Brian Ross wrote on Jul 25
th, 2016 at 5:23pm:
I've met:
During my brief movie career (as an extra):
Edward Woodwood (the actor)
Bryan Brown
Jack Thompson
Mel Gibson
Mark Lee
Bill Kerr
Anybody care to guess which two movies they were?
In politics I've met:
Gough Whitlam
Bob Hawke
Don Dunstan
Mick Young
Bill Hayden
Gareth Evans
Kim Beazley
Des Corcoran
John Bannon
Lynn Arnold
Mike Rann
Steele Hall
David Tonkin
Malcom Fraser
Andrew Peacock
Alexander Downer
Amanda Vanstone
Brendan Nelson
Tone Rabbit
Malcom Turnball
In Academia I've met:
David Horner
Peter Stanley
Jeff Gray
Albert Palazzo
Roger Lee
Jean Bou
Gary Sheffield
Oh yeah, I played an extra once.
A movie being made in Melbourne.
Got to meet ... Jesus, can't remember his name. Will have to google it.
I don't consider politicians 'famous', but I've met a pile of those bastards.
Gillard.
Rudd.
Shorten.
Abbott (he used my office for an afternoon).
Whitlam (family connections).
Fraser (my all time favourite - a lovely man, and his wife was very charming).
Bill Clinton (for about 2.3 seconds).
Dunstan (family connection again).
Mark McGowan (see him every few weeks).
Howard (stood next to him at that milk bar near Kirribilli House once, while he was buying the paper or milk or something. He was wearing the Aussie track suit - about 6am).
Thatcher (in Austria, many years ago - she was about 50mtrs away. Used to holiday there often, so I'm told)