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* James Caviezel, who played [[Jesus]] in ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', reportedly had this happen to him while on a vacation in Mexico.
* [[Morgan Freeman]] reported in an interview that in the press conference for ''[[Deep Impact]]'' (where he plays the President of the US), many reporters called him "Mr. President".
* In one of his books, Tim Allen mentions that while on a flight one of the pilots came back and asked for actual advice on [[Home Improvement (TV series)||fixing up his home]]. Which just goes to show it's not just actors who play ''competent'' experts that have to deal with this.
* [[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."
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* 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.
* At the ''[[Star Trek]]'' 30th anniversary celebration, Joan Collins mentioned that whenever she was asked "Aren't you Alexis, that ''[[Rich Bitch|bitch]]'' from ''[[Dynasty]]''?", she replied, "No, I'm Edith Keeler, Depression-era social worker from ''[[Star Trek: The
* 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".
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* Rhys Darby has been asked on multiple occasions to manage peoples bands, where he's given a response along the lines of "First, my name is Rhys, second, I only play a manager on TV, and thirdly, not a very good one."
* 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
* 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.
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