Who are the nicest celebrities?

Bernadette Peters is very, very kind — but keeps to herself when dealing with strangers/fabs. Always gracious, but good boundaries.

Dolly. What you see is who she is.

Chita was impossibly kind.

Julia Roberts

Sigourney Weaver has been lovely every time I've met or dealt with her.

I used to wait on Andie McDowell who was also just a regular kind woman.

I had an encounter with Andie McDowell, and she seemed painfully shy.

I've told this story before but Vanessa Williams is one of sweetest, nicest people I ever met

Dolly Parton, she is that nice in person.

Bowie- musical genius-totally down to earth normal nice man. You almost forgot it's Bowie!

Prince-musical genius, very shy man, but very nice. Alas, he was str8!

I used to stay at the old Four Seasons Hotel on Logan Square in Philadelphia when meeting with clients.

Sharon Tate

From my waiting tables days (a million years ago):

1. Sandra Bullock: I loved her. Every time she can in we all fought to take care of her. She was the best.

2. Adam Sandler: Served him countless times and he was never not great.

3. Anthony Hopkins: Kind, gentle. I also adored his wife.

4. Al Pacino: True gentleman and also had the most natural star power I've ever been around.

5. Dennis Quaid: Great guy. I guess he went all MAGA at some point. Which is a shame.

6. Keanu. Only served him once, but he was lovely, soft spoken and a total sweetheart.

Shania Twain and Erik Estrada were nice when I met them. Sean Astin was also super kind and chatty.

I met Delta Goodrem at the stage door twice. Both times she was incredibly gracious to everyone who waited to see her. Signed autographs, posed for photos, always smiling. Gave everyone hugs.

I do background work on movies and television. The very nicest celebrity was Emma Thompson.

Is it that time for this thread again already?

[quote] 5. Dennis Quaid: Great guy. I guess he went all MAGA at some point. Which is a shame.

Are you thinking of his brother or did they both go nuts?

No. I am definitely not thinking about Randy! (Easy to get the names confused, but NOT the faces!)

Parker Posey spent the better part of a summer filming a movie in my very unglamorous hometown. I was like 17 and working at the Gap in the mall and she would come in regularly and made a point of getting me to help her after I put together an outfit for her and guessed all her sizes right the first time she came in. I never told her that I could do all her lines from Waiting for Guffman by heart because I was convinced my first ever six dollar an hour mall job bound me to some sort of fashion professional’s code of conduct, but I think she could tell that I was a huge fanboy and couldn’t have been sweeter.

Adam Lambert, from personal experiences (plural).

Austin Butler, from many comments by other celebrities as well as fans.

Connie Francis, from a Meet and Greet and observations.

Dennis appearing on Fox News.

What happened to his face? He used to be an attractive man.

Conan. The nicest and most normal.

Steve Carrel. Mindy Kaling said in her book Steve won't say an unkind word about anyone. There are stories of him being very generous with his household staff, i.e. gardeners. I recall him coming to the rescue of Anne Hathaway at some movie premiere when a reporter started grilling her about her then scam artist Italian boyfriend. Steve swooped in and ended the conversation and protectively guided her away.

^^Steve CARELL

This won't be a popular comment but Kim K. I worked with her and know others who have and we all have the same impression. Very sweet, kind and professional. Amazing work ethic.

Indie sweetheart Parker Posey, r14.

[quote]Austin Butler, from many comments by other celebrities as well as fans.

Hardly trustworthy sources, celebs always kiss each others asses

I was running box office for a theater in LA and Glenne Headly (John Malkovich's ex-wife) was in the cast. She was the sweetest, most generous woman. She passed away shortly after the show ended and it was a terrible shock. Many Steppenwolf alumni and her former co-stars came in. Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, etc.. Most of them were nice enough but Lauren Hutton had to have been the nicest of them all. She bought a water and some chips and she asked if she could sit next to me in the box office area at a piano and we had the best conversation about anything but show business. Really down to Earth and still quite beautiful.

What movie, r14?

Tracey Ullman. A sweetheart.

Tyne Daly, John Lithgow, Kate Mulgrew, Blythe Danner, Katherine Helmond (RIP), Karen Allen, Viggo Mortensen were all some of the nicest, kindest people I've worked with.

Also, the smartest. I've found the traits often go hand in hand.

Random very nice encounters with Richard Lewis, Steve Buscemi, and Tea Leoni.

I continue to have the biggest crush on Steve Carrell. Lay that chest pelt on me, please. Already eyeballing my tix for his Uncle Vanya on Broadway this spring...

