That Guy ... Who Was in That Thing 1 Page #2

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They can call you whatever they

want.

I get recognized just enough.

It--it's like I have this really

nice low level of

recognizability where people

are only kind of gonna do it

if they have something nice

to say.

I mean, I-I can just point

at character actors I've seen

over the years who I don't know

the name of.

I'm Gregory Itzin, by the way.

[laughs]

They may not know my name,

they sure know my face.

"You were, you know, at the

teacher conference I just had,

right?"

Oftentimes, I'll come into

a restaurant and I sit.

Somebody will say to me, "oh."

I've never been there before.

"Oh, we haven't seen you for

a long time."

This is the one I do hate.

"So, tell me what you've been

in."

No.

No.

You tell me.

I said, "I'm not gonna recite

what I've done, so you can

figure it out."

I always say that if my wife

would let me, I would wear a

t-shirt that says, "hey, I'm on

TV."

Once I see the twinkle of

recognition in someone's eye

and they start making the

beeline, it's--it--depending on

their age, if it's somebody

under 30, it's gonna be

"psych" now.

If it's a female over 30,

it's gonna be "Judging Amy."

And if they're really hip,

it'll be "deadwood."

With "mommie dearest,"

the gay crowd knew me for years.

Any kind of metalhead youngster

would know me from

"Terminator 2."

Any punk of whatever age would

know me from "Sid and Nancy."

People my age, it was

"Willard."

You know, "X-Men" now.

I don't like it when people

walk up to me and--like, they

know me.

I know you just saw me on TV,

but that doesn't mean we're,

like, buddies or pals.

I'm going to be nice and

cordial, but don't go punching

me in the arm or don't, you

know, ask me for my cell phone

number or anything.

Oh, the funniest one was

I was with my youngest daughter.

She was just a baby.

And I'm taking her to cedars,

to the hospital to get her

checkup.

This woman comes in the

elevator, and then she looks at

me and she goes--

[gasps]

"Oh, my god!

You're that man.

You're that dirty man, and you

have a child?"

And my daughter's waking up.

And I'm like, "lady, for god's

sake, I'm an actor."

But the best is when you go

to a checkout counter or you go

and, you know, and they're

dealing with you and everything

is going, and as you're walking

away, I've had people say,

"thank you, Mr. President,"

or something like that.

So they let you know that they

know who you are but they

don't--they don't bother you.

So, to have people come up

and--and say they like what you

do, they like your work, you

got through them on some level--

It's the most gratifying thing

in the world.

I think you're lucky if you

are able to make a living in

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