OK, so I don't usually see big name celebrities riding the buses and subways of New York but it does make me happy to see someone who could easily afford other transportation using the MTA anyway. I thought about this this morning as I shared the bus with Kyra Sedgwick who, judging from her attire and the stop she used, was likely on her way to the Reebok gym (it was too rainy to walk). I've also frequently seen on-air personalities for ABC News riding my bus in the morning (Martin Bashir was a regular for awhile) and I've also encountered all kinds of people on the subway, including Lauren Ambrose, Josh Hamilton (who gave me an autograph), Jessica Walter (I miss Arrested Development) and the director Joel Schumacher who on a rush hour train, stood blocking the doors and loudly pontificated to a kiss-ass admirer about the Oscars and how the average person is too dumb to know what's really good. Around the time Schumacher loudly proclaimed that none of these people even knew who he was (and I was about to offer that he was someone never nominated for an Oscar), someone else volunteered that he was the idiot blocking the doors.
My favorite transit story isn't mine but belongs to a friend. He went to see a Tim Burton film with a friend who was not a Burton fan. On the subway ride home, he faced his friend and engaged in a vigorous defense of Burton and his work. After he had gone on about the genius of Burton for a few minutes, the train pulled into a station and he got a tap on the shoulder. He turned around to find himself face to face with Burton who said thanks and walked off the train.
Anyone else have a good celebrity transit encounter?
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