Have you ever met a celebrity and found they were much kinder or ruder than you expected?

 Have you ever met a celebrity and found they were much kinder or ruder than you expected?

“James Earl Jones.

Answer by Doug Reade

I was working as an extra in a TV show he was doing in the Seattle area.

Now, in on-set hierarchy, extras are considered ‘walking furniture’, In fact, sometimes, we’re held below actual furniture. They set up a separate table away from the cast when we have lunch, separate areas for us to wait when we’re not being used, that sort of thing.

So, we were having lunch over at our separate little ‘extras table’ and Mr. Jones came over to talk to us. He sat with us for about half an hour, telling stories about his years as an actor, about the other members of the cast, asking about what other shows we’d done.

When he got up to go, he leaned over the table and said, “Look, right now I’ve got the power. These guys running this show, they don’t treat you right, you come and let me know. I’ll do something about it.” And there was no doubt he meant it.

He really didn’t have to do that. On that set, we really were lowest of the low. And he went out of his way to make us feel like we were real contributors to the project we were all committed to.

Top of the pack mensch, Mr. Jones is.”