Does an interesting life make for an interesting person?

My mother was quite ordinary, until she was involved in an international custody battle as a child, had a near death experience in Israel, smuggled bibles into Russia, hung out with Bedouins in the middle east, spent a few years in France with priests and then dedicated her life to helping others through alternative medicine and practices (in cooperation with standard medicine of course.)

I’ve done a lot of interesting things in my life but I don’t think it makes me particularly interesting as a person. Currently, I’m kind of a bore.

I find all kinds of people interesting and I like to hear their stories.

You mean a person who is, objectively speaking, innately interesting? Or someone who’s interesting to talk to?

I’m a terrible storyteller. I can make the most interesting events sound completely mundane. On the other hand, I have a good friend whose life is full of ridiculous stories and who tells them exceedingly well, making him both inherently interesting and fantastic to talk to.

No. I refer you to the fictional poster boy for this question: Forrest Gump.

Yes. And unlike nikipedia I have a thousand stories I could write a novel and I tell the really well (so people say).
I am not bragging, just saying that I like listening to other people stories, hence that an interesting life makes someone an interesting person. But it doesn’t mean people with…not-interesting lives aren’t. But you know what I absolutely hate (and one thing that gives Fluther a +1 because it doesn’t happen here)? When I am asking or AIMing my friends about something and they just say “idk (I don’t know)” just because they don’t feel like answering. Lazy!! That makes me less interested because I stop asking many questions to them.
But you can’t just judge a book by it’s cover.

What do you mean by interesting?

I am sure it is possible to have an amazingly interesting life and be a complete and utter bore and not realize just how awesome your life really is. People take things for granted all the time.

I’ve had a relatively dull life, but I have a vivid imagination, and can spin a pretty wild yarn, if the mood strikes. The most exciting thing I’ve ever done that comes to mind is I once crashed a pickup truck into a sailboat. I prefer to have interesting friends with interesting lives, and then, when they tell me their stories I can write them down later and create wondrous fiction from that. One night a friend told me about working the kill floor at a local slaughterhouse, and I created a very disturbing short fiction piece from that.

I would have to say that neither the original question nor its inverse are true. Some very interesting people lead very mundane lives, and some incredibly boring people lead lives full of excitement and wonder. I think being interesting probably comes from having an interesting mind, not an interesting life.

I don’t believe an interesting life makes for an interesting person.

What makes an interesting person is how they perceive, handle, and internalize their experiences, regardless of how interesting or boring. Hindsight, insight, and wisdom make for interesting people…the people who may not necessary make you laugh, but change your perspective.

People sometimes find me interesting to talk to. I probably am too pushy with my questions, so I might not make a good impression, even though I can be interesting. Too intense, or something like that. Anyway, I have few second conversations, so maybe when they say I’m interesting, they mean I’m interesting.

I have no idea if I’ve lead an interesting life. I’m interested in it, and have stories to tell, but then, who doesn’t?

I second what evelyns_pet_zebra, augustlan, and seekingwolf said. It’s not just experiences that make a person interesting to me. Some of my favourite people in the world (my friends and family) have led equally mundane lives as me. It’s their reaction to the world around them that makes them interesting.