As stated in a previous post here, one of my hobbies is to collect autographs (see my tutorial here). A couple of days ago I received two new additions to my small, but precious, collection. One remarkable thing is that I got my first ‘female autograph’. I must admit that when it comes to movies I mostly am a “fan” of male actors. When it comes to females I find their work to be very inconsistent, some good some bad. However, one actress, that I have the utmost respect towards, is Kate Winslet. If you have seen her movies.. ok we have all seen Titanic, but have you seen Holy Smoke, Quills, Iris, Finding Neverland, Revolutionary Road… she is one of the greatest actresses out there!

Now about the second autograph. The story goes as follows. About a month ago I was watching Late Night with Conan O’Brien. I was glad to notice that Edward Norton was there as a guest. He has to be one of the most charismatic actors in the world, yet when you see him “being himself”, he comes out as a very reserved, shy and sort of “geeky” man. This of course makes me appreciate his work even more, because in movies that he has done (American History X, Fight Club…) he comes across as the toughest guy you’ve ever met. So there he was sitting on Conan’s couch and talking about this new charity cause he is involved with – The Maasai Marathon. A week went by and I decided to check if Ed had a Twitter account. He does! Only, it was not so much about Ed as it was about the Maasai Marathon. Long story short, I decided to give a noticeable donation to one of the Maasai runners, and got Ed’s autographed and personalised photo from the upcoming movie “Stone”, as a thank you gift.

By the way Ed is one of those celebrities who, as far as I know, do not send out autographs to fans who request them. He likes to keep himself out of the “hollywood thing”. But this was for a good cause, so he had to give in :)