17 Unexpected and (Mostly) Cool Encounters with Celebs

#12. Bill Nye the Science Guy

“When my friend and I were 10, we were walking through a movie theater in Seattle and saw Bill Nye in the hallway.

Yes, he was wearing a bow tie.

We were too scared to say anything at first, but once he was down the hallway, my friend and I whisper-counted to three and sang ‘Bill, Nye the Science Guy!’

He turned around, smiled big, and said, ‘You’re good kids.'”

#13. “Just give me a moment…”

“I met Russell Brand at an airport in Puerto Vallarta this summer. He was with his girlfriend and seemed friendly enough so I went and asked for a photo.

He smiled at me, said ‘Just give me a moment,’ stood up, walked around the gate, and proceeded to board the plane.

I ain’t even mad.”

#14. “Sometimes it keeps me up at night.”

“I was in New York watching a play (which by coincidence also had John Lithgow and Katie Holmes in it), and a gorgeous brunette sat a few seats down from me. She looked strikingly familiar but I couldn’t place where I knew her from.

Slooooowly I crane my neck to the side, and sure enough, I realize that three seats to my left is Anne Hathaway. I have no idea what happened in the second act of the play.

After the play ends, I’m making my way out of the theater, and I end up stopped in a log jam of patrons trying to leave the theater, standing right next to her, with nobody moving.

She gives a little smile, I decide to just go for it. ‘Do I know you from somewhere?’

‘Yes I’m Anne Hathaway.’

‘Oh. Okay. Thanks. That would of bugged me all night.’

And I fucking run for it. I just shove my way through the crowd in front of me and I’m out the door, and I slam right into the thing that was holding up the line.

The entire cast, including Katie Holmes and John Lithgow are signing playbills, and I had just shoulder-checked my way right in front of them.

John Lithgow says, ‘HEY! No cutting, wiseguy,’ and part of me dies inside.

Sometimes it keeps me up at night.”

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#15. The Broom of Dustiny

“Jack Black once came into the movie theater I used to work at.

He accidentally spilled his popcorn all over the front row of the theater. I saw this and went over to clean it up, but he told me to have a seat, took my broom and dustpan and cleaned it up himself.

Awesome guy.”

#16. Tim Tebow has a pretty good memory

“Chatted briefly with Tim Tebow at a restaurant once. He was nice enough, then asked me what I did and how it was going and all that jazz.

Then, I saw him maybe a month later at another restaurant, and we happened to make eye contact. As he was making his rounds through all the fans and whatnot, he stopped by where I was sitting, addressed me by name, remembered my job, and asked how that all was going.

I was blown away. I don’t give a shit about all the religion stuff he does; he’s just a genuinely good person.”

#17. “You want a hug?”

“I met Steve Buscemi outside of a comedy club in L.A.

My friends and I saw him smoking a cigarette alone, and I went up to him and said, “Hey, you’re Steve Buscemi. Can I have a hug?”

Then he said, ‘You want a hug?’

He shrugged and gave me a hug.”