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=== Real Life Examples: ===
* [[Harlan Ellison]] wrote in the intro for his book ''Strange Wine'' that he talked with Dan Blocker (Hoss from ''[[Bonanza]]'') about this phenomenon. Apparently, Blocker once had a woman come up to him in a supermarket and ask him about how Hoss was. When Blocker replied that he ''wasn't'' Hoss and Hoss was fictional, the woman said, "I know that, all I want to know is if he's alright!"
* Robert Young, who played ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', often said that people would ask him for medical advice.
* People today associate actor turned U.S. Senator Fred W. Thompson with being tough on crime more because of his role as District Attorney Arthur Branch in ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' than because of his career as an attorney and service as minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee.
* There are actually people who think [[Stephen Colbert]] really is that much of a [[Strawman Political|conservative whackadoo]], including the organizers (and attendees) of the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, who were, needless to say, relatively shocked when they found out otherwise. (Though apparently ''not'' George W. Bush, given the opening act.)
* Dennis Haysbert (who played President David Palmer on ''[[24]]'') tells a story about a couple of fans who freaked out when they saw him hanging out with actor Gregory Itzin (who plays President Charles Logan, {{spoiler|the man who ordered his assassination}}, on the same show). The fact that the two actors are good friends apparently never occurred to anyone.
* The late David Jackson was once mistaken by a kid for Olag Gan, his ''[[Blake's
{{quote|"Mum, he's got a [[Restraining Bolt|chip]] in his head!"}}
* Infotainment shows constantly referred to the star of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' as "Doctor McDreamy". Hey, you... yes, you the guy at ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''! He's got a name. It's Patrick Dempsey! He's only been a fairly well-known actor now for the last 20 years or so.
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* [[William Shatner]] tells a tale of being on a tourist cruise when another tourist fell into the water and began drowning. Like any normal human being, he stood aside while professional help was obtained. So many [[Viewers are Morons|people]] were staring at him, expecting him to act [[The Kirk|the hero]] that he eventually [[The Call Knows Where You Live|caved in]] to peer pressure and dived in after the struggling tourist. As any lifeguard will tell you, [[Don't Try This At Home|this is the worst thing you can do]]. Both Shatner and the original victim had to be rescued.
** Another Shatner example: several pages on Priceline.com are written in first person in the voice of Shatner's "Priceline Negotiator" persona. The "terms and conditions" link at the bottom of the page is introduced with the text: "I'm not a lawyer (I [[Boston Legal|played one on TV]]), but here is the legal information you need to know."
*** And yet another Shatner example, He was travelling in Nepal, riding a little mountain pony up a steep slope. His group came upon a little hut/tea house and the old dude running the teashop looked at Shatner and said "Captain Kirk?". Turned out he had an ancient black & white TV, run off a truck battery and Star Trek was one of his favourite programmes.
* Most [[Soap Opera]] actors say that this happens to them so often that they've become used to just going along with it.
** This trope is the measure Hispanic [[Soap Opera]] actors use to know how well they are doing in the role and how well the soap is going.
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* In one of the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' DVD extras, [[James Marsters]] says "I'm not a vampire, but I play one on TV."
* In the 1970's, James Garner and Mariette Hartley did a number of commercials for Polaroid cameras. The way they played against each other, one would get the impression they were in fact a domestic couple, though this was never stated in the commercials. Mariette Hartley took to wearing these lettered sweatshirts that read "I am not James Garner's wife". Her baby has a shirt that read "I am not James Garner's child".
* There were stories back when ''[[The West Wing]]'' was on that people around Hollywood started treating Martin Sheen like he was the President. The story goes that Sheen enjoyed this and began forming receiving lines, similar to what the real life President would do.
* Jerome "Curly" Howard has been assaulted in public simply because it was so funny when they did it on ''[[The Three Stooges]]''.
* People have often said "''Hello'', Newman" to [[Seinfeld|Wayne Knight]] in public. He hates it now.
* [[Zachary Quinto]] mentioned in an interview that he has walked into Starbucks before only to have the employees refer to him as Sylar.
* Fiona Shaw and Richard Griffiths, (who played Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon, respectively, in the ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' films) have noted that small children are sometimes scared when they see them. Shaw mentioned that one little boy was even reduced to tears.
** [[Tom Felton]] (a.k.a. Draco Malfoy) has noted that when younger children meet him, they tend to be afraid: "We get a lot of kids down in the studios all the time and are very excited to meet [[Daniel Radcliffe|Daniel]], [[Rupert Grint|Rupert]] and [[Emma Watson|Emma]], and they get the handshakes and the hugs! I try to be as friendly as I can, but no matter how much I try they seem to hide behind their parents legs or cower behind some object. I don’t get a good rap from the children! I take it as a compliment, if they think I’m evil then I must be doing something right!" However, there was also a bizarre incident with a not-quite-so-young fan. An American man legally changed his name to "Lucius Malfoy" and sent Felton paperwork which would allow him to disown his parents and be adopted by "Lucius", whom had additionally named his house "Malfoy Manor".
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* When Christopher Motlasanti was "whacked" from ''[[The Sopranos]]'', actor Michael Imperioli said that he had been receiving flowers as condolence - for his own death!
* A shoplifter once surrendered to uniformed actors on the set of ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]'', believing them to be real law enforcement personnel.
* James Michael Tyler (Gunther on ''[[Friends]]'') was yelled at by a woman on the subway for being partially responsible for breaking up Ross and Rachel.
* ''[[Smallville]]'''s Tom Welling intervened and fought off men attempting to mug a woman. When she saw who had saved her, she reportedly said, "Wow, you really are Superman." She was kidding, but she apparently wasn't that far off.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'': John de Lancie, the actor playing Q, said at one time that he was, more jokingly or more seriously, randomly asked by people on the street how is it to be an all powerful entity. Reportedly, he'd answer them "It's just a role".
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*** John (deciding his chances of survival are greater if he pretends to be omnipotent):"Um ... Yeah"
*** "Biker': "So can you bring dead people back to life?"
*** John: "Only if I like them"
*** 'Biker' grunts and walks off and John thinks 'Trekkies come in all forms.'
* Amy Adams told the story on a talk show about how a young girl recognized her as [[Enchanted|Giselle]], and wondered why she was walking around as a regular person. Adams replied that she didn't want to draw attention to herself, and asked the girl [[Your Secrets Safe With Me Superman|not to tell anyone.]]
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== Web Original ==
* The [[Amazing Super Powers]] webcomic strip depicting a flight stewardess asking if there were any doctors onboard as the pilot had just had a heart attack. A man says "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV". The air stewardress replies "good enough". The last panel is a cover of a TV magazine mourning the tragic death of the star of the comedy series "Dr Oops".
* Parodied in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'''' video "Marik's Evil Council 3"
{{quote|'''Marik''': Also joining us is celebrity voice actor [[Dan Green]]!
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