I met Neil Patrick Harris tonight

[AJL]

I had about seven seconds to say something awesome and witty. It went something like this:

Neil Patrick Harris: Hi! How are you?
Me: Fine, thanks.
3...4...5...
Me: Well I don't really know what to say...so, um, awkward pause.
NPH: *laughing* Thanks for buying my book!

*sigh* I really hope I never meet Benedict Cumberbatch.

FYI - That is NOT me in the picture. The line moved so fast that I wasn't able to get someone to take a photo of me getting my book signed.

[gpw]

God I love Doogie Howser.  He will always be Doogie Howser to me. 

[emisi]

Ha, I think most of us would have no idea what to say to a celebrity. Cool that you got to meet him, though!

As for Benedict Cumberbatch, going by your sig I suspect you might be stuttering if you got to meet him.

[AJL]

Oct 21, 2014 20:35:04 GMT -5 emisi said:

Ha, I think most of us would have no idea what to say to a celebrity. Cool that you got to meet him, though!

As for Benedict Cumberbatch, going by your sig I suspect you might be stuttering if you got to meet him.

I am pretty sure I would pull a Troy-meets-Levar.

[Vespasia]

I'm insanely jealous.

The only celebrity book signing I have been to was Bruce Campbell. We talked about his little girl getting glitter in the laundry. I'm sure he totally remembers me.

[mbcdefg]

That's awesome that you got to meet him!

He's one of those celebs where I'd be really, REALLY upset if he turns out to be a jerk or if he does something bad.

[AJL]

He was really normal. In fact, I over heard a guy a few places in front of me at the table ask NPH how he was doing and NPH said that he was feeling nervous and shy and always gets that way before meeting fans one-on-one like this. It was kind of sweet.

[gpw]

I met LL Cool J one time and I literally could not speak. I said nothing. I just stared and smiled weirdly.

[emisi]

Oct 21, 2014 20:37:14 GMT -5 AJL said:

Oct 21, 2014 20:35:04 GMT -5 emisi said:

Ha, I think most of us would have no idea what to say to a celebrity. Cool that you got to meet him, though!

As for Benedict Cumberbatch, going by your sig I suspect you might be stuttering if you got to meet him.

I am pretty sure I would pull a Troy-meets-Levar.

This gif is killing me.

A friend of mine once met a celebrity she had a crush on (not at a book signing, on the street) and in the press of trying to figure out what to talk to him about while he signed an autograph finally ended up asking him if he had to clean up after his dog when he took it for a walk (the dog was present).  Yep.  Conversation about dog poo.

[Deleted]

How fun! He seems so nice.

NPH is probably the only celebrity I'd have something to say to, since we grew up in the same city & went to the same high school (not at the same time).

[jln]

That was me when I met Chelsea Handler. She was so freaking witty that I was stunned and didn't know what to say. Then she made fun of me.

[josieposy]

I met Jane Goodall and went instantly stupid.

[stealthmom]

Oct 21, 2014 20:35:04 GMT -5 emisi said:

Ha, I think most of us would have no idea what to say to a celebrity. Cool that you got to meet him, though!

As for Benedict Cumberbatch, going by your sig I suspect you might be stuttering if you got to meet him.

lol. After four pints I said to javier bardem, "I'm a big fan of your work."

What can I say? I'm original! Lmao

[blink]

I love everything about this.

[pixy0stix]

Dude. I've met a couple of famous(ish) musicians, and it's always spaz city. I can't believe you met NPH!

[Mrs.Rad888]

About 10 years ago I won backstage passes to a concert/festival sponsored by 91X in San Diego. Just before the music was supposed to start, all of us who had won were supposed to reach into a bucket and draw the name of the artist we were going to meet. I don't remember how many performers were scheduled to be there, but there were going to be around 10 people meeting each one. I ended up drawing Pete Yorn (who?). I can't say I was star struck, but I still couldn't think of a thing to say. It didn't help that he was massively hung over and wasn't exactly excited to meet us, either. There was one guy that was doing most of the talking, but I think it was mostly because no one else could think of anything to ask this singer who had a minor hit at the time, and his second attempt to get on the Alt-Rock charts wasn't doing so hot.

[summer]

I never spoke to celebs I saw around NYC on the subway and in bars and such. It's like the unwritten rule of living there. You just mime to your friends, "OMG!!!!! Is that HIM??!!!" and then you scream on the inside.

