It's a shame that you heard that about Alec Guiness. My uncle worked for him in the years before he died and prior to that I was fortunate enough to receive an autograph, signed Obi-Wan Kenobi in brackets.
The point is that I think these things are always exaggerated, plus I believe he was a Catholic, which perhaps explains why he was irritated by the 'mystical mumbo-jumbo' concept of Star Wars...? Anyway, it's a tribute to him as an actor that he did the job he did with Mr Kenobi if he disliked the material.
I'm not sure whether I'd have anything worthwhile to contribute if I met Mr Steinman as a person, although I'd love to. It'd be like the scene from Wayne's World where they meet Alice Cooper, just with less bowing and more lock-jaw ;)
> A few nights Upon one of my many night's of random
> internet trolling, I made my way to wiki page for Alec
> Guiness (Obi Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars) and
> upon reading it, I found that he dislikes Star Wars, quite
> a bit actually m to the point that he would even throw
> away the fan mail he got from fans of Star Wars without
> even reading it.
>
> This disappointed me, and I think some of the shine has
> been taken off Star Wars (at least for me) forever.
>
> This bought me onto another trail of thought, would
> meeting Jim Change my perceptions of him? At this point in
> my life, there isn't any other bigger source of
> inspiration than Master Steinman, and I have often thought
> how cool it would be for me to meet with him and talk
> about his writing style, his inspiration's ect ect. But
> would my meeting Jim change my perception of him. should
> we really never meet our heroes.
>
> But what do you guys think, those who haven't met Jim,
> would jump at the chance too, or want to keep whatever
> your perception of him is intact
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