I heard Tea's husband was definitely not nice

Carol Burnett and Diedre Hall. Have met them both and they were friendly and kind. No pretense or airs.

R30, was Diedre wearing a ribbon of any type?

Lies. Diedre is known to be a horrific monster.

Perhaps Diedre has yet to mature.

Carol Burnett

Matt Bomer

I met Larry Hagman at a press event. He was the nicest guy I ever met in Hollywood. I met him at a charity event two years later and he came up to me and remembered my name and where we met.

I’m very envious of all those lucky enough to meet the celebrities mentioned in this thread. You obviously live/work in more glamorous spheres than I do. I shared a Burger King with Jensen Button and a WH Smiths with Amy Winehouse (RIP) but I didn’t get to talk to them. Button was with an extremely beautiful woman and poor Amy was being escorted round the shop by two huge bodyguards who only made her look even thinner and smaller than she was. I felt sorry for her, as she was obviously in a terrible physical state. She died not long afterwards.

The only famous people I have met were an eighties radio DJ to whom I sold a kettle, a handful of rightwing Tories (who were not nice, but beautifully dressed and well-mannered), and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who was tiny but enjoyably regal and warm. She had a surprising amount of charisma.

Melania trump gave me a handjob for half price once. Must have been a slow night but it was nice nonetheless

Blair Underwood is a good egg.

Laura Branigan was nice

I was led to believe Mason Reese was nice - not true.

Ethan Embry - super nice

No personal experience but Henry Winkler seems like a very nice man. He might be the new Betty White.

Bryan Batt - chatty Southern gentleman queen.

Vladimir Putin, is that you at r37?

From my waiting tables days some 25 years ago:

Vanessa Williams: so sweet (her friends not so much) Sinead O'Connor: very kind woman, this was mid-1990s so she was still quite a big deal Oksana Baiul very sweet this was right after the OIympic gold medal

I watied on quite a few otherss and most were fine, certainly not rude, but just not extra nice either.

Tanya Tucker is a sweet lady. I chatted with her when she came to visit my college. She asked me about my studies, music, living in the dorms, etc. She said she regretted missing the experience.

Vince Gill, also nice and down to earth.

Lynda Carter, just as wonderful and pretty as you’d hope.

Richard Simmons was Richard Simmons. He chased me around telling me he needed to find the little boy’s room. When I told him how much my mother loved his show, he seemed genuinely touched. It was like being around a tornado. But a fun, kind tornado.

Friends in the hotel biz report that Dwayne Johnson, Laura Linney, Michelle Obama, P!nk, Sandra Bullock, and (perhaps surprisingly) Emily Blunt and John Krasinski are among the best guests.

From personal interactions, I’d deem Miley Cyrus, Donna Mills, Judith Light, Shannon Elizabeth, Susanna Hoffs, and Chris Carmack (“Nashville”) to be sweethearts. And I second Dwayne Johnson.

I’ll add the not-so-nice ones to the Meanest Celebs thread.

Almost forgot— more genuinely nice celebs:

Brooke Shields

Antonio Banderas

Sara Haines (“The View”)

Melora Hardin (“The Office”)

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Leeza Gibbons

Cat Deeley

James Garner- one of the nicest old-school movie stars I ever met.

Loved "The Americanization of Emily"

Aaron Tveit.

Before all her addictions and mental health issues, Heather Locklear was considered one of the most pleasant stars on TV.

I’ve told this story before, but it really was a fun celeb sighting.

Sat a few seats away from Liza and Billy Stritch at some off-off Broadway show in the late1990s. I can’t even remember what the production was, but Liza was just as delightful and wonderful to be in close proximity to as all the stories I had heard. She smiled at anyone who looked her way and during intermission was friendly and talkative to everybody who approached her.

They played some disco tune in the lobby to announce the 2nd act and I remember her shaking her shoulders and doing a little shimmy as we walked back into the theatre. Go ahead and “Mary!” me and I know it probably sounds corny, but even that little action was just so charming and she radiated such a joie de vivre that you couldn’t help but feel happy just being in the same room as her.

Nice ignoring of half my comment on Austin, r22.

And are you challenging others' posts, particularly ones with just names?

No? Yeah, because you have a bug up your ass about Austin Butler.

Joan Crawford- seriously. She may have hated at least two of her children, but she was extremely kind to everyone else.

