated and looked up the winners after yesterday’s post, I was almost right.  ‘Inglorious Basterds’ is not exactly an emotional movie but I got the rest of them right…) got me thinking about what makes someone famous.  I’ve bitched about that before so I won’t go into that right here.  But then I listened to a podcast that mentioned how Johnny Depp can’t go to Disneyland with his kids because he gets mobbed.  That must suck.  I’m sure it’s great to be Johnny Depp, except for shit like that…

If you were famous, how much interaction would you want with your fans?

I’ve met a few famous people and I always downplay it so I don’t bother the person.  Sometimes I won’t even go over to the person (which is not technically meeting them then is it?) At a meet/greet I’m there shaking hands, whatever.  But if no one else is bothering them, I’ll just nod and smile.  Acknowledging that I recognize them and that I appreciate their work.  If I do actually “meet” them, I keep it calm and brief.  If it’s a lesser known celebrity and they don’t appear busy, I might talk for a few seconds but then I get out of there.  These people have lives too.  Many of them have things to do.  And honestly, what are the odds you say something they don’t always hear?  It has to suck being uber-famous.

I mean really, which of these scenarios is more reasonable behavior?

• “Holy shit!  It’s Ron Jeremy!”  [runs over to him, panting and gasping]  “Golly Mr. Jeremy I sure do love your work.  The first porno I remember seeing is an old VHS copy of ‘The Devil in Miss Jones 3′ that my friends all passed around.  You sure looked terrific in that movie Mr. Jeremy, all dressed up in that diaper and baby doll bib.  Will you autograph my cast?”

• A simple “Mr. Jeremy” and a nod/wink in his direction as he walks on by.

The second choice says all the above without causing a scene.  BUT, what if you are the celebrity and suddenly no one mobbed you when you went down to the local Starbucks?  Would you feel unappreciated?  Would you feel like your time is over, your star is sinking and maybe it’s time to retire?  I don’t know.  I just gotta think we should leave these people alone man.  Let them live their lives.

And really, that baby doll scene in TDIMJ3 is fucking disturbing…