Famous people, preconceptions busted/confirmed
Discussion
Vincefox said:
A big hero of mine, pleased to hear this. Comes across very genuine on tv, suspected he is.
Yep, I tweeted him asking him if he would be at his shop when we went to Cali for our honeymoon.He DM'd me and asked me what day and time was best and he would make sure he would be there.
Met him, got a full tour and grabbed a coke at the deli next to his shop, amazing man, so humble.
Made quite the impression as we named our son Chip!
Whilst go-karting when younger was racing with Henry Surtees and Alex Brundle. John was brilliant mucking in with the other dads offering technical advice and tips, really on the ball. Martin was strangely aloof helicpptered in and didn't interact with anyone else really.
Pride and prejudice was shot at Burghley House and sold wine to Keira Knightley every Friday, really down to earth just like any other young lady, used to ask for me by name for my recommendations.
During Burghley horse trials served Zara Phillips a lot, no airs or graces pumped her own diesel and bought her own tabs.
in Isle of Man for Southern 100 Joey and Robert Dunlop come out of a pub and bump into my mum, as apologetic and nice you'd expect.
Pride and prejudice was shot at Burghley House and sold wine to Keira Knightley every Friday, really down to earth just like any other young lady, used to ask for me by name for my recommendations.
During Burghley horse trials served Zara Phillips a lot, no airs or graces pumped her own diesel and bought her own tabs.
in Isle of Man for Southern 100 Joey and Robert Dunlop come out of a pub and bump into my mum, as apologetic and nice you'd expect.
Flying Toilet said:
Vincefox said:
A big hero of mine, pleased to hear this. Comes across very genuine on tv, suspected he is.
Yep, I tweeted him asking him if he would be at his shop when we went to Cali for our honeymoon.He DM'd me and asked me what day and time was best and he would make sure he would be there.
Met him, got a full tour and grabbed a coke at the deli next to his shop, amazing man, so humble.
Made quite the impression as we named our son Chip!
I've worked with a lot of them over the years (so I'd better not mention some who I disliked in case I bump into them again!... but there are a fair few).
Nina Simone defined 'prima donna'. Somewhat surprisingly.
Most 'pop stars' are completely up their own arse. Kirsty MacColl was a notable exception.
The ones I've really liked are Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Stephen Fry and RIP Rik Mayall - All completely 'normal' (Rik was a nutter, but great fun to be with).
I'm now a friend of Gordon Murray. He's a top bloke with some *astonishing* tales to tell about all things F1
Nina Simone defined 'prima donna'. Somewhat surprisingly.
Most 'pop stars' are completely up their own arse. Kirsty MacColl was a notable exception.
The ones I've really liked are Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Stephen Fry and RIP Rik Mayall - All completely 'normal' (Rik was a nutter, but great fun to be with).
I'm now a friend of Gordon Murray. He's a top bloke with some *astonishing* tales to tell about all things F1
Sway said:
Katherine Jenkins. Abhorrent. Demands a brand new toilet in the suite she gets when performing onboard a cruise ship, and that no crew talk to her.
Amanda Holden. Tiny, stunning to the 13yo me. Very friendly and seemed interested in my inane drooling.
Jenson Button. Top, top bloke. Gave my 4yo the proper time of day and treated his views on the upcoming season as though they were inspired.
Alan Rickman. Self important tosser.
Mel Jones. Lovely guy. Quite serious and not the wisecracker I thought he'd be.
Nicolas Lyndhurst. Very serious chap. Hates the attention Rodney has brought him so seems to treat any time out in public as an ordeal.
Davina McCall. Difficult to say. She was so intent on her post pregnancy marching dust diet that little else was apparent.
They're all just people aren't they. Good, bad, indifferent.
Mel Smith.Amanda Holden. Tiny, stunning to the 13yo me. Very friendly and seemed interested in my inane drooling.
Jenson Button. Top, top bloke. Gave my 4yo the proper time of day and treated his views on the upcoming season as though they were inspired.
Alan Rickman. Self important tosser.
