Well...
For KC of KC and the Sunshine Band, I can't remember what I said. But I got a T-shirt autographed and a picture with him. The shirt is still hanging up in my closet, unworn (like I'm ever going to).
For Stephen King, I told him I enjoyed reading his work and enjoyed the short story he read,
Memory, for Seven Days of Opening Nights. In fact, that notice on the Wikipedia about when he first read it in public was from me.
At MegaCon 2009, for Luciana Carro, I actually told her I enjoyed her performance as Kat and I felt that she definitely added to the Starbuck/Kat dichotomy.
At MegaCon 2010, for Lea Thompson, I asked a couple of questions during a BTTF panel, one about John Hughes and one about any advice she could give to someone going into the film industry for the first time. When she was leaving the room, she turned to me and told me, "You've asked two really good questions." She repeated the statement when I went to get her autograph.
I also talked with Nichelle Nichols when I was getting her autograph for my dad. We did discuss the new Trek film, and I did state that the woman who played Uhura in the film, though a good actress, still had pretty big shoes to fill (and that was my point of view and I could very well be wrong). She did express she thought the woman did a good job so far.
Ran into Lloyd Kaufman outside the convention, chatted with him a bit as we were walking about film school. He offered to get a photograph with me (which I totally went for).
For the Ultimate Horror Weekend 2010, I met John Carpenter. I asked him that since he got into film because he wanted to do a western, if there was ever a possibility we may get to see a John Carpenter Western eventually during a panel. I got his autograph, told him about how I grew up on his films and thanked him on the behalf of me and my father for making The Thing and told him, "I can't tell you how many times my Dad and I watched that movie with the lights off, the A/C at full blast and a bowl of popcorn when I was growing up." And I thanked him for his time.
Megacon 2011, spoke with Cindy Morgan and got her autograph, told her about how I grew up with
TRON, how I liked that they brought Lora back for the Encom Press Conference and how I hope that they bring Yori (or at least a film version of Ma3a) back in the next film. She actually recounted the story about her first day going into doing the recording of the audio for Ma3a from the game, which was pretty interesting to hear. She directed me to the Yori Lives Facebook page by writing the address down on the back of the picture.
For May-Hem, got to meet Bruce Campbell and got his autograph. He asked me what my story was, I told him that I had the chance to meet him at Florida State University but wasn't able to do so due to a family emergency. I told him I enjoyed his performances throughout the years and that he was doing a great job as Sam Max on
Burn Notice.
DragonCon 2011. I met Edward James Olmos. When he asked me my name for my autograph, I said, "My name is Daniel, and yes, I'm the missing Cylon", which made him chuckle (he even included the joke on the autographed picture). I told him about how much I enjoyed his performances and how I felt he brought a human face to Adama, whereas normally a character like him would have been portrayed as a hardened man from start to finish, and then I asked him any advice he could give as a director to someone going into the director's chair for the first time. The best advice he gave me was this: "Always put the camera where the story is. Most people do the generic two-shot, over the shoulder, over the shoulder stuff. Get your camera in there." And I definitely understand that.
Also met Christopher Lloyd, told him about how much I enjoyed his performances and asked the same question. He explained that the important thing a director should remember is to keep an open dialogue and not to limit the possibility of a performance, that actors may have ideas that could be useful to their role.
Megacon 2012- Saw Cindy again, said hello to her. She barely remembered me from the previous year, but recognized my name through the Yori Lives Facebook page. Met Bruce Boxleitner, told him about how I grew up on
TRON and how awesome it was to see Alan and TRON in
T:L, and how I hoped that they'd include more of Alan and TRON in the next film.
I know, really fanboyish, eh?