I don't know anything about Deidre Hall but I'm trying to find out if she's really a jerk or not I found this and I really hope it's true: Perhaps the most venemous of Paradis' claims is that Hall asked her to use Photoshop to make her kids look more attractive and one of her son's slimmer for a Hall family Christmas card! This just beats all I've ever heard.

r53 I ignored the comment about fans because of course fans are going to say their fav is great. Grow up. And I'd challenge others too if they included such stupid "sources". I don't care about Butler either way, it's your idiocy I take issue with.

Debbie Harry. Every time I've been in her company she has been so sweet, kind and funny. No ego. More beautiful in person. Even to this day.

Also Harry Enfield!

I know someone who worked at gala for Michael J. Fox's foundation in the 90s, said he and his wife were lovely.

Goldie Hawn was a sweetheart when I met her.

James Garner was always a DL favorite, r49. Out of the hundreds of comments posted about him after his death not ONE of them was negative. Even Paul Newman got his fair share of the snarky malarky we’re famous for when he passed away. But not James Garner. A remarkable testament to his character, talent, and how beloved he was by his fans and peers.

Michael Jackson

Benjamin Bratt openly flirted with me at the Mondrian Bar. Sat next to me, struck up a convo. Introduced himself even though I knew who he was. We talked for like 10 minutes, He laughed at one point and put his hand on my knee (his hands are huge). Finished his drink, paid for mine and his, and ordered another for me, tipped the bartender very generously. Leaned in and said "Too bad i have to run" with his big hand on my knee again. Smiled and winked as he left. I was dumbstruck. The bartender looked at me and said "You should have given him your number." FUCK! This was around Dr. Strange the first movie.

Faye Dunaway is like a ray of sunshine. Such a gracious and kind lady.

r62 are you a man or a woman?

James Franco. Quite the opposite of the douche you've been led to believe he is.

Faye was nice to me. Met her in a parking lot and she asked me where the meeting was.

Renee Zellwegger

Kylie Minigue. Met her when "The Locomotion" became her first hit.

^Minogue

Matt Bomer

[quote] Joan Crawford- seriously. She may have hated at least two of her children, but she was extremely kind to everyone else.

Joan was really good to her fans. She believed very strongly they put her where she was and she owed everything to them.

She was not so good to her employees, though. And of course she was infamously bad with her two older children.

Mindy Cohn was nice. Tried to flirt with me not knowing I was gay.

For a long time in the 90s and 00s, I had a customer who was a very sought-after lighting director for concerts in the Boston, MA - Foxwoods, CT area. Whenever performers brought their tours through, he would be the one they wanted to work with.

According to him, Olivia Newton-John was the nicest performer he worked with (she used to perform at Foxwoods Casino often in the early 00s). I remember him saying she would go out of her way to greet everyone on his crew and make each one feel appreciated. She paid for all their meals and lodging if she was booked for more than one night. If she was there only for one night, she would order an Asian buffet for the crew behind stage.

According to him, Donna Summer was another kind soul who used to provide dinner for the crew at nearby restaurants in the Boston area (she was originally from Boston). He worked with Streisand during her concert tour in Boston, and said she was very nice - she was easy to work with because she knew exactly what she wanted for lighting; they just had to follow her directions. (She gave the crew tickets for their families to attend while they were working).

As for the male performers, Kenny Rogers, Garth Brooks, and Billy Idol (remember him?) scored high with him.

No personal experience, but people in theater forums say Daniel Radcliffe is pretty nice to his fans.

I grew up down the street from Steve Carell! He is very nice!!

Lucy wanted to be nice but Gary talked her out of it.

Heather Locklear! Even though she’s been in and out of rehab lately, whenever I read stories about her, she is nothing but nice to everyone who has stories about meeting her.

r64 Man.

My ex worked as a server at a bistro frequented by Blythe Danner and Gwennie sometimes with the kids who were very young at the time. He said they were always lovely and Gwyneth remembered his name. Always 'please' and 'thank you.'. Big tippers, too.

Gwyneth Paltrow always condescends graciously to her inferiors.

Friend in LA told me he’d see Emily Ratajkowski (Blurred Lines, Gone Girl) buy a breakfast sandwich everyday for the homeless dude who sat outside her nearby Starbucks

Kim Kardashian is known for being very nice.

R78, yes, Heather Locklear has very good word choice f mouth.

Mark Hamill is very kind to fans on Twitter.

David Sedaris and Michael Pollan are both genuinely kind people.

R2, as much as I hate him, is must say that I’ve heard very good things from people who met Adam Sandler.

Ellie Kemper is very nice.

