Bad Behaviour at a Show

Anissa can’t be that young if she’s loved his work for years. Im totally with Alex and I don’t think people should be encouraged to visit the stage door at all so I think he’s doing the right thing by blanking them. The minute you give something people will want more and more. Take,take, take. Just ban the whole ridiculous Stage Door thing. 
Kids? I don’t care! Get yourself home and go to bed. It’s late! 😌

Pre social media really were the halcyon years.

“Stage door makes a person famous”. Really? Not their acting or the roles they get?
Someone is confusing talent with social media “celebrity”.

There isn’t a celebrity on this earth who I feel the need to have a personal interaction with. I don’t understand what people want or need from it. I know I’m in the minority, fandom is a real and huge thing, but to me it can only lead to disappointment. Why would that shining star up on stage or screen be anything like it in real life? It puts a massive amount of pressure on actors and I can only imagine that the ones who participate in it are enjoying the “love” a bit too much. You’ve just had people applauding you fir 2 hours.. isn’t that enough?

Ban it.

It's such a bizarre concept/obsession when you think about it. No-one waits outside the office to greet their favourite banker/administrator/HR person when they finish work.

To be fair, having a favourite HR person is like having a favourite injury. It's not a thing.

And as has been said a million times here, you’re not wearing a mask to protect yourself, you’re wearing it to protect other people from you. Any actor participating in this stuff is putting themselves at risk of catching other peoples diseases which is exactly the point the actor whose choice NOT to do it started this discussion. 

I was going to say that I cringe at the thought of speaking to an actor at the stage door, and while I've seen the thrill some people get from it - it's alien to me. Then I remembered I said "thanks" to Ian McKellan when he was holding a bucket on the way out of his one man show, and that was nice. But he chose to be there, I was walking past him anyway and I stuck a tenner in his bucket.

Almost all of my favourite celebrities don't use social media, or use it sparingly. I am not a fan of fame for the sake of fame, and I think I'm more drawn to singers/actors/sporting stars who see celebrity as an unfortunate by-product of their job, rather than the goal. And even the nicest and smartest of celebrities will eventually say something stupid.

However, I understand not everyone is like me, and the desire by many to take the opportunity to say hello, or get something signed is normal enough if you are a teenager. For many it's a way of extending the experience, and is the cherry on the cake of a day out. On the other hand, it's not vaguely healthy for adults to pester actors at the stage door, and those who go to the same stage door week after week under the assumption that actors (aka professional liars) are thrilled to see them, really do need to have a think about their priorities.

The first time I went round to the stage door was for Lenny the Lion when I was quite small. But since then I haven’t bothered. It is nice if you see one of the performers you have just enjoyed the work of as you walk away ( easily done at Stratford -upon -Avon) and you can say so, just briefly but I’m always aware of how tired they must be. My regret though is not stage dooring the Beatles back in the day at the two concerts I attended. I could have made myself a nice little nest egg. 😂

I was underage. 😂 

I'm always amazed when people stop anyone famous in the street for a selfie, I'm far too socially awkward to even approach them. The only time I've ever chatted to someone famous and in my case it was Russell Tovey was at an event at the Royal Court but when they're not working, I leave them well alone.

Jersey Boys, yet again…