The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.
I’m amazed that years after I stopped playing tennis, people still recognize me in restaurants and ask for my autograph.
When a fan holds out Helen’s picture for me to autograph, I usually sign it Linda Hunt – just to make their heads really crazy.
I truly respect the people who are working. If they want an autograph from Patti LaBelle, they are going to get it. I have never separated myself from them. I never think you are better than the next one.
Whenever I’m asked to autograph a copy of ‘Nudge,’ the book I wrote with Cass Sunstein, the Harvard law professor, I sign it, ‘Nudge for good.’ Unfortunately, that is meant as a plea, not an expectation.
I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.
I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph.
I’d perform in the mirror; I’d pretend to do interviews. I’d practice my autograph for hours.
I am a very open, social, friendly person, and when it comes to people approaching me and asking for an autograph, I am totally cool with doing any of that. It’s a lot of fun.
When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He’s the only person I’ve ever asked for an autograph.
I remember, as a kid, when any woman/girl came close to my dad to get his autograph, I would throw a complete tantrum – yell shout and sometimes even fight!
I like to make other people feel good, and if receiving my autograph brings them a little bit of pleasure, then I’m so glad to do it.
The only autograph I ever got, which I do not have anymore, was Matthew Fox when he was on ‘Party Of Five.’ I was in high school, and he came to our local amusement park, and I stood in line and got an autograph.
Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: ‘My daughter loves you, will you sign an autograph for her?’ And some people send me stuff. I don’t mind it at all: as a sportswoman, you owe them because they support you.
People don’t ask me for my autograph.
I went to one AA meeting and I got asked for an autograph.
An autograph is actually refreshing because everyone has cameras now and wants a selfie. That’s why I carry signed headshots with me, to give out.
A lost of people recognize me and maybe will ask for an autograph, but it’s nothing like if Elvis would’ve done something like that, ’cause he’s so popular, or maybe The Beatles ’cause they stirred up a lot of action.
I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I’ll never forget the look on the young boy’s face. He was devastated.
I signed my first autograph when I was 11.
Unlike the LeBrons and A-Rods of the world, anointed as special from pre-K, Matt Leinart exudes an approachability rarely seen in superstars. It’s why kids on the autograph line chat him up like a buddy with whom they could stay up late playing Xbox.
I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Imagine signing that autograph! You’d get a broken arm. So I changed my name to Michael Caine after Humphrey Bogart’s ‘The Caine Mutiny,’ which was playing in the theater across from the telephone booth where I learned that I’d gotten my first TV job.
The thrill of autograph collecting is getting close to a world you’re not part of.
Any time someone stops me in the street and asks me for an autograph, pro wrestling gave me that.
If I’m doing a play, 30 to 40 percent of the people that come to the stage door have pictures of ‘Alien’ for me to autograph. And usually, the photos are pretty gory ones.
I sign every autograph I can for kids because I remember myself at that age. I think it’s ridiculous that some guys won’t sign for a kid.
When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won’t mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, ‘no.’
I’ve never turned down an autograph request. I’ve never not taken a picture with someone.
I thought it was really funny that half the people I autographed things for said, ‘Autograph the back of my phone.’ I was like, ‘What? Really? Seriously?’ They didn’t have anything else.
I’m kind of well-known in Holland, which is nice. But in Holland, we’re down to earth; there are no paparazzi in my garden and no autograph hunters at the door. We have ‘Strictly Come Dancing,’ but I’ve not been asked.
It takes about three times as long to explain to someone why you won’t give them an autograph as it does to actually give them an autograph.
I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they’re over here talking to me, getting an autograph.
When people come up to me and ask for a photo, ask for an autograph, I’m like ‘Me? Are you sure?’ I don’t consider myself to be a public figure. I just happen to be.
I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere.
The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
I love being around kids. When I see a kid that wants to talk to me or wants my autograph, I see myself in them. I just want to be a good example and be very approachable and want them to know that I’m just a regular guy, too.
My father sang well, and he was a handsome man. When he walked down the street, people sometimes mistook him for Cary Grant and asked for his autograph.
When I was eight, I told my best friend I got a Hilary Duff autograph, but I just signed it myself.
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I’m going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.
When people don’t know me any more or want my autograph, then I’ll think about retiring.
It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I’m finished I’m not going to be on the front page, but I’m going to be just as happy without the publicity.
I love when I go to conventions, and often it’ll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names – how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people’s autograph.
People say that I must get bothered when someone stops me for an autograph or a photo. I’ll get bothered when no one asks me. Being asked means people haven’t forgotten the time I played.
My dad sent Frank Sinatra a dollar bill to autograph, and when it came back, signed, he had it framed: it was always up on the wall in whatever flat we were in.
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
It’s got difficult for me to walk down the street without people stopping me to ask for an autograph or to talk to me about boxing.
I met Cary Grant once, and I was absolutely star struck. I got his autograph.
It’s always been kind of weird to me because when you give someone an autograph, you’re looking down at a piece of paper and once you sign it the person moves on.
Mickey Rourke’s character in ‘The Wrestler’ – that was my dad, that was my uncles, that was so many members of my family. It was the only thing they knew. And then they would end up wrestling for a hundred bucks, go to autograph signings for two hundred bucks.
I am a very open, social, friendly person, and when it comes to people approaching me and asking for an autograph, I am totally cool with doing any of that. It’s a lot of fun.
People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I’d see them on tour they’d have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn’t write on people anymore, but I’d give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I’d do that.
I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph – and I got a picture, too!
When you’re young and you think of being a popstar, you think, ‘Oh I want everyone to love me and ask for my autograph.’
You don’t have to do the picture, you have to do the autograph, but it’s important to take that moment to make a human connection.
When a little kid comes up to me and asks for an autograph, that’s the most amazing compliment I can even imagine.
New York was a fantastic place to disappear because no one cares who you are. No one bothers you. In my ten years living there I was never once asked for an autograph or stopped on the street. It was an absolute joy. I gave myself time and space to get to know myself more.
I appreciate folks asking for my autograph.
Hopefully everybody in the audience thinks, ‘That’s cool. I could do that.’ I don’t like the thought that they say, ‘I saw the Beastie Boys last night, and they’re mega-stars.’ I’m a lot happier when the kids who come backstage or to the hotel try to give us tapes of what they’ve done instead of just getting an autograph.
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