Mel Jones. Lovely guy. Quite serious and not the wisecracker I thought he'd be.
Nicolas Lyndhurst. Very serious chap. Hates the attention Rodney has brought him so seems to treat any time out in public as an ordeal.
Davina McCall. Difficult to say. She was so intent on her post pregnancy marching dust diet that little else was apparent.
They're all just people aren't they. Good, bad, indifferent.
Chatted to Dale Winton twenty years ago when he was doing Pets Win Prizes, seemed like a nice bloke and interested in cars, he also like the Volvo P1800 I had and was sitting in a the time.
My wife worked on reception at Capital Radio in the early 80s and met the stars, favourites were Muhammad Ali, Suggs, & Adam Ant, all lovely apparently.
Worst though was Diana Ross, awful, awful woman.
My wife worked on reception at Capital Radio in the early 80s and met the stars, favourites were Muhammad Ali, Suggs, & Adam Ant, all lovely apparently.
Worst though was Diana Ross, awful, awful woman.
Sway said:
Katherine Jenkins. Abhorrent. Demands a brand new toilet in the suite she gets when performing onboard a cruise ship, and that no crew talk to her.
I live around the corner from her in East Sheen. Though her house is usually shuttered.I met Smokin' Joe Frazier many years ago. He was guest of honour at a boxing dinner I attended. I will never forget the size of his neck!
Edited by Blib on Sunday 8th March 10:54
Argybargy said:
Sway said:
Katherine Jenkins. Abhorrent. Demands a brand new toilet in the suite she gets when performing onboard a cruise ship, and that no crew talk to her.
Amanda Holden. Tiny, stunning to the 13yo me. Very friendly and seemed interested in my inane drooling.
Jenson Button. Top, top bloke. Gave my 4yo the proper time of day and treated his views on the upcoming season as though they were inspired.
Alan Rickman. Self important tosser.
Mel Jones. Lovely guy. Quite serious and not the wisecracker I thought he'd be.
Nicolas Lyndhurst. Very serious chap. Hates the attention Rodney has brought him so seems to treat any time out in public as an ordeal.
Davina McCall. Difficult to say. She was so intent on her post pregnancy marching dust diet that little else was apparent.
They're all just people aren't they. Good, bad, indifferent.
Mel Smith.Amanda Holden. Tiny, stunning to the 13yo me. Very friendly and seemed interested in my inane drooling.
Jenson Button. Top, top bloke. Gave my 4yo the proper time of day and treated his views on the upcoming season as though they were inspired.
Alan Rickman. Self important tosser.
Mel Jones. Lovely guy. Quite serious and not the wisecracker I thought he'd be.
Nicolas Lyndhurst. Very serious chap. Hates the attention Rodney has brought him so seems to treat any time out in public as an ordeal.
Davina McCall. Difficult to say. She was so intent on her post pregnancy marching dust diet that little else was apparent.
They're all just people aren't they. Good, bad, indifferent.
Went to my school, was in with Alan Rickman to open a new performing arts centre they'd built.
Peter Shilton. He was my hero as a kid. Met him when he opened a supermarket. Seemed nice enough and was patient with a rambling, starstruck 11 year old.
Gazza. Another hero. Met him during his ill fated stint at Kettering Town. Quite clearly unwell at that point and looked awful.
Still shook my hand and let me take a picture with him. Top bloke.
Peter Hitchens. He was speaking at a media event in London. Despite clearly being an intelligent and knowledgeable man, almost everyone in the room thought that he was a pompous arrogant t
t. Most of the other guests were happy to stay and talk afterwards, but he just blanked everyone and fked off.
Cilla Black. When I was a kid, our neighbour was a driver for LWT. After a few sherberts one Sunday, he went into a full on rant about what a vile, stuck-up bh she really was. He also said put on the Scouse accent for TV and was quite posh!