I would freeze, too. The problem is when you meet a really cool celeb like NPH, you really secretly want them to be your forever-friend, and part of you wants to say just that thing that will make him pull out his phone and be like, "ha ha ha, so true. That was really funny. Let me get your number, maybe we can get coffee." Admit it! It's not just me!

[Vespasia]

Oct 22, 2014 3:45:58 GMT -5 summer said:

I would freeze, too. The problem is when you meet a really cool celeb like NPH, you really secretly want them to be your forever-friend, and part of you wants to say just that thing that will make him pull out his phone and be like, "ha ha ha, so true. That was really funny. Let me get your number, maybe we can get coffee." Admit it! It's not just me!

Oh yeah, me too. 

I keep hoping to run into Kevin Spacey since HoC is filmed around here. I'm pretty sure I'd just blurt out "I loved you in the Ref!" and then run away.

[secretlyevil]

I probably would have said "DOOGIE!"

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

I saw him in Hedwig this summer. We didn't wait around after because I knew I would react the same way. Now Michael C. Hall is playing Hedwig and I would have been compelled to stay. And I would have stuttered like a fool (6FU fan here, not Dexter).

[cinnamoncox]

That's so awesome! I would've frozen for sure. Or thrown myself at him, you know, for a bear hug.

[racegrrl714]

Oct 21, 2014 20:32:05 GMT -5 AJL said:

I had about seven seconds to say something awesome and witty. It went something like this:

Neil Patrick Harris: Hi! How are you?
Me: Fine, thanks.
3...4...5...
Me: Well I don't really know what to say...so, um, awkward pause.
NPH: *laughing* Thanks for buying my book!

*sigh* I really hope I never meet Benedict Cumberbatch.

FYI - That is NOT me in the picture. The line moved so fast that I wasn't able to get someone to take a photo of me getting my book signed.

I feel your pain. I barely squeaked (and I do mean squeaked)out a "hi!" when I met Tony Stewart, and he's pretty famous but still, just a race car driver. He then called me sweetie, and I about passed out. LOL

[nomad100]

At least you guys recognize the famous people you meet. I am the worst with faces and names so I am always "that person looks familiar" then an hour later is all "oh shit, that was XX."

For example, I was walking in Chicago to meet friends, a group of older men were walking the same way. We started chatting about the football game the next day at a light waiting for the green. They said, come have a drink with us! I declined but knew that a couple of them looked really familiar. Yeah, turns out it was Mike Ditka and a couple of locals sportscasters. I realized this fact like an hour later. Still wouldn't have gone for drinks but I get why they looked a little stunned that I turned them down. My friends were totally disappointed that I declined.

I would also see Rick Bayless on the L pretty regularly.

[cville]

He's so great. I bet he was charmed by you.

[FloFTW]

I love him!

They filmed Winter Soldier right out my window for a week and I swear this was me every day, staring at Chris Evans:

He would talk to fans, especially kids, at breaks and I probably could have just gone down there but I preferred my perch, from afar.

[romigu]

Dammit! I didn't know he was signing

[romigu]

Oct 22, 2014 6:01:27 GMT -5 Miss Phryne Fisher said:

I saw him in Hedwig this summer. We didn't wait around after because I knew I would react the same way. Now Michael C. Hall is playing Hedwig and I would have been compelled to stay. And I would have stuttered like a fool (6FU fan here, not Dexter).

I got to hang out with him when he was filming his pilot for Dexter! He was so nice - i think my approach would have been very different (and awkward) if I had already watched the entire dexter series though.

[Michelle]

That is awesome that you met him. I'm sure it's ok that you were starstruck. At least you didn't accidentally insult him.

Ever hear of Marcus Buckinham? He partnered with Gallop to write this insane hit book called "Discover Your Strengths." I was at a conference and was first in line to get his autograph in my book. So he asked me, "So - have you read it? Do you find it valuable?" My response - "oh I took the survey, and it did seem to match for me so that's helpful, but I'm really only getting your autograph for my mom who is a huge fan."

Um, oops.

[2curlydogs]

The one time I met Alexander Siddig I went so stupid that his security got nervous about me. *sigh*

[overture]

Oct 22, 2014 6:01:27 GMT -5 Miss Phryne Fisher said:

I saw him in Hedwig this summer. We didn't wait around after because I knew I would react the same way. Now Michael C. Hall is playing Hedwig and I would have been compelled to stay. And I would have stuttered like a fool (6FU fan here, not Dexter).

Lol.  I'd want to be like "wow, the gay men's chorus really worked out!  Good for you!"