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I still remember going to a smart restaurant in Los Angeles, and the maitre d' knew my name and showed me straight to a table even though we hadn't booked. I get stopped for autographs by people from Sweden on the tops of mountains.

— Kevin Whately

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm amazed that years after I stopped playing tennis, people still recognize me in restaurants and ask for my autograph.

— Bjorn Borg

Oh yeah people recognize me, but the craziest thing? I mean I've had the normal autographs... but I had to sign a baby's carriage once. I thought that was weird, so yeah, I guess that's the craziest thing.

— Terrence J

My first waitress job was at Johnny Rockets in New Jersey, and then I waited tables at a sports bar.

— Melissa Rauch

In Denmark lots of people come up to me for autographs.

— Caroline Wozniacki

When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'

— Hank Azaria

I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing.

— Nana Mouskouri

✗Opposing Perspectives

When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it.

— Danny Bonaduce

I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when I could.

— Frank Langella

I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts.

— Lenny Kravitz

I was going to McDonald's and Taco Bell every day. The kids behind the counter knew me - it wouldn't even faze them. Or I'd sit up at Denny's or Big Boy and just eat by myself. It was sad. I got so heavy that people started to not recognize me.

— Eminem