Rudest: Despite working 7 years in Hollywood, I don’t know that I would hang that label on any one person. Some were rude now and then, but to me it was “everyone is human”. The couple interractions that stung the most, humility makes me reflect on perhaps having something to do with it myself, and best to just leave it.
Nicest: probably John Travolta. He was getting an award and I was tasked to accompany him at a remote location (island) as he wanted to get some things done, I was his liaison to the locals, I worked in PR at the time, I was really just an admin grunt who was available and was known to keep my s___ together around celebrities, plus I was kind of a highly certified and experienced security guard so that made it so they only had to send one person.
We had to get a cab, this was a small island. By the time we got done with the cab ride, he knew the names of the driver’s sons, and even had her talking about her hopes and dreams. He had her teach him some words in her language and then thanked her for helping him. He gave her a hug. It just impacted me how much he genuinely LIKES human beings. He was like that all the time. If I ever met someone who did not need a “security guard”, it would be him. If someone attacked him, people around him would probably savagely rush to his defense, he was that friendly and that liked.