Totally off topic.
I'm not one for celebrity. Even as a kid, the whole idea that fame = value or connection, or anything other than the fact that the person is doing something public never made sense.
But there are a few exceptions that have cropped up over the fiftyish years I've orbited the sun, and Patrick Stewart is one of them.
The man is a human treasure, and I have this irrational affection for him that makes me smile any damn time I see him. And it's a bigger smile when it's off-screen than when he's doing his job.
Even the type of fanboy geekdom I have for some artists (mostly comic artists) and writers doesn't extend that same kind of response that he does. It's the person that makes me happy, not his work, if that makes sense. It's who he is in what he's shared of his life that makes me respect and have affection for him.
Okay, tangent over :)