Looking up to sideways

I was asked recently about my cartooning career during a chat with some friends. One question related was now that I

look side-ways to the people I used to look up to

how has my perceptions changed of myself or them. The only real difference I have made to meeting "celebrities" or people of note has been that they are essentially just people. Normal people. And I treat them that way, as I would to other friends or family. When I was in KL, I was given the chance to meet some of their most well know celebrities. I had no idea who they were and on what scale, and I found it refreshing that I could chat to them without having to choose too much about what to discuss with them. I think people place others on a pedestal out of respect for their achievements, but they do forget that they are just another human being. I respect those whom I looked up to in my career, but I won't place them on a pedestal above me. They are my equals.