An old friend was an extra on Pride and Prejudice. He said Kiera Knightley was really precious, refused to talk to anyone she felt was beneath her and sat in her trailer between takes. Interestingly, both Donald Sutherland and Rosamund Pike where apparently very down to earth and where happy to talk to anyone. During a break, he spoke to him, and apparently, he hates making films and only does it so that has enough money to act in theatre productions, which is his real passion.
Gazza. Another hero. Met him during his ill fated stint at Kettering Town. Quite clearly unwell at that point and looked awful.
Still shook my hand and let me take a picture with him. Top bloke.Peter Hitchens. He was speaking at a media event in London. Despite clearly being an intelligent and knowledgeable man, almost everyone in the room thought that he was a pompous arrogant t
t. Most of the other guests were happy to stay and talk afterwards, but he just blanked everyone and fked off.Cilla Black. When I was a kid, our neighbour was a driver for LWT. After a few sherberts one Sunday, he went into a full on rant about what a vile, stuck-up b
h she really was. He also said put on the Scouse accent for TV and was quite posh!An old friend was an extra on Pride and Prejudice. He said Kiera Knightley was really precious, refused to talk to anyone she felt was beneath her and sat in her trailer between takes. Interestingly, both Donald Sutherland and Rosamund Pike where apparently very down to earth and where happy to talk to anyone. During a break, he spoke to him, and apparently, he hates making films and only does it so that has enough money to act in theatre productions, which is his real passion.
The closest I've ever come is - some years back - spending an entire weekend in the company of Gavin Hastings, including being driven rather quickly around the Peak District by him (in an old (although not that old at the time, I suppose) gray Passat estate).
He just struck me as a "get stuck in and get the job done" kind of guy. I just thought it really strange that everyone around me seem to know lots about his family life - his partner had just had a kid at the time and everyone seemed to know.
I never twigged that he was 'famous.' Was never one for rugby.
He just struck me as a "get stuck in and get the job done" kind of guy. I just thought it really strange that everyone around me seem to know lots about his family life - his partner had just had a kid at the time and everyone seemed to know.
I never twigged that he was 'famous.' Was never one for rugby.
vixen1700 said:
Worst though was Diana Ross, awful, awful woman.
My ex wife worked at BBC pebblemill on various shows.Dianna Ross was to be picked up from Birmingham Airport. She refused to get into an MPV as it was not a limo.
A surprising one, my ex spent all day with Naomi Campbell and said what a nice person she was.
wildcat45 said:
Politics.
Wish I had met thatcher.
I met Mrs T a few times, mostly in small private group events. She was, unsurprisingly, exactly as you would expect and very definitely did not have a private face and a public face. If anything I would say that in a non-public situation where she could relax a bit she was able to be really quite funny, especially at the expense of the socialists. All the senior politicos I've met have very strong speaking-without-notes skills but she was outstanding and could make a point on any topic with accurate stats without hesitation.Wish I had met thatcher.
On the Clarkson front my experience backed up by colleagues is that it depends very much on the situation. If he's relaxing in the bar or on a plane he is more than happy to engage and chat and shoot the breeze and is affable and amusing, and much less Clarkson than the TV version. If you are a tourist and stop him on the street for a selfie when he's late for Chelsea kickoff, you are liable to get a more frosty response.
Vincefox said:
Flying Toilet said:
Vincefox said:
A big hero of mine, pleased to hear this. Comes across very genuine on tv, suspected he is.
Yep, I tweeted him asking him if he would be at his shop when we went to Cali for our honeymoon.He DM'd me and asked me what day and time was best and he would make sure he would be there.
Met him, got a full tour and grabbed a coke at the deli next to his shop, amazing man, so humble.
Made quite the impression as we named our son Chip!
Some of us bought a t-shirt, not only did he sign each one but drew a different car on each of them.
Top bloke IMHO.
Marcel Deley & sons were also great to talk to. The first time we went we explained we were in the area and touring shops and Marcel invited us in and explained that after we left they'd go home and drink some beer. Through conversation it appears that drinking beer follows most things
He was about 80 at the time and sharp as anything. All the shops were good really, the only exception was the t
t at Barry White's who got the hump because we didn't buy a t-shirt.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff