I know a guy who's an actor on a cable TV show. Our kids attend the same school and sometimes our paths cross at track meets and other events.
He can slip by unbothered in public for a long while — until someone steps forward and violates an unwritten code of L.A. life by shouting out the name of the character he plays. Suddenly a kind of feeding frenzy begins. The poor man is surrounded by autograph seekers, and cameras are pointed in his direction.