DTC - // He was one of the most miserable 'celebs' that I have ever met, second only, perhaps, to Patrick Troughton of Dr Who fame. //
I think it's important that we cut famous people a little slack - they may be famous but they are also people.
That means they can be miserable for large variety of reasons, same as the rest of us, but sadly, because of their fame, that momentary misery will always be remembered by anyone who meets them, and will colour their perception of that person.
I met Mick Jones from The Clash once for an interview, at Rock City in Nottingham, and we walked towards each other across the large venue floor, he was carrying a bunch of roses.
I pointed out that it seemed odd to see him carrying flowers. "Why?" he demanded to know, obviously offended by my observation. "Why shouldn't I be carrying flowers then?"
He was called away at that point, and I met him again ten minutes later, the 'flowers' incident was not mentioned, and he was competely charming and a great interviwee.
My point is, if I had been a fam, and we had had that initial exchange, and nothing else, I would have had him pegged as a miserable so-and-so, and clearly he was anything but.
We can catch people at the wrong moment, it can happen to anyone, but we should be careful not to let that cloud our opinion, simply because someone else is famous, and meeting them is memorable for us more than for them,