People Who Didn’t Realize They’d Met A Celebrity Until It Was Too Late

“My mom yelled at Pierce Brosnan. She and my dad were at a ski resort getting lunch. My mother gets quite hangry (an unfortunate trait I inherited) and was waiting in line to order. Right as she's about to order a guy tried to cut in front of her and interrupts her. She snapped and told him to go to the back of the line like everyone else. She got her food and went back to my dad sitting there mouth wide open in shock.

‘Do you know who that was?’

‘No?’

‘That was Pierce Brosnan. You just yelled at James Bond.’

‘Well, he shouldn't have tried to cut me.’” — XANA12345 / Reddit

“I was ten years old in 2002 when my mom took me to the Bronx Zoo for the first time. It was a rainy day so we practically had the whole place to ourselves except for three British kids running around, chaperoned by a woman. My mom quickly befriended the woman while I made like a kid and joined the hoard, looking at spiders and scorpions and sharing in the awe and excitement of the animals. After about an hour when we said our goodbyes, my mother told me that the kid, Daniel, who I had been hanging out with had played Harry Potter in the movie that came out last year.

I had thought he looked familiar.” — Syntactic_Acrobatics / Reddit

“My cousin rode a ski lift with Jack Black in Vail. Just the two of them. Her husband and I were in the lift behind them, freaking out. When we got off the lift they’d gone their separate ways. We made our way to her she was like, ‘Wow, that guy on my lift was so nice.’ We were like, ‘THAT WAS JACK BLACK.’ She was like ‘THE SCHOOL OF ROCK GUY?’

She was so embarrassed. She said she rambled on about living in Iowa for most of their conversation. We laughed our asses off.” — palexander_6 / Reddit

“One of my best friends’ doppelganger is Ethan Hawke. Like it's scary how much he resembles him, to the point that during those stupid Facebook challenges he just changed his profile picture to him and nobody realized it. Also his favorite story was one time at San Diego Comic-Con he actually confused Rosario Dawson at a hotel bar.

Anyway one night I’m walking home from work in NYC, and I see who I thought was my friend John just walking on a kind of secluded part of 9th ave around Hell's Kitchen, and I yell ‘JOHN!’

He doesn’t turn around.

So I decide to yell it again, and instead of responding his pace quickens. I decide the best thing to do is to run at him which seemed to terrify him as keep in mind it’s late and there are very few people around. Anyway I catch up to him and say ‘Oh, you're not John’ and then walk away from what was a very frightened Ethan Hawke.” — whereegosdare / Reddit

“My friend’s mom (over 70 years old) owns a small Asian grocery store. Post Malone came walking in with his girlfriend and his mom had no idea who he was. A few cute things happened:

1. She was nervous because of his tattoos, but happy/not worried once he bought a lot of food. She had no idea he was a celebrity.

2. She gave him a free snack for buying so much food and told him to come back for lunchtime for cheap and tasty gyoza (he did come back the next day!)

3. She was worried he would get mugged going to his car because of three big men outside so she followed him outside (they were his bodyguards)

4. She really liked his “cool car” (it was a Lamborghini)

She told my friend about the encounter that evening and he pulled up a YouTube video based on the description — it was him. When Post Malone came back the next day for gyoza she got a selfie with him (it’s on my friend’s phone so I don’t have the picture available right now). Whole thing is adorable with how innocent his mom is.” — Resviole / Reddit

“I worked at a movie theater in Albuquerque at the time they were filming the first Avengers film. Captain America was about to come out, I remember because we had the huge standee of him in the lobby. I was reading in the box office when three people came up. Guy asked for three tickets to Bridesmaids. It was dark out and he had a green baseball cap and sunglasses. He paid with a credit card. Christopher Evans. I stared at the card after I swiped it. Handed it back. ‘I need you to sign the receipt’ — he did. And then he walked in.” — sarahm0ses / Reddit

“This happened yesterday! My wife took my son to the zoo, and he wanted to read every little plaque in the reptile area. My wife was distracted for a moment, so he asked the nearest stranger to read the plaque for him. My wife turned around to see Scarlett Johansson happily reading the info to him.” — mojomann128 / Reddit

“My mom is a big sports fan. One time she was shopping and saw a really large, fit-looking man who she didn't immediately recognize but seemed familiar. She thought it must have been a professional football player or something, so she went up to the only other person in the shop, who was this smaller weird-looking guy, and asked him if he knew who the athletic-looking man was. The short guy looked at my mom and said, ‘That's my bodyguard, I'm Elton John.’” — tastefulsidebutthole / Reddit

