Personally, I have stage door'd only twice in my life and I liked how it was handled at Gypsy, someone came out prior to Patti's exit and announced that she would sign autographs but not pose for pictures.
If you're that big of a star, or think you're that big of a star - whichever, then let someone else do the dirty work for you.
What actors decide to do or not to with respect to autographs/taking pictures is their business, and certainly up to their discretion since technically they're not on stage nor getting paid to do it - but I think if someone wants to meet you enough that they'd wait after the show to see you, stalker incidents aside, I say why not take the extra 10-15min a night to meet the people that supported your show and more importantly support you. Yes yes they're tired, have lives, have families but in the end, if they do - great, if they dont - then they dont.
c'est la vie.
Updated On: 8/13/09 at 11:08 PM