Yeah, I imagine that anyone notable or recognizable mostly just wants to be treated like a regular human being (aside from a few horror stories I've heard about egotistical celebs who want to be the center of everything). In my neighborhood, a very famous trans woman filmmaker lives, and I think for the most part those that know feel protective toward her. A friend of mine told me that this filmmaker is wary of talking to people, unless you show that you'll treat her in a normal, friendly, mundane way (and she low-key befriended this famous filmmaker because she knew to lead with that energy). It's absurd to compare my situation to hers, but when strangers have recognized me, that friend has stepped in to protect me, if I wanted it. Which meant a ton. In the past few years I've gotten to meet some writers and journalists I never thought that I would, and I have tried to just remember how exhausting being known in any way can be. Some people it seems to erode how they express their humanity. It seems to me like no one should reach a level of exposure that does that.