“I met Justin Timberlake and had no idea it was him until someone told me afterwards. Went to a basketball game with my dad and we stopped by the bar area in the arena first. The game had just started so it was pretty empty except for the bar itself. My dad goes to the restroom and I walk up to the bar to order a beer. There’s only one seat at the bar next to a guy in a baseball cap and sunglasses. I politely ask if the seat is taken and he just says, ‘Nope, it's all you, man.’ We [chat] for a couple minutes. He’s sitting on my right and eventually he says he and his wife are going to go to their seats. He extends his hand and asks my name. I tell him and ask his name. He says, ‘Justin. Nice to meet you dude, have a good night.’

He and his wife leave and the bartender comes up to me and says, ‘You know that was Justin Timberlake, right?’

I immediately did a double take and couldn’t believe I didn’t recognize him even with the hat and sunglasses. I told my girlfriend at the time who was a huge Justin Timberlake fan and she couldn’t believe I met him without knowing it was him. She wouldn’t let it go for like a month.” — Ken_the_Andal / Reddit

“Not sure if this counts but when I was 15 I was really into playing Starcraft (being a three-month-old game at the time) on battle.net. I did mostly three-versus-three games. After finishing this one particularly epic match (close game, we won), we all got into a chat room to talk about how fun that was. IIRC, one of them says something to the effect of, ‘Not sure if you all care but you just beat Ben Affleck.’ Of course we all ask him to prove it, so he told us to wait a minute and visit his official website’s message board. He had just made a post in red (red being Ben Affleck himself) about just losing a game of Starcraft. We briefly chatted with him and that was it.” — gregorykay / Reddit

“Was at a convenience store in L.A. when me and a very nicely-dressed black gentleman walked up to the cashier at the same time to pay. It was night-time and he had his dark shades on and was talking on his phone. I gave him the, ‘After you’ gesture and he nodded and said, ‘Thanks buddy,’ paid, and left. It wasn’t until he was out of the store that I realized he was Jamie Foxx.” — anonymous / Reddit

“This doesn’t count because it’s about my father-in-law, and he legitimately didn’t know who she was, but we were vacationing in Maine and spending a lot of time on the beach. My father-in-law would walk his dog early everyone morning. He met this lady and they would meet up and walk their dogs together then go their separate ways.

One morning I got up early to come with him, and to my surprise, we met up with Sigourney Weaver and went for a walk.” — Londonforce / Reddit

“I was in a book store in RI and was in the horror section. Picked up a book by Stephen King, and flipped it over and saw his picture on the back (or inside the cover, I don’t really remember).

I look up, and in the next aisle over, right across the bookshelf from me, is a guy that looks exactly like Stephen King. So I hold up the book and say, ‘Is this you?’

‘Yeah.’

‘Good books.’

‘Thanks.’

And that was that.” — EatATaco / Reddit

“My husband was vacationing in Arizona, killing time in a bar over a burger and a beer. A guy sits next to him and my husband has a nice chat with him. The guy leaves and my husband goes to close his tab and the bartender tells him it’s been covered by the guy he was talking to.

The bartender asks if he knows who he was talking to. My husband has no idea. Chuck Norris, it was his bar.

Edit: How embarrassing. It wasn’t Arizona, it is Woody’s Wharf in Newport, California and still exists today. The story is still true. I just flaked on the location. Thanks for all the fun comments!” — diskebbin / Reddit

“The Rock was at the Gold Coast, Australia to film San Andreas. He came into the place where I worked in Surfers Paradise with a woman and a young child. He was kind-of in disguise, had his head covered and had something partially obscuring his chin.

I served them and didn’t recognize him at first. The woman handled the talking, and he just kind of hung back quietly. I looked at him once, and probably wouldn't have given him a second thought, but his eyes widened for that split second (possibly he was wondering if I’d recognized him and was about to cause a scene, it was a packed centre) and it just clicked in my head to connect the eyes with the news of The Rock being in town.

Once I made the connection, it was totally obvious who he was, and since I was still looking at him, I could tell by now he knew he’d been spotted.

Then I just wished the group enjoy their day and half-smiled at him, and he gave me a nod, and they went about their business.

