Posted by Isis at 132.236.35.61 on March 04, 2002 at 16:54:04:
In Reply to: How to be a fan and not a fanboy when seeing Kevin posted by Swami Vivekenanda on March 04, 2002 at 14:13:27:
At a time like that. He probably hears every odd thing that people can come up with to say. Just tell him you love him and move along so the next fanboy can have his turn, that's my philosophy.
Or you could always drop trou, tuck it back and yell MANGINA! at him, I hear that makes an impression.
: Ok, I was at Dave's on saturday, and was had a Kanundrum facing me. Kevin is a man that I respect immensely for all his work, and from everything I have seen or read, someone who I would love to consider a friend... He is nearly the only "celebrity" that I would like to meet, maybe some of the rest, like Lee, etc.. but not many. Now I was faced with the quandry, as I neared the signing table, after nearly 6 hours of waiting in line: what do I say? Do I lavish gratification on him for making such influential movies? (I decided not to because I'm sure he hears that all the time, and I would just appear another rabid fanboy...) I didn't have much time, and really didn't want to take up too much of his time, as there was still a good 2-3 hours worth of line out there... and I'm sure he was tired of signing crap, etc. so basically I just said hi, my name's Steve, and he signed my inserts, we shook hands and left. Now this was kind of a dissapointment for me (my fault) because I didn't have any more interaction than that with Kevin, this man who I respect and agree with on so many levels, someone who I would love to become good friends with (not that it would ever happen) but what else would I do? Now I'm not terribly hung up on this or anything, but I am kinda dissapointed that I couldn't find a better medium between raid fanboy, and mute fan...
: I'm kinda wishing I would have just said to Kevin "You really would have fit in perfectly with my friends, and I want to thank you for indirectly being there with us through your movies." or something like that, what do you guys think? How do you see Kevin...?