"I used to play a lot of hockey when I was younger, and when Wayne Gretzky was traded to the NY Rangers in 1996 he and Mark Messier got a bunch of kids from my hockey rink to play street hockey with them for a Sports Illustrated photo shoot. I was lucky enough to be one of those kids. Wayne and Mark were the nicest guys in the world, they ended up giving us their sticks, gloves, jerseys, etc. Real class acts. I've seen Gretzky a number of times since then and he's always been super nice."

"I was in Grand Rapids having lunch with my SO. I looked over at a couple of guys at another table and said, "hey, that guy looks like a gay Nick Swardson" (The guy had a weird mustache and was wearing some very odd clothing). We laughed about it and went on with our meal. We were getting ready to leave and they were leaving as well. It turned out it really was Nick Swardson. I told him how much I liked his stand up and he appreciated it. After we parted ways, my SO points out that the other guy he was with was Jesse Eisenberg. The two of them were in town filming 30 Minutes or Less.**TL;DR** Sometimes gay Nick Swardson *really is* Nick Swardson, and he eats lunch with Jesse Eisenberg."

"I met Ben Folds after a show in Ohio. It was winter, and it was d**n cold, and he was just hanging out outside talking to people and joking around. He was so awesome! And the show was amazing too!"

"My best is my worst.A couple months ago I was in NYC, the night before moving out of the state. I was waiting for the subway and I notice Louis C.K. walking my direction. It felt so strange because I'm a huge fan of his and his demeanor when walking alone seemed exactly like when he's on stage or in his show(s).He had a camera and was sort of filming himself as he walked along the subway. He walked right by me and I didn't want to be intrusive or annoying so I leaned really far back as he passed until he looked at me and I nodded and he just smiled and nodded.Then he kept walking up and down the track and my brother who was with me talked me into asking for a picture. I felt like an idiot because I didn't want to be that guy, but I decided to anyway. So when he walked by again I said, "Hey Louis," and when he looked up I said, "Mind if I get a picture?"But the subway arrived right before I asked and I didn't even noticed so he just said, "Sorry man, subway" and pointed at the train politely.He was a really nice guy about it, considering I was bothering him in public, but I felt like an idiot for not just leaving it at a cool head nod.This all would have seemed far less important to me if I wasn't a long-time fan of his."

"During my freshmen year of college BJ Novak (Ryan from The Office) was supposed to come perform at my university. He came down with the flu and had to cancel. He was replaced by some guy nobody had ever heard of: Zach Galifianakis. All my friends were upset that BJ had cancelled so I went to the show on my own and got a seat like five rows from the stage right on the aisle. During the show he came into the audience and started asking various audience members questions. At the time I was unfamiliar with his "Between Two Ferns" routines so I was unaware of how dangerous this situation could be for somebody sitting in an aisle seat. Sure enough he made a beeline right for me. Our exchange went something like this:**ZG:** What's your name?**Me:** Steve.**ZG:** What's your deal? (said in a friendly way, not confrontational)**Me:** I study Economics. (the other people he'd spoken to had said their majors, so I just followed form)**ZG:** And what do you plan to do with that when you graduate?**Me:** I have no idea.**ZG:** Your parents must be very proud.Then he left. I got off easy compared to some of the other audience members he spoke to. That next summer The Hangover came out and I got to tell my friends that I "knew" him before he was famous."

"Repost of an earlier post.I worked an Embassy Suites for 7 years and at this time was a night Manager. My best famous person story is the time when System of a Down (one of my favorite bands) stayed at the hotel and arrived around 1am. They were hungry and asked my to drop them off at a restaurant that was still open. I brought them to an all night greasy spoon diner and told them to call me for a ride back. A bit later they called and on the ride back asked me if there were any s***p clubs in the area. They said they would pay for me to get in and give some cash to hang out and drive them home when they were done. I would have done it for free. I dropped them at the hotel to change and waited. I was pumped to go to the t**ty bar with rockstars, but they called down and said they were going to hang out and drink Coronas instead. They crushed my dreams."

"I have quite a few...Worked for a local radio station as a promotion girl and quickly became the coordinator of all the other girls (not hard, be s**y and friendly and on time. done) working a large multiband show when a big black dude rolls up and asks to speak to me. Wants to know if myself and the other girls would like to dance on stage with Snoop...Yes please! good exposure for the station and why the hell not? cut to dancing to that "beautiful girl" song with 15 other girls and we all go to leave the stage and one of the PAs say no Snoop wants you two to stay, dance another song with Snoop...hung out after and drank heinikens with him. There was pot every where in the "green" room. He was really nice and didn't even hit on us."