Steve Crook

Lord & Lady Attenborough, often turning up to screenings of A Canterbury Tale where Sheila introduces it and talks to people about her memories of it. Lord Dickie has also shared his memories of how he got involved (briefly) in A Matter of Life and Death

Jack Cardiff, always a joy to meet. 93 and still working when a project interests him enough. Still travelling around giving masterclasses and talks, introducing films and sharing his memories of them

I met Leo Marks & Virginia McKenna at the opening of the Violette Szabo museum in Herefordshire. Virginia made the main speech and spent the whole afternoon talking to people and signing things. Leo was very quiet and introspective. I spoke to him briefly about his work with Powell but that day was obviously for Violette so I left him to his memories. Sadly he died shortly after that so we never had a chance to get together again.

Lots of other cast and crew from the P&P films, all of them very nice.
Lots of family members of the cast & crew of P&P films, all of them very nice.
Lots of other admirers of P&P films, famous or not, all of them very nice.

A special mention for Thelma Schoonmaker, Michael Powell's widow and Scorsese's multi Oscar winning editor. A very busy lady but she always makes time for us in the P&P Appreciation Society and has been very helpful.

I find that with most people, no matter what their level of fame or position, if you treat them normally then they're usually very nice. Don't interrupt them when they're obviously busy doing something else. Don't just play the fawning fan but talk to them reasonably and honestly and they usually respond in a similar way.

Steve

Steve Crook

PaPAS

Fellwanderer

That's spot on!

I've only heard first hand of two well-known figures who have proved to be obnoxious - one in the news media and one in sport.

All the best
FELL

A signature is no substitute for a life

Steve Crook

I should have said "Don't just play the fawning fan - even if you are one"
There are some famous people I've met where we were having such a nice friendly chat that it would have seemed crass to then ask for an autograph - so I didn't.

Oh, and always ask before taking a photo. Give them a chance to prepare themselves. Then you usually finish up with a better photo - like my one of Leo Marks at Hereford

I love that mischievous smile of his

Steve

batman

I have met a fair few 'celebs' over the years. The ones who spring to mind as being particularly nice are ...

Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper, Patrick Mower, Dennis Waterman, Peter Cushing and Leslie Grantham.

There have also been several who have stuck in my mind as being particularly obnoxious, but I shall keep those names to myself.

Bats.

I wish I had claws.

Dame Starry

I used to serve Francis de Wolffe in the village shop in Newick, Sussex in the early '70s; a lovely eccentric gentleman who liked a drink or four! He even brought his son and daughter in the shop to meet us - his daughter (17 then) was as tall as her Dad who was 6'+! He was known in the village as 'The Baron'.

I was a great fan of the series Justice with Margaret Lockwood & Philip Stone and I was late for work one morning in the City (London). I ran up some steps (I was younger, slimmer & fitter then), turned a corner to go between two buildings and went SMACK!...............into Philip Stone.
I had to make a quick decision: do I stop and talk and be late for work or do I just apologise and try and get into work on time? As I was a Civil Servant - and, if anyone had seen me, I would have been disciplined for making myself late, I had to apologise and he was so nice - made sure I was OK, no need to apologise etc and I ran off and just made it in time!
He played some quite 'oily' parts - especially one in A Touch Of Frost - but he was really lovely in real life. I always thought that he was a wonderful actor.
I still regret that I didn't stop that morning.

My son met Matthew Kelly and reckoned he was just one of the nicest people he had ever met - famous or not. And he must have been, otherwise my boy wouldn't have even bothered to mention he'd met him at all!

All the other encounters were in my dreams...............and ongoing!

YDSL x.

celtfilm

Vinnie Jones (meanmachine) mia farrow Aegis event, Sean Bean @ cockpit theatre, claudia schiffer on a film set, ewan mcgregor
to name a few

Panavision

I met Ed Bishop, a good few years back, in a terraced house opposite Manchester City's ground. He was charming. He jumped up off the sofa, said "Hi, I'm Ed Bishop!" and pumped my hand vigorously. I knew very well who he was ( a hero, as Commander Straker in UFO) and I was taken aback. I mumbled really stupidly, "Oh, er, yes...I've seen you in...um...things." What a prawn I was!

smudge

My most amazing 'meet' was John Barry, when walking past the Royal Albert Hall - this painfully shy genius was lovely; he took the time to chat for a couple of minutes even though I was obviously stunned and a little tongue-tied

Smudge

Welcome to my house. Enter freely, and of your own will...

McGill

Duncan Preston was very gracious when I spoke to him in the bar after a performance of To Kill A Mockingbird at the Birmingham Rep.

AdrianTurner

Joan Fontaine and Sam Fuller - they were the absolute pits. De Palma, too but apologised later.

billy farmer

today my mum and i met nicholas courtney (brigadier in dr who) at the television and movie store in norwich he was very nice and friendly he signed 3 dr who items for me i had my photo taken with him and then we had another photo taken with my mum in the photo as well he then shook us both by the hand my mum and i were then harassed by a dalek outside the store and a menacing cyberman appeared as well.

716Jones

Hayley Mills and Gerald Harper when they were appearing in a play at the Bradford Alhambra a good few years ago. Both very friendly and happy to chat.

Lord Brett

Ed was a lovely guy. My partner got chatting to him at a movie convention in the 1980s and they stayed in contact for the rest of his life.

harryfielder

I met many, many, many....
But one guy off a soap thought he was the ''Mutts Nuts''

He didn't last long.....

Aitch,

http://www.turnipnet.com/aitch/aitch/gallery.htm

Dame Starry

Oh, Aitch! Whet a girl's appetite, why dontcha!

Now I will always be wondering........................WHO WAS IT?

I've gone orf you, mate!

YDSL x.