I didn't tell anyone at work, because I didn't want the dude to get swamped when he was trying to spend time with his family. I didn’t tell anyone I knew, because it’s really not that much of a story. In fact, this is the first I've ever shared this story with anyone.” — aardvarkyardwork / Reddit

“My father has the best one. He was coming back from work and was stepping around a bus that was outside the Port Authority in NYC. As he’s coming around, someone else is coming the other way and they bump into each other. My father apologizes and the guy just gives him a smile, letting him know that it's cool. As walks away, he looks back again and realizes that it's Henry Winkler, a.k.a. The Fonz, and he almost knocked him on his ass. This was before cameras in phones were a thing.” — jarrettbrown / Reddit

“I used to be a server at a Mexican restaurant right outside L.A. in the late ’90s. One day Leonardo DiCaprio came in with who I assume was his mom to have lunch. This would've been post-Titanic so really at the peak of his breakthrough mega celeb status. He was wearing a ball cap, sunglasses, and was unshaven but I recognized him anyway. I didn't let anyone know and I wrote something like, ‘Your movies are awesome, I hope you liked our food,’ on his receipt when I dropped it off at the table.

After he left, I swung by and picked up his payment and he had left me a note back that said, ‘Thank you so much for not blowing my cover’ with a $100 tip. Was awesome I was only like 19, I went and got some Playstation games with it after my shift ended.” — Z0MBGiEF / Reddit

“My father taught at a private studio school in SoCal after he retired and told a story about a young student who walked in looking for a studio teacher. He asked the young lady to sit down, then she asked him if he knew who she was. He said he didn’t. She said, ‘I’m Lizzie McGuire.’ My father said it was nice to meet Lizzie and asked her again to sit down. Then, she replied that her name was Hilary, to which my father claimed he said, ‘Is your name Lizzie or Hilary? Do you know?’ Hilary got up and left, and didn’t come back. This story is from a man who knew nothing of popular culture at the time.” — chrsco909 / Buzzfeed

“Years ago, like 20 years ago, I went to see Adam Sandler standup at a small comedy club. Clearly I knew who he was because I got tickets to his show. My date and I were running a smidge late and ran into a guy in the lobby. A guy I used to work with, so I was like, ‘Hey! Danny, how are you doing, what have you been up to?’ He was like, ‘I’m good, how are you?’ I responded that I was good, but running late for the show, had to run and he said, ‘Okay, have a good night,’ and walked off. As my date and I walked into the club, he said, ‘You know who that was?’

It wasn’t Danny. It was Adam Sandler. But, gotta say, he played the part of Danny well. One of his better roles.” — mtoomtoo / Reddit

“I was once at Baby Beach on Maui with my husband and our youngest two kids. I went to sit in the shade with our stuff and our two-year-old son followed me up the sand. He stopped, said something to another little boy that I couldn’t hear. With a grouchy look on his face, he picked up one of his sand toys. I am used to my curmudgeon larvae but felt bad. So I went over to meet his mom and tried to invite my son to play with her kid. I said, ‘It was nice to meet you. What’s your name?’ She said, ‘I’m Hilary,’ and chuckled to herself. I asked what her son’s name was; she told me he is Luca. Still not placing why she looked familiar, I asked my little grouch if he would like to come share his toys with Luca and make friends. Unfortunately, he did not make friends with Hilary Duff’s son. The memory still makes me cringe.” — nicolemorkert / Buzzfeed

“I was once taking a phone call booking for a new client... I didn’t think anything of it even when she gave me her name and email address. Flash-forward to a couple of days later and this woman comes in for her appointment, and it’s just casually Princess Beatrice, granddaughter of the Queen of England. No big deal. She was really nice and every time she would come in, she would greet me, the receptionist, by name, and ask how I was.” — ashleyc81 / Buzzfeed

“Probably close to 20 years ago, my grandparents were visiting family in L.A. and went out alone to do some shopping while everyone was at school/work... My grandpa went into a small boutique by himself to look at gifts for my grandma. He held the door open for a woman and two men. He had a light conversation with the woman while he looked around. As he was leaving, one of the men pulled him aside and said something like, ‘Thank you for not making a big deal out of being in here with her. We’ve been dodging paparazzi all day.’ My grandpa was super-confused but just said, ‘Of course.’ When he got to my grandma, he asked if she knew who the woman was who’d gone into the store after him. It was Angelina Jolie.” — nikola2393 / Buzzfeed

“It was near closing and I was working the customer service desk at Lowe’s... A man came up and said he bought a refrigerator. I asked for his phone number because that's how we invoice them. He smiles a kinda cute smile and said no. I asked if it was invoiced. He said no and gave me a slip of paper with the item number. I rang him out, then watched him leave, then watched my head cashier practically tackle him in the parking lot. I turned to the next customer and he was watching, too. He told me, in excitement, it was Troy Polamalu from the Pittsburgh Steelers.” — ponygirl79 / Buzzfeed

