Celebrity Sitings

After traveling all the way back to the West Coast, my body is completely out of whack. And so, since I am up at 7:30am with only crap on t.v., here’s something interesting to read. Living in New York City has exposed me to a few celebrities, so here’s who I’ve seen and where.

Billy Crudup - While I was waiting for the bus on Broadway in the Village, he walked right by me. Thankfully, I just watched Almost Famous and it took me a second to realize why I recognized his cute face.

Brendan Fraser – In the audience of the Broadway show November, starring Nathan Lane. I kept doing double takes until he looked up and gave me the charming Brendan Fraser smile – niiiiiiiiiiiiice.

Brad Pitt - While I was working at a resort in CA last summer. He was having a private breakfast near the back corner of the pool with his own waiter, an omelette station AND an acoustic guitarist. Damn straight he’s going to have his own guitarist – why should Brad Pitt have to share with the regular people?

Steven Spielberg – Walked past me on Broadway in SoHo. He was wearing a hat and glasses, looking scruffy. I had to do a double take and actually stopped in my tracks after it clicked in my brain that that was ‘The Steve’.

Sean Austin - Stood next to me in the Dallas/Fort Worth airport SkyLink train. I was racking my brain as to why I recognized this guy – did he go to NYU? Was he a guest speaker in one of my classes? Did I watch his kids at camp in CA? When he lifted his head and looked out the window, I heard a voice in my head say “I may not be able to carry the ring Mr. Frodo…but I can carry you!” I was standing next to Sam! And then my stop arrived before I could tell Rudy I was going to turn in my jersey for him to play. (Watch “Rudy” if you don’t get that.)

Mo Rocca - He stopped me in an East Village park in the afternoon to ask me about the Jonathan Meyers version of King Henry VIII. Mo asked, “What do you think of King Henry VIII if he looked like this?”, to which I replied, “Oh yeah, I’d do him.”

Conan O’Brien – Walking outside of Rockerfeller Center after one of his shows. My jaw just dropped and my heart stopped, everything seemed to move in slow motion…ok, maybe it wasn’t that dramatic, but I was taken aback. He’s soooooo tall (or maybe I’m just that short).

Darrell Hammond – Almost crashed into him on Lexington in the Upper East Side. I looked up and apologized, he said don’t worry about it and got into a taxi before I could tell him the I too “love the ladies” (YouTube his performance as Bill Clinton and all will make sense).

Now, if I could only run into Hugh Laurie…