If you were a successful actor, but not an A list star like Tom Cruise or Scarlet Johansson, how do you think you’d deal with being a B list celebrity?

I’m asking this question because I often see my favorite actor, Steve Zahn, at my local grocery store. Even though he’s been in Oscar nominated films and voiced characters in blockbuster action movies, I’m guessing that 50–60% of people who see him in public wouldn’t recognize him. So, putting myself in his shoes, and being completely honest, I’d probably enjoy 1 or 2 people coming up to me and saying something along the lines of “I really enjoy your work.” I told him that exact compliment last year, and he replied “Oh, I’m not Steve Zahn. People tell me that I look like him though.” One month later a cashier at Kroger told him how much he liked him in Stuart Little 2, and Zahn gave him a really sly look.

And to be fair, I wasn’t offended or anything that he pretended to be someone else, because I understand why he’d want to be left alone and treated like a regular person. Your thoughts?