“Years ago, my dad was playing at some music event and before the show started, he and his friend were walking around the venue to kill time... This lady walked up to the two of them and asked where the stage was. My dad just casually gave her directions and continued on. Meanwhile, my dad’s friend was completely frozen. After the woman went on her way, my dad looked at his friend and said, ‘You gotta let me know if any of these people here are important or something.’ This knocked my dad’s friend out of his shock and he told my dad, ‘Well, we can start with her. That was Marie Osmond.’” — mackenziegh / Buzzfeed

“So I walked up to this dude at the showers at the beach and he said, ‘Hey, kid, can you turn on the water for me?’ I was a little confused but did so anyway and then walked away. I walk over to where my cousins are talking and tell them what happened and how it was kind of creepy. My cousin just replied, ‘Creepy? That was Justin Bieber!’” — livinforjesus / Buzzfeed

“Around 2000, my mom was selling at a flea market and thought she recognized this cute, young blonde woman who was clearly trying to stay incognito while browsing the booth... Mom thought she’d come up with the solution and asked, ‘Do I know you from somewhere?' The woman smiled and adorably did the ‘shhh’ finger to her lips, but Mom had no chill and asked, ‘Are you Tracey Gold from Growing Pains?’ The woman responded, ‘Uh, no, I’m Reese.’ As in Reese Witherspoon, right when her fame was exploding. My mom was about ten years out of date when it came to cute pop-culture blondes.” — squirreltooth / Buzzfeed

“My mom just casually became pool buddies with Pitbull when she was living in L.A. She had absolutely no clue who he was and even asked him one day what he did for a living. He told her he was a rapper and went by Pitbull, and she said she would try to check out his music because she hadn’t heard of him. Later, on the phone, she asked me if I’d ever heard of him. She would call him Armando and say he was very sweet and a gentleman.” — laurabellejean / Buzzfeed

“I used to play in local bands in Seattle back in the late ’90s. I was sitting in the Mecca (a bar in the Queen Ann neighborhood) and in walks this dude with another buddy and they sit down next to me — I didn't look up as I was enjoying a pint and a book. We all mutually knew the bartender well. They started talking about cars or something then it led to music. I made a quick quip about Soundgarden and how I hoped that they would make another album (this was just before Down on the Upside). I heard the dude next to me say, ‘Wish granted, we are mixing it now.’ It was Chris Cornell and one of his friends. We talked for a while about Seattle music and playing shows. He asked more questions of me than I could of him. He was genuinely a humble, cool, fellow musician. He treated me like an equal even though I knew and certainly know now that I am not, in that regard. I bumped into him a couple of other times over the years. He was always the same dude to me. R.I.P. Chris.” — in2theF0ld / Reddit

“My dad is a knifemaker and received a call from Nicholas Cage’s agent/manager one day looking for a specific type of knife. My dad not being very up-to-date on anything really, thought it might be some small-time actor from a local sitcom or something. (We live in South Africa and this was around 2007 or so).

My dad got irritated when the agent couldn’t really explain what kind of knife the legend himself wanted, and basically told him he needs to speak to this guy himself, or else they’re really just wasting dad’s time. So my dad and Nicholas Cage had a nice long chat over the phone, and all the while dad had no idea who he was. He says Nick was really nice and is still to this day not fazed one bit about the whole ordeal. In fact, he keeps on forgetting who it was and every time he tells the story to someone he phones me to check who that famous guy he spoke to on the phone that one time was.” — Eentweedriego / Reddit

“I was in the waiting room at Physical Therapy. Another patient walked in, and without looking up from my reading material, I could tell by how the staff greeted him that he was famous. I looked up, and saw a huge man, with the build of a retired football player, walk towards the workout area. At the end of my appointment, I was in the back room, getting electrical stimulation on a table. The guy was on the table across from me. I gave him a friendly hello, and we chatted as he got his e-stim. The guy who owns the place is a terrible gossip (I don’t go there anymore), so I just said on my next appointment, ‘Hey. There was a guy here at the same time as me last week. I could tell he was famous, but I don’t know who he is. He looks like a pro football player.’ He goes, ‘Oh! You must mean A.C.! Yeah, you remember what he’s famous for, right? He was O.J.’s buddy, and was driving the white Bronco in the get-away!’

