Thats good to hear.
Man he's good for someone who's nearly 90.
Must suck to be Shatner but I'm sure he'd miss it if fans didn't want his autograph (not just the money ).
I'm sure he likes the fame.
I heard in the gossip mags (so it must be true) that Nicole Kidman doesn't like visiting Australia all that much because we Australians can't stop harassing her in the street. Maybe you're all cooler in the US or don't think she's that much of a big deal.
Here in the U.S. it depends very much where you live...
IE - I live in the Los Angeles/ Hollywood area, and I've seen in my fair share of 'Movie/TV stars" going about their daily lives like filling their tanks with gas or getting groceries, or a few years ago when I golfed; hitting balls on the driving range.
It's very rare that I've ever approached someone of fame when they're doing that kind of thing because I figure, "Hey they're just out here doing shores like me and I don't think they'd enjoy being asked for an autograph, etc."
But there are times if it's someone that I am a big fan of, I have occasionally said hello and that I like their work in whatever it was I saw them in, and on a couple of occasions yes I've asked for an autograph.
When I was 20 in 1983, there was a situation I was embarrassed by, which was the fault of my father (who knew I was a huge Star Trek fan).
He ran a kennel business boarding dogs, and one week one of his customers turned out to be James Doohan. I didn't know that until he called me at home telling me to hurry up and drive down to the kennel, because James Doohan was there, picking up a dog he had boarded while he was on vacation; and my father had asked him if he would wait until I came down because my father told him I was a big Star Trek fan.
I felt really bad and even told my dad to please let him go, because it was a 15-minute drive and I didn't want him sitting there waiting until I showed up; and my father told me that he had asked and Mr Doohan had graciously agreed, after my father had told him it might take me 15 or 20 minutes to get down there; so I got in My car and race down to the business.
And yes Mr. Doohan was very gracious; and it even brought a Star Trek Ii promotional photo, what she autographed for me while I was there (and to this day I still have hanging in my home office); and when I got there my father and Mr Doohan were talking about various areas of Germany Mr. Doohan had visited on his vacation (My father was German and grew up in Germany during World War II); so I guess I didn't feel so bad because Mr Doohan seemed genuinely interested in what my father was relating about the various locations in Germany that Mr Doohan had visited (he had gone to Germany on Paramount's dime to a Star Trek convention to promote Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan. I actually apologized to him because I said I normally don't do stuff like this and was sorry for making him wait; and Mr Doohan told me It was his fault in that my father asked when Mr. Doohan boarded the dog if he wouldn't mind if my father arranged for me to be there when he picked up the dog because again I was a huge Star Trek fan; and Mr. Doohan had agreed to call my father beforehand so that I could actually be there when he arrived; but he forgot to do that, Even though he remembered to bring the photo he signed for me; so that's why he didn't mind waiting at all.
He also had some interesting stories about the on set filming of Star Trek Ii that I enjoyed; but afterwards I honestly still felt a little embarrassed about the whole thing.
So yeah while I seem to have digressed a bit, In the end I think it comes down to how often someone encounters someone famous. If you live in the same areas where they live and you see them from time to time, you don't think much of it.
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