johnnyc9000 wrote:MW1221 wrote:He's not a jerk.
He's pretty shy and introverted. Not a big fan of crowds and people.
That doesn't make him a jerk.
Idk about that.
I saw a video on YouTube of him where he kept on saying "Go away. Bye" to fans trying to get his autograph.
Maybe I'm missing something, but that seems to prove my point rather than refute it.
It's very similar to Steve Martin. He'll hand you a card that says "You just met Steve Martin" and run away while you're reading it.
At what point did we forget that celebrities are people too, with good days & bad, stress, anxieties, and emotions?
They aren't robots.
Have you ever shied away from a large crowd or snapped at someone when you're having a bad day?
I know I have.
I also know what it's like to have severe social anxiety and want nothing more than to be away from a crowd as soon as possible. To people who see that and don't know me, I come off as stand-off'ish or a jerk. But I'm not. I just don't like situations like that. Just because they've been in movies, it doesn't mean they're immune to anxieties.
And if what you say is true and he KEPT saying that to fans, then it sounds to me like those fans were the jerks. Why should he have to say it more than once?
I hate what this hobby has become. Nobody says please or thank you anymore. It's always "Here. Sign this." or "Give me your autograph." And if it's at a convention, god forbid anyone says anything of that sort. They just hand them the item.
If you're expected to introduce yourself to someone was 10-20 years older than you, would you call them by their first name or "Mr. or Ms."? Ettiquette dictates that you use the latter, & most people do, at least for that initial introduction....unless it's a celebrity.
Have a little respect. They owe us nothing. Yet so many of them give us so much.
[quote="johnnyc9000"][quote="MW1221"]He's not a jerk.
He's pretty shy and introverted. Not a big fan of crowds and people.
That doesn't make him a jerk.[/quote]
Idk about that.
I saw a video on YouTube of him where he kept on saying "Go away. Bye" to fans trying to get his autograph.[/quote]
Maybe I'm missing something, but that seems to prove my point rather than refute it.
It's very similar to Steve Martin. He'll hand you a card that says "You just met Steve Martin" and run away while you're reading it.
At what point did we forget that celebrities are people too, with good days & bad, stress, anxieties, and emotions?
They aren't robots.
Have you ever shied away from a large crowd or snapped at someone when you're having a bad day?
I know I have.
I also know what it's like to have severe social anxiety and want nothing more than to be away from a crowd as soon as possible. To people who see that and don't know me, I come off as stand-off'ish or a jerk. But I'm not. I just don't like situations like that. Just because they've been in movies, it doesn't mean they're immune to anxieties.
And if what you say is true and he KEPT saying that to fans, then it sounds to me like those fans were the jerks. Why should he have to say it more than once?
I hate what this hobby has become. Nobody says please or thank you anymore. It's always "Here. Sign this." or "Give me your autograph." And if it's at a convention, god forbid anyone says anything of that sort. They just hand them the item.
If you're expected to introduce yourself to someone was 10-20 years older than you, would you call them by their first name or "Mr. or Ms."? Ettiquette dictates that you use the latter, & most people do, at least for that initial introduction....unless it's a celebrity.
Have a little respect. They owe us nothing. Yet so many of them give us so much.
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