Because of time spent in the entertainment business, I've met a ton of celebrities. The nice ones are too numberous to mention, except for one who stands out because she had such a crappy reputation that having her be nice to me was a total shock. After I had waited for almost an hour for a post-concert interview with Jefferson Airplane, I got to watch them stream out of the dressing room and head for the limos. As a do-or-die, I approached Grace Slick. She pulled every member of the band out of the cars and I got my interview, standing in a garage!
On the bad side, I've shared my Howard Cosell story elsewhere. Through the miracle of cut and paste:
I was in the old ABC building back in the 70s, along with a friend of mine, on the way up in the elevator to the twenty-something floor. We were alone in the elevator until it stopped on one of the lower floors. Howard Cosell walks into the elevator, the doors close and we continue our ascent. My friend was a big sports fan, and couldn't resist saying something. He told Cosell, completely honestly and respectfully, how much he enjoyed Cosell's work, and what a big fan he was. No response. None. Zippo. He never looked at us, didn't say anything, had no response to my friend's polite praise. He just stared straight ahead. A few floors later, the elevator stopped and he got off, without ever giving any indication that he had been anything but alone in that elevator.
Friendly guy.....