Writing to Actors?
Writing to Actors?
Kicks8567
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/03
#0Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 3:37pmJust curious, is it inappropriate to call an actor by their first name? For example, if writing to Sutton Foster, should I write Dear Ms. Foster or Dear Sutton? All help and opinions are greatly appreciated. Thanks:)
#1re: Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 3:45pmI always put the full name in all my letters. In your case, I would put "Dear Sutton Foster,"
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#2re: Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:14pm
oops, I didn't even think about this. I just sent an email to Ellen Greene, and my first line was "Hi Ellen". I hope this wasn't too informal. If someone was sending me a letter, I wouldn't mind the first line being "Hi Jera". Maybe that's just me.
jera
"It's not a problem, it's just a challenge, it's a challenge, to resist temptation."
#3re: Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:16pm
*shrug* Within reason, I'd do whatever you're comfortable with. I mean, don't make it sound like you're chatting with your best friend, but I've used first names in e-mails and things.
MTRBOI24
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
#4re: Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:25pmThey ARE regular people. If you were writing an informal letter to Joe Schmoe, would u write Dear Mr Schmoe.....
eslgr8
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#5re: Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:35pmIt depends on the person. I don't think Sutton Foster would mind at all if you called her Sutton. But with Jessica Lange and Kathleen Turner, to name two currently on Broadway... That would most certainly be a no-no. I sent an email to Stephanie J. Block and just wrote Hi Stephanie. Mainly, if it's a diva of a certain age, use care.
#6re: Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 4:39pm
Hehe... I can just imagine Ellen Greene walking the streets of NYC thinking, "I can't believe that that fan called me Ellen and not Ms. Green... How rude!"
jera
"It's not a problem, it's just a challenge, it's a challenge, to resist temptation."
#7re: Writing to Actors?
Posted: 4/10/05 at 6:19pmWhenever I write a letter, I always address them as "Dear Mr. -------" or "Dear Ms. --------". It's just a way of showing respect to them. At least that's the way I see it.
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