Some repeats: Dolly Parton Steve Carrel James Garner Parker Posey Heather Locklear Kim Kardashian Adam Sandler

Some repeats:

Dolly Parton

Steve Carrel

James Garner

Parker Posey

Heather Locklear

Kim Kardashian

Adam Sandler

Kim Kardashian was part of a pro Bono campaign I worked on years ago. The day of the photo shoot she showed up early in full hair, makeup and wardrobe all at her own expense. Very shy, total pro and we all loved her.

R91 One has to wonder how someone that nice ended up with Kanye.

I ran into Tracey Ullman at a bookstore years ago. We struck up a conversation about a book she was going to buy. She began suggesting books to me. When I went up to buy something, the guy at the register said that Tracey had purchased a bunch of books for me. I was shocked. Unfortunately, she has left before I had a chance to thank her. The books weren’t cheap either.

I've never heard a bad word about Ringo Starr and that includes the other Beatles.

Doesn’t Paul Rudd usually make these lists?

Vanessa Redgrave.

Lily Tomlin

R95, Rudd is REALLY nice to his beautiful female fans.

Adam Sandler

Henry Winkler

Not a republican...But, yes, George Dubya Bush

r93 Tracy Ullman? Really? She was famous for being the meanest woman in Hollywood, so much so that she never could create a career for herself no matter how hard she tried. Remember when she sued the Simpsons because she claimed that show suckled at her tit? According to her, every one who ever came near her only succeeded because they were touched by her genius,. Even the extraordinarily kind and well-liked James Brooks refused to work with her ever again because, he said, such constant cruelty should never be tolerated.

Johnny Knoxville was very nice. He even showed me his penis.

Diane Lane

Some may not consider him a “celebrity” in the purest sense, but I’ve encountered Noel Barrett from Antiques Roadshow in a liquor store in New Hope, PA and he is incredibly nice. Patient, too, as I reminisce about all my favorite toys from the early ‘60’s. He never tells me to shut up so he can get home and enjoy his cocktails.

I've only met them in the context of film festivals or conventions where they were working, but Kim Cattrall, Mike Nelson, Dan Bucatinsky, Richard Ruccolo, and Eliza Dushku all seemed very nice. Thankfully I've not had a bad encounter with a celebrity.

I know DL peoples have talked TRASH about her, but Julianna Margulies was nice when I was dealing with her& some contracts she needed redone. We had no problems together, very funny woman.

R18 which is benevolent sexism and makes him an ass.

Lighten up, R105.

I ran into Cher in Clark's Market in Aspen. This was in the mid-90s. She had on a hat, sunglasses and jeans. She was looking over avocados and I told her not to pick the big light green ones because they watery, and to select the Hass.

She said, "Haaaaaaass."

I laughed. It was Cher, saying "Haaaaaaass."

And then she said I was the Wizard of Hass and turned and walked away. I think she was with her sister, who said something like, "Who was that?" Cher said, "He's a wizard."

R107

I was just going to post Cher. Nice, humble, radiates star power, interacts like a friend.

Amazingly, Howard Stern. The height of professionalism.

R102, Digression: The wine store in Lambertville is superior, because it's not in PA!

I met his wife Beth R109. She was lovely.

Will Ferrell

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

I've worked with both Diane Lane and Julianna Margulies. While not bitchy, I found both of them rather remote and cold.

Shari Lewis

Lamb Chop never caused trouble or give me attitude.

[quote] Lamb Chop never caused trouble or give me attitude.

Nobody would with a fist up their ass. At least Lamb Chop was not being cooked.

"Stop at the elbow please"

George Michael

Worked in NYC in media for years. There are a few that really stood out as being nice. Valerie Harper, Kenneth Brannagh, Olivia Newton John,, Kim Cattrall, Billy Bob Thorton, Paul McCartney, Alec Baldwin (I know), Daniel Dady Lewis, Queen Latifah and Bill Paxton were really wonderful. Sandra Bullock was nice but weird.

I briefly saw Naomi Watts in the UK around 2002. I was checking into a hotel in Bath, and she was with the manager at the counter of the lobby, and just sort of waiting around. As I was checking in, the manager turned his attention to me and she stood there and waited politely. We made eye contact for a little while and she was GORGEOUS. Dressed in very casual winter clothing, but something that was of such exceedingly high quality it just added to her glow. I couldn't tell if she was wearing makeup but her skin was wonderful. She must have been in her early thirties at that point but looked legit like a teenager.

David Spade

Adam Sandler

Tim Roth

MEEEEEEE