Funny that I decided to start this blog today, because I fate would have it that I ran into three actors from both film and television. My first sighting of the month actually took place in an unpleasant setting, them men's room on the second floor. It happened just after lunch, I walked into the little boys room, here at work, stood in front of the porcelain to do my business and suddenly realized that Adam Goldberg, you know star of the critically made fun of "Hebrew Hammer," was standing right next to me. This is probably the most awkward of places to realize, that someone famous is very close. And I couldn't even acknowledge his presence without coming across as a pervert. So, I did the respectable thing, kept my mouth shut, did my business and left.Sighting number two took place only moments later, and was far from as uncomfortable as the prior. Walking back down the hall, toward my desk, I saw someone approaching, as I always do. (Keep in mind, the hallways up here are straight and narrow and to make things worse they are extremely long. So you can really get a good look at someone as they approach, because in their mind you're just looking straight ahead. By the time the other person gets close enough to say something, you practically feel like
you know them because you've been looking at them so long.) Anyway, as I said before, walking back to my office I saw in the distance a dark complexioned man walking toward me. From a distance, they guy looked pretty meaty. But as he approached he seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. It wasn't until he was about 15 feet away that I recognized him as Anthony Anderson. You know the guy from great movies such as Hustle and Flow, Scary Movie 4, and the upcoming Transformers. He kindly looked up at me (that's right, just another celeb that I tower over.), and said, "hey what's up brother." I replied, "doing well, how are you." He came back with, "good man!" Not the deepest of conversations, I know, but it still counts as exchanging words. I know, laugh all you want, it really isn't that great of an experience, but how many people can really say that they have interacted with a movie star.The third and final sighting of the day, yes, it was a busy one, took no effort on my part. I was simply sitting at my desk when Thomas Cavanagh, the star of one time NBC hit sitcom "Ed," walked into the office. He kindly asked for directions to a certain room on the floor and was on his way.
I must say that working in LA does have many "perks". I might not be getting paid that much money to do what I do, but by golly, I get to meet and sometimes even talk to some pretty cool people. I'm sure I'll have another celeb sighting in the days to come. Stay tuned......
