Some years ago I had come home from work, parked my car about a block and a half away from my building and was walking home. I had two bags of groceries with me so when I saw I would have to walk through a large film crew and equipment I wasn't happy. The sidewalk was partially blocked with people, cable, equipment, etc.
To top it off, there was this tall blonde "movie dude" as I called him at the time, standing in the middle of the sidewalk. His side was facing me as he was staring across the street. My experience with movie people is that they aren't necessarily rude (unless you're interfering with production) but often they do act like neighborhood residents are in their way on a location shoot. As I approached "movie dude" blocking the sidewalk, he heard me walking toward him and to my shock, turned to me and politely apologized for being in the way and stepped aside -- before I could say anything.
He obviously was an actor though I didn't recognize him at the time. It wasn't until much later after seeing pictures of him that realized "movie dude's" name was Paul Walker. All I can say is that I have no trouble believing the people who knew him who say that he was a real down to earth guy. I also think he probably had some good "home training" as we used to call it.
Only ever saw one of his movies, "Timeline" and didn't think it did the book justice, but after my encounter with him, I always rooted for his movies. I was glad his F&F movies were such hits.
So sad to hear about his death (especially for his little girl). RIP.
