Question..........why do people who post here have to get their pictures taken over and over again with their favorite performers?? — Page 3

NY---It has nothing to do with being starstruck. I have worked in this industry for years and have only been starstruck by one person.

I don't have my picture taken annually with my accountant, but I have had a ton of pictures taken with her. She is a personal friend.

I also think I previously posted that I have no delusions of being "friends" with the actors.

I am not sure why I am even responding because I truly don't care what you think, it is just a public forum and I feel the need to "defend" myself.

Thanks Wicked for the defense. I don't understand why these people have to come on this board and attack people because they don't agree with things the others enjoy doing.

I think that requires them to get a life, as much as they think I need to get one for getting pictures taken with a "star"

Updated On: 9/28/06 at 09:41 AM

Another moronic post. I in no way, shape or form, stalk these actors. I have only gone to the stage door once, where I haven't been at the performance.

Your point about it being normal for celebrities in LA having fans and not Broadway is equally as stupid. I guess it is only ok for Sara Ramirez to have fans now because she is on Grey's Anatomy?

Perhaps you shouldn't generalize people based on them taking photographs with the actors at events/stagedoors.

Think of me what you will. Won't make me loose sleep, although it does keep me entertained here at work.

Grow up, party of 1 your table is now available.

This is the thing...I have heard from the other side, and most performers hate the stagedoor thing. Just because I don't request intros doesn't mean that I haven't socialized with some show biz folk.

In no other profession are you required to continue your job after you are done working for the day. Most of these people are tired after a performance and just want to get home to their families...or hang with FRIENDS. How would you feel if you were bombarded by a group of camera-happy fans every time you hit the revolving door of your office building at 5:00 just wanting to get home?

I know there are those that believe that it is part of a performer's job to cozy up to fans...I am not ONE of those people. You show your support by buying tickets/CDs...not asking for pictures and autographs. I agree with havingfun. One of the reasons NY is such a great city is because most people can go about their business in realative obscurity...without being accosted by the paparazzi. A fan camera is still a camera.

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I do agree with you on that point. I don't think any actor is under obligation to sign autographs or pose for photos after they perform. It is solely their choice. If the actor doesn't want to hang around, or sneaks out a side entrance, so be it.

I just don't like being called a stalker, on a public forum by people who don't know me personally. It is no different than categorizing someone by their race, color, gender or creed. Not all people who stage door are stalkers.

Betty---there is no way to tell you were joking. And I like your point about he who doth protests too much. But I assure you I am no stalker. I stage door shows when I see them.

Updated On: 9/28/06 at 10:48 AM

i love how this thread totally made everyone feel attacked for having their picture taken with a celebrity. like they didn't care what a line of fans thought when they were going OMG JOHN LLOYD YOUNG TAKE YOUR PICTURE WITH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!1

yet a random person online makes them suddenly burst out with "b-b-b-but i only took 3!!!"

i squint when the flash comes on i wish i could be a diva like some of you and get the hot shots.

As much as I hate Lupone I would love to have stage doored her like 40 times for pics. I would make an animated flip book.

I wish I had wickedrentq backing all my arguments.

I have to say that there are many sensible opinions on this thread - shame they are interspersed with both totally self-absorbed and judgmental holier-than-thou views and attitudes which betray a total lack of awareness! I like to think I can see this argument from both sides.

My honest opinion is that common sense dictates that people who appear night after night at a stage door asking for autographs and pictures are in danger of pissing off the actors they profess to admire. I totally agree with the person who said they wouldn't like it if there were people hanging around o/s their workplace. Personally I'd HATE it! But then again I've never wanted or aspired to enter a profession that virtually depends on widespread public acclaim!

So IMHO the bottom line is: most actors really appreciate people who take time to support them; they understand some of them do it through thick and thin; but they may feel uncomfortable if they see the same faces and hear the same things time after time after time. What sane person wouldn't!?

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Seen some shows in my time....

I agree.

If I were a performer and saw the same face week after week looking to talk to me, I would probably ask that they not return. It can just get creepy. I completely understand getting your picture taken with an actor that you enjoy or admire - maybe even twice if the first one doesn't look so hot - but 3, 4, 5, 10 times? Personally, I think it's creepy.

If I see a show with someone in it that I respect, I don't bother them due to the sheer fact that I DO have so much respect for them. Coming off as a crazy fan sort of negates or cancels out any serious quality about yourself.

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But why would you even want a picture of yourself and that person?

It's something I just don't understand. It would be like me taking a picture with a homeless woman on the street. We don't know each other, we may never see each other again - and if we do, she sure as hell won't remember me. What's the point of having pictures with people you don't know?

I can sort of understand wanting your picture with a big star like Julia Roberts or Nicole Kidman, but with Celia-Keenan Bolger? If I went to a stage door (let's say THE WEDDING SINGER) and took a picture with Stephen Lynch, I would look at it and feel nothing. He doesn't know who I am, we have no history, there are no personal memories attached to that picture, it is a totally empty picture. I don't get it.

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Without mentioning names, there was one actor I worked with who had a couple of STALKERS coming to every weekend show, and sitting right within his view from the stage. They not only did that, but they followed him out of the theater regularly and down the block, often to wherever he was going at the time. It got to the point where the actor would not exit the theatre, even on his break between shows, for fear of these two. Finally he requested that these stalkers not be given seats where he could see them from the stage. They could only see the show from the back of the theatre. In order to be "seen" by the actor, these stalkers would get up from their new seats in the back and walk around the theatre and out to the bathroom during a part of the show when they knew the actor was sitting on the stage looking in that particular direction.

I could go on with more of this story, but you get my drift.

And to repeat what has been asked-I don't care if you have one, three, ten, or more photos with the same actor-ask yourself why this is necessary. The only use I see for those photos is to show to other fans or to post here on fan photos. Does this make you seem more important, to be seen with them? I'm sure you all will say no.

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Updated On: 9/28/06 at 06:04 PM

A little difference in what?

If I told someone that I met Stephen Lynch, they would either say "Who's that?" or "Okay....thanks for sharing."

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