[PGR88]

I once rode a hotel elevator with Kissinger - 20 years ago. It was at a conference in a very tall hotel in Shanghai, so I had a good look at him.

He looked like an ashen corpse then.

[georgiegirl]

I always thought he was a bit homely, and was surprised to hear how he was considered a “ladies man”.

[katana]

I had the same experience approaching an elevator in the Okura Hotel in Tokyo. Approached a short older man from behind, around 5'5" with curly gray hair, waiting for the same elevator and thought to myself "That looks like Henry Kissinger". Sneaked a peak to the side and then thought "Holy s#!+! That is Henry Kissinger." Didn't say a word on the elevator but he asked the young guy he was with "Vat floor are vee on?" The fellow answered "Penthouse, sir". True story.