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View submission: I am Victoria from reddit. AMAA!
Who were you most starstruck to run an AMA for?
Comment by chooter at 04/09/2014 at 16:46 UTC
1050 upvotes, 13 direct replies
Oh my goodness. I try to get all of the "geeking out" out of the way as early as possible when interacting with people. It helps that to me, everyone is a celebrity in their own way. The people who tend to blow my mind the most are creative individuals who have really pioneered something that's really influenced my life - so Eric Idle[1], for instance (I grew up on Monty Python the way most kids grew up watching Disney films), or Guillermo del Toro[2] (I *love* Guillermo's films), or Chris Carter[3] (I am a HUGE X-FILES FAN). I try to get it out of the way at the beginning and tell them I really admire what they've done - and then move forwards as professionally as possible. Makes things easier.
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/134uor/i_am_eric_idle_i_am_not_lazy_i_am_not_dead_my/
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2agklw/i_am_guillermo_del_toro_director_writer_producer/
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1z4a8e/i_am_chris_carter_creator_of_the_xfiles/