Being a celebrity must be weird. Aside from the fame and fortune (if there is, indeed, either), you have to deal with a public that feels as if they know you, just because they've seen you on the big screen, in interviews, or you come into their home every week. It's probably hard for people who are in the celeb stratosphere and have to have an entourage and a gated home, like Madonna or Leonardo DiCaprio or Michael Jackson. People who aren't exactly going out to bars with friends or shopping or going to the movies down the street. But it can also be hard for other celebs.Someone like David Cross. He's famous, but he's not FAMOUS. He's really just a regular guy who goes out to bars and restaurants in NYC, hangs out with friends. He's written a piece for New York mag's ettiquette issue, on how to not alienate a celeb if you see one out somewhere. It's pretty funny, but pretty accurate too.
My favorite part is when Cross tells the story of how he was standing at a bar one time, and a guy came up to him, snapped his fingers in his face and yelled, "Name!"
Jeez.
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6-26-2006 @ 11:50AM
Destin said...
I saw David Cross walking down Delancey street near my apartment a couple of months back. Although I've been a fan of his since Mr. Show, and considered offering a brief big-ups and support of the then-teetering-between-cancellation-and-Showtime Arrested Development, I didn't stop and say anything because he had his hands full of stuff and seemed to be in a hurry.
And lookit, right in the article, he says bothering a celebrity who's in a hurry will result in a "terse, rude response." Looks like my instincts were right, even if it means my story sucks.
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6-26-2006 @ 6:12PM
Joe said...
I saw him once at a casino in montreal at like 4AM. All I can say is that based on the fact that it was 4AM in a casino, and I'm a huge mr show and arrested development fan, my reaction probably wasn't the smoothest. I was really embarassed looking back at the pictures we took with him, that actually ended up getting us kicked out of the casino. I felt even worse that some rowdier guys near us saw me getting a picture and yelled at him "Hey! You're that guy from that thing!"
David, I'm sorry.
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6-26-2006 @ 9:18PM
Tucker said...
The last time I saw David Cross, he was dressed as a giant turd chasing me down the street. Apparently, he does that a lot.
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6-26-2006 @ 10:19PM
Michael said...
He was the giant turd? I thought it was the man from U.N.C.L.E. man can he run for a long time, never thought I'd get away. David Cross you are quite the sprinter.
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