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[Blind Gossip] We always find stories about a celebrity using the “Don’t you know who I am?” line amusing.

Here’s one that occurred when a major action star – who first became famous in the 1990s – was filming in a small rural town in the south.

We were filming part of [movie] in [town]. We were driving back and forth between sets and we kept passing this old man selling these cool handmade birdhouses out of his pickup truck on the side of the road.

[Actor] asked me to stop one day, because he wanted to buy one of the birdhouses. He got into a conversation with the old man.

After a couple of minutes, it was pretty apparent that this man had no idea he was talking to this world-famous movie star. As he’s handing the money to the man for the birdhouse, [Actor] said to him, “Don’t you know who I am?”

The old man shrugged and said, “No… but if you’ll tell me who your mommy and daddy are I might!”

I burst out laughing. [Actor] didn’t laugh. Yes, he takes himself pretty seriously.

BONUS CLUE: If you can’t figure this one out, you will absolutely get a roundhouse kick to the gut!

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[Optional] Do you think you’d change if you were famous?

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  3. elphie says

    Seagal ? Arnie or Willis? What’s throwing me is the comment about how the actor in question took himself pretty seriously… of course could have been Stallone…weren’t those Rambo films shot in the south (the US sites anyway)

  4. ivy3499 says

    My first thought was Michael Keaton because of his film Birdman but I know he was successful before the 90s so I’m not sure. Maybe Ben Affleck- birdhouse man/batman??

  5. BluntSavage says

    Sounds like something DiCaprio would do.
    I am already pretty obnoxious but I would definitely change and become even more so at least in the beginning. After a while I would resort to some sort of balance between being obnoxious and nice.

  8. terry123 says

    Maybe Bruce Willis?
    Would fame change me? I don’t think so – fame, like money just makes you more of what you already are. If you were a jerk before, you will be a bigger jerk afterwards.

  9. tarbaby says

    I don’t know who the actor is but this is just too funny!!! Too many actors (and actresses) take themselves entirely too seriously. Love it that someone had no clue “who” this idiot was.

  12. kermit1969 says

    Actor: Kevin Costner

    Film: The Bodyguard

    Yes I would absolutely change if I were famous.

  13. LooLoo says

    That is so sweet, that sounds just like every old man I know in this neck of the woods. So sad that the actor couldn’t find it charming.

  14. jonesing says

    Steven Sagal maybe. If I were famous as a young person-and I’ll say under 40-I would probably been more than a little smitten with myself. If I became famous as an old-then no. But there’s not a big call for famous granny character actors now days.

  17. WaitLemmeGuess says

    I’m guessing Steven Seagal only because his name sorta looks like seagull (birdhouse.)

  18. Delightful says

    Bruce Willis? He is kind of the go-to for “action star from the 90s”, besides Schwarzenegger and Van Damme.

  22. xxxzyrxxx says

    I have no clue but in the Highly unlikely scenario that I become famous, I hope that I wouldn’t ever use that line. I am a very grounded person but money and fame can change a person so I don’t know

  27. I Am PunkA says

    Patrick Swayze
    Roadhouse

    Yeah, but not too much. Money gives opportunities, and I’d use it to create opportunities for my kids with travel and education. Not really with stuff though. Life experience > Possessions.

  28. ConfusedHarpy says

    I don’t know who this is, but I know who this is not– Chuck Norris. He’s supposedly one of the nicest and most low-key actors out there.

    Speaking of roundhouse kicks, if Chuck Norris snaps a redwood in the forest with a roundhouse., everybody hears it.

  29. Ramalama says

    Steven Seagal or Jean Claude Van Damme

    Ugh! Hate both actors so no time to watch their junk.

    I’d hate to think I would.

  30. bostonbratt says

    Patrick Swayze
    Ppl that say they wouldn’t change are liars. Yes, I would change.

  34. Bakomommy says

    Somebody doesn’t know Chuck Norris? Not possible. Can’t wait to see the Chuck Norris jokes though.

  38. jonty30 says

    The 90’s action hero clue suggested Jean Claude Von Damme. The Roundhouse kick pretty much suggests it is.

  46. tellmemore says

    Of course, the blind doesn’t say he became a famous actor in the 90s, so IDK.

  48. smiller2000 says

    I think this is Jean Claude Van Damme. He’s got a movie in post production called Kickboxer: Vengeance that was filmed partially in New Orleans.

  50. scumby says

    THE WINNER. Seriously. do people actually comprehend these items? “who first became famous in the 1990s” Bruce Willis, Cruise, Stallone, Norris, et. al ALL WERE FAMOUS BEFORE THE 90’s.

  52. bhakti says

    I saw Steven on the Warner Bros lot back in the day and he was so sweet. Super flirty and friendly. I didn’t sense an ego. Just a hot older (than me) man who appreciated pretty younger females. My friend and I were flattered and thought he was a gentleman. I don’t see him throwing his ego around like in this blind.

  53. JHntr113 says

    Yes, I agree. He does have a pretty spectacular roundhouse kick, and he did a movie called Hard Target in the 90s, which was set in the bayou.

  54. jasper says

    Pretty sure JCVD, Bruno, and Swayze were famous in 80s, so….Samuel L Jackson?
    He started getting roles in 80s (Sea of Love, Coming to America), but didn’t become a Name Star until 90s.

    Then again, he’s known to not take himself serious all the time.
    It’s likely one of the Expendables, if not Sam.

  58. lvsoxfan says

    JCVD. At first I thought for sure Seagal, but he really didn’t throw kicks in his movies.

  60. JennyJustice says

    I have no idea who this is.

    All I do know is that when I get home from work, I’m going to make a birdhouse out of my son’s old Lincoln Logs. What a great idea!

  61. Rofl my Wofl says

    Not even close. DiCaprio’s a partier who changes women like other people change their underwear, hanging out on yachts and going to clubs in between making movies. But stopping by some rural roadside stands selling handcrafted birdhouses and expecting to be recognized is nothing like him. Not sure why anybody would think that.

  65. Kingofboggle says

    Jean-Claude Van Damme. Probably when he was filming “Hard Target” in the early 90s. He’s always been notorious for his ego

  67. KarmaFlower says

    Michael Keaton became known before the 90s.

    On a personal note, he is from my hometown and I have never heard any thing but positive comments about how he treats others. I would be very, very surprised to learn he pulled out the “do you know who I am” card. 🙂

  69. lepidoteran says

    I think you’re right with the “birdhouse” – “seagull” connection!

  70. TheRevanchist says

    JCVD for the win

    Blood Sport was my sexual awakening. Those splits, oh man…

  71. Aurelia says

    Wesley Snipes

    One of the zillion Blade Thingy Movies.

    Fame wouldn’t change me, although…to have money to travel and visit museums, that’d be something else.

  73. UncleYenYen says

    Has to be VanDamme with the “roundhouse kick” clue

    sad, little man, to whose face time has not been kind

  76. spalomino says

    Chuck Norris was famous in the 80s with ‘Delta Force’ movies. Not 90s. It’s “world-famous” actor Van Damme from Brussels. Roundhouse kicks are what he was known for. Bloodsport came out in late 80s from he was super famous in 90s.

  78. fiddlesticks says

    This morning I saw this and couldn’t for the life of me think of the name as clearly wanted to block his hideous movies form memory but definitely this!

  80. alternageek says

    Not Chuck Norris as he was famous well before the 90s (he used to train with Bruce Lee, I think?)

    I want to go with Jackie Chan – He became pretty big in the US in the 90s (though already a superstar in China) – but none of his movies fit the location..