"Went Out Of His Way To Be Super Kind": 40 People Share Their Nicest Celebrity Encounters Ever

David Bowie. So sweet and kind and funny.

Joan Rivers. Remembered the names of every person on a large crew and greeted them by name. Always said "thank you" and "please".

Angelina Jolie. Super down to earth. Easy to talk to.

I was late for my slot to meet Carl Weathers at comic con because I was stuck in traffic.

Carl not only hung around until I arrived, but gave me a good-humoured lecture on the importance of punctuality, talked about Arrested Development and general acting stuff with me for much longer than he needed to (cons are usually thirty seconds and out) and signed off with the Predator handshake.

What a guy.

Jim Varney. He was a semi-regular at a restaurant I worked at. Super nice, regular guy. He was on a date first time I waited on him and I recognized him immediately. I called him "Mr. Varney" and he immediately said "call me Jim", and kind of shushed me, like don't make it obvious it's me. He would come in occasionally after shopping at a nearby mall and sit in the corner booth at the bar where he couldn't be seen. We'd chat and he'd have a drink. He liked watches and collected them. I remember him being as stoked about a Timex he bought ("it glows in the dark") as he was about a Rolex he had bought on another visit.

Pierce Brosnan. Very tall, handsome, friendly and gracious. Came into the spa I worked in with his wife and was very chatty and just overall a nice guy. However, the estheticians who worked on his wife didn’t have as nice things to say about her!

Brad Paisley. Sweet guy, and he noticed that I wasn’t star struck like the rest of the group he met backstage. He pulled me aside as I was leaving and said “ I know this isn’t your thing but I really hope you have a great time tonight “.

Victoria Beckham. Met her at a meet-and-greet in London. She was promoting her clothes. I was there bc of catering. She's really nice, said hello to everybody, thanked us for helping and our time. Was not stuck up at all.

Jason Alexander.
I was working on a movie he was in.
Part of the crew were hanging out back.
He came out and asked if he could join us.
Shot the s**t with the guys for quite a while.
Normal as can be.

Edit to add a little more info:

It was a very informal request along the line of, “Hey guys, mind if I join you?”
Very casual but also very polite as he didn’t know what we were talking about.
Also, he made it clear he just wanted to hang out.
As the talent we might have treated him differently (more formally, perhaps) if he had not have been so friendly and casual.

Fats domino. Was in a plane flying over the Atlantic with him. He serenaded the plane for hours.

Andie macdowell

Met her at LAX. Sweetest woman. I didn't even initiate the conversation. lol.

Chris Evans. Met him around the FF time at a birthday party for his nephew at my gymnastics gym. We chatted for about 20 mins over the course of two hours. He was very friendly and "average guy vibes." He was incredibly humble and grateful for the current opportunities that were coming his way. Just seemed a really "regular guy wins the lottery and I can't believe this just happened to me" vibe.

Matthew Lillard by a long shot.

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee.

I tell this story every now and again, but a buddy of mine is a friend of his. We met him for lunch once, and at this point, he was maybe 1 or 2 seasons into Kim’s Convenience, so he was in town doing some press where we were working.

I ordered over $30 worth of food at this place because I was going to bring some home. He insisted that he pay for everything, and I was mortified because I truly (maybe somewhat naively now) did not think a stranger would offer to buy my lunch.

As I protested, he simply said, “I’m at a place in my career where I can be this generous, so that’s what I’m going to do.”

Never forgotten his kindness, and now he’s in Star Wars and Avatar.

Julianne Moore was delightful. Could not have been sweeter or more engaging, even at the end of a long stressful day.

Billy Corgan. I met him at an autograph signing. He saw the calendar I wanted him to sign and he got excited at the guitar he was holding in the picture. He showed it to the rest of the band and kept talking about how he hadn’t seen the guitar in years.

Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Concords. I was working at a coffee shop and they had a show that night. He was unbelievably polite and funny and then sat in the corner by the window reading a book and drinking tea for an hour. This was over a decade ago when they were HUGE and I think he just wanted a little peace and quiet.

Tom DeLonge. Went up to him and said "ya know, you kinda look like a guy from Blink 182?" He said "yeah, I think I was in that band?" Told him Take Off Your Pants.. was the first album I bought with my own money and he lit up and we had a fun conversation. He was out with his kid, trying to lay low, I did not blow his cover. We shook hands and off he went.

Mario himself, Charles Martinet. Have met him at a couple conventions and he is always just the sweetest old man. It's obvious he loves what he does and genuinely enjoys every interaction with fans. When I met him first the first time, I was in a sling from shoulder surgery and he asked me about it and after telling him about my injury he gave a perfect Mario voice "oh nooooooo!". It was fantastic.

Dave Grohl - met him at the Met in NY when he was in town to play snl. He was with his family and I didn’t want to interrupt, but I went up and said “Mr Grohl?” And he said “yeah?” And I said “nice to meet you” *handshake* and he said “nice to meet YOU” and I could tell he would have shot the s**t for another few minutes, but I just left it there and that was plenty.

Steph Curry was a very chill down to earth dude. Not that “larger than life” vibe many pro athlete give off.

I did work at his house a few times years ago.

Pauly Shore.


He told me I was handsome and invited me to share a tiramisu with him.