I was just a kid at that time and didn't give a damn about O.J. and his trial, other than media helicopters circling my school occasionally and messing up my studies. I never watched any of the news about it; I only watched cartoons at the time. Of course I’d seen the footage of the car chase since. But honestly didn't really know or care about it. The next time he and I had appointments at the same time he walked in with a huge smile, greeting me. I realized that he thought he'd finally met someone who didn't know his infamous past, and just treated him like a regular dude. I didn’t want him to lose that. So I kept up the facade. I had appointments with him for months. We always greeted each other warmly, and talked about little stuff, like recent sports events, or the weather. He seemed to really take a liking to me. I decided I'd have to keep it up forever, so that he could have 20 minutes a week talking to someone like a regular dude. I saw him every other week for about eight months.” — WooRankDown / Reddit

“One early Saturday morning, I took our German shepherd with me to get gas in the car and pick up a few picnic essentials while my husband was still asleep. As I pulled up, I saw a fancy car and a couple of folks surrounding the driver... As I was about to get back in my car, he walked up to me, and we exchanged trivial pleasantries. He complimented my dog for his looks and asked, ‘Want my autograph?’ I responded, ‘Only if you want mine.’ He pulled a calling card from his pocket, asked for my name, wrote something on the back, and handed it over back to me. Without looking, I put it on the dashboard. I gave him a napkin with my name written on it, and we bid farewell. At breakfast, I told my husband about my encounter with this chap and gave him the card. ‘My god! Are you crazy? You met him and didn't even recognize him?’ he said. I stared at my husband. The card was from Jameson’s, the trendy bar and restaurant on the same block as our office, and the owner himself, Sugar Ray Leonard, the boxing champion, had signed and written on the back of the card: ‘Admit Raji, husband, and ten guests for lunch/dinner/drinks. Carryout for German shepherd.’” — Rajyashree Tripathi / Buzzfeed

“My uncle worked for Pakistan International Airlines in New York and would often hop on free flights to California to visit us whenever the mood struck him. One day, he managed to secure a seat for himself in first class. As he settled in and got comfortable, he noticed that his young, handsome seatmate was attracting a lot of attention from the flight attendants and other passengers. People were asking for his autograph, shaking his hand, complimenting him, and smiling at him. My uncle had no idea who he was. He finally decided to just ask him, ‘Excuse me, are you someone special? Why does everyone seem to know you?’ The gentleman informed him that he was an actor who had recently been in a film that had done very well. He told my uncle his name and then asked him, ‘Now do you recognize me?’ My uncle told him, 'Nope. I only watch Indian movies. Do you know who Amitabh Bachchan is?' (Amitabh was, and still is, the biggest actor in Bollywood with a worldwide following.) The actor answered in the negative, and my uncle gushed, ‘Oh, he’s the best! You should watch his movies! You will love them!’ And then, intrigued, he pushed further, ‘So are you famous?’ The fellow passenger smiled and responded, ‘Tell you what. When we land in Los Angeles, you tell me if you think I’m famous or not.’ When my uncle saw how excitedly people at LAX reacted upon seeing the celebrity who disembarked his flight with him, he became convinced that the man was indeed famous. So who was the man? None other than John Travolta. And his movie that had recently been released to great acclaim? Grease.” — Hina Khan-Mukhtar / Buzzfeed

“One day back in the ’90s, I happened to be sitting next to Billy Joel. A stranger walked in and started to strike up a conversation, apparently without any clue about whom I was sitting next to. They chatted briefly about the pop music that was playing overhead. At the end of the conversation, the man turned to Mr Joel and said, ‘Hey, by the way, has anybody ever told you, you look kinda like Billy Joel?’ Mr Joel grinned and nodded politely, then coyly responded, ‘Ha! Yeah, yeah! I get that a lot!’ The other man smiled and then said, ‘Well, I bet you WISH you were Billy Joel... because then you’d be married to Christie Brinkley!’ Without missing a beat, Mr Joel simply played along and let out a thunderous laugh, ‘Ha! That’s right! Wouldn’t THAT be something! Sure wish that was me!’” — Douglas Chin / Buzzfeed

“A few years back, we took my horse-mad daughter to the Royal Windsor Horse Show for her eighth birthday. We spent the morning watching various showing classes and watching army and police horses strut their stuff, much to the enjoyment of my daughter. I noticed one of the showing classes had a little more audience than most, so we wandered over. As we got closer, I saw that standing and watching were Queen Elizabeth, Prince Andrew, and her daughter, Princess Anne. All three were dressed down, for want of a better description, wearing wax jackets and Wellington boots, and both the Queen and her daughter were wearing their typical country headscarves. It turns out, one of the Queen's own bred horses was in said showing class. I leaned down to my daughter and discreetly pointed out, ‘Look over there, babe. That is the Queen. Go and stand a little closer so I can get a picture.’ My daughter looked to where I was pointing, rolled her eyes, and said in her loudest voice, ‘What, that old lady? Don’ tbe silly, Mum. That’s not the Queen! She isn’t even wearing a crown!’ Needless to say, we didn’t get our picture, but we do still laugh about it to this day.” – Kelly Evans / Buzzfeed

“We were staying in Vancouver, British Columbia, for a short vacay at a nice hotel where a lot of celebrities apparently stay when they’re filming. My wife went down to the hotel gym and rode the elevator with Jeff Goldblum. She knew he was some actor, but all she managed to say was, ‘You’re the guy from the Apple commercials, right?’ (This dates the encounter.) He said, ‘Yes, I am.’ She said that her husband (me) would be frustrated that she didn’t get a name (this whole time, she’s showing him around the hotel gym). To which he responded, ‘Jeff,’ and then she said, ‘Yeah, sorry.’ Then he told her the full name. The kicker to this story is that she came back up to the room after her workout and said to me, ‘I met a celebrity in the gym!’ I was like, ‘Okay, cool. Who was it?’ She said, ‘Jeff GOLDMAN.’ I was like, ‘Who?’ She responded, ‘JEFF GOLDMAN.’ I was like, “Yeah, I don’t know who that is.” Then she said, ‘The Apple commercial guy!’ So I said, ‘You mean JEFF GOLDBLUM.’ She said, ‘YES! THAT’S RIGHT!’” — Jim Hong / Buzzfeed

“In 1986, my friend John (who later became a Marine Corps Harrier pilot) was boarding a plane back to his home state of Alabama. There was a man sitting next to him on the plane, and every single person who got on board was talking to him and saying hi. John looked at him and said, ‘You must be a celebrity, because everyone seems to know who you are.’ The man said, ‘Are you saying you don’t know who I am? If so, I need to fire my publicist.’ John explained that he had spent the last three years as a midshipman at the Naval Academy, wasn’t allowed to watch TV, and was focused on classes and making sure he graduated. The man introduced himself and said he was a comedian and had been appearing on TV quite a bit. His name was Jay Leno.” — Todd Miller / Buzzfeed

“Brad Pitt and I happened to catch the same elevator. His appearance was different than I had remembered from Ocean’s Eleven. He said hello and asked how my day was going, and we made small talk about the weather. We got off on the same floor, and I heard some women sprinting up to Mr Pitt and screaming his name. He ignored them, looked at me, said, ‘Have a nice day’ (fist-bump included), and darted off. After Mr Pitt left, I was asked if I ‘knew who that man was’ and I said, ‘Not at first.’ Offended, the women huffed away.” — Nicole Shankar / Buzzfeed

“I did Freshman orientations during college, and one of my colleagues walked up to a lady bringing her son to campus. He said, ‘Has anyone ever told you that you look like Diana Ross?’ She smiled and said, ‘Yeah, I get that a lot.’ A few minutes later, our boss came around to warn us that Diana Ross was bringing her son for his Freshman orientation and our orders were to treat her like everyone else, not acknowledge her fame, basically let her have a normal day with her son, not altered by her celebrity. We all broke down in peals of laughter.” — Russtopher617 / Reddit

“Years ago, they were filming the Bridges Restaurant scene for Mrs Doubtfire in my town. But there wasn’t much to see because it was filmed indoors and the outside had barricades set up. However, an elderly woman came out and chatted with the people who were at the barricades trying to get a look at someone famous. The elderly woman was Robin Williams in full Mrs Doubtfire makeup.” — sc7575 / Buzzfeed

“About a month ago, I pulled into a parking structure only to immediately encounter a nasty traffic jam. After 15 minutes of going nowhere, I saw a familiar-looking gentleman stopping at the window of each car. He got to me and explained a car had rolled into the aisle, blocking both directions. The driver was nowhere to be found and not much could be done, but he wanted to let people know what was going on to try and ease the frustration. After explaining to the remaining drivers behind me, the kind fellow headed inside. By the time Henry Winkler finished whatever business he had there, a group of us had managed to lift the offending Honda and move it enough to let cars pass. I hope we improved his day some fraction of as much as he did ours.” — j3458 / Buzzfeed