Yes, that would make a big difference. Though I don't think TT is significantly smaller than the average American media con, except for Dragon*Con and San Diego Comic Con. In fact, I think we're a few times larger than Shore Leave now.
Apart from Dragon*Con, where celebrities are a dime a dozen, I haven't been to an American media con in years. So I don't know how large numbers of American fans react to, say, sharing an elevator with a guest. I've been in elevators with Judson Scott, Chris Owens, and a few other actors at TT, and have always found that people tend to leave them be. Similarly, I tend to leave the guests alone when I bump into them, except for perhaps nodding a "hello" - I recall Christopher Judge, George Takei and, yesterday, Garrett Wang starting conversations with me (or at least saying "hello" first, if nothing else). This weekend, I think the only guest I initiated contact with (outside the autograph room, anyway) was Richard Hatch, and that was when I was working the elevator line after the Masquerade and he walked up. But I was talking to everyone, to let them know about why there was a lineup, and to ask them to please be patient.
As I said in my post, I suspect it's the "concom member at work" factor - they know that I'm someone who's unlikely to go all crazy fanboi in their presence. But I wonder if there are cons where the actors are more guarded about roaming the hallways or speaking to the fans in these downtime moments.
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Date: 2006-07-11 10:08 pm (UTC)Apart from Dragon*Con, where celebrities are a dime a dozen, I haven't been to an American media con in years. So I don't know how large numbers of American fans react to, say, sharing an elevator with a guest. I've been in elevators with Judson Scott, Chris Owens, and a few other actors at TT, and have always found that people tend to leave them be. Similarly, I tend to leave the guests alone when I bump into them, except for perhaps nodding a "hello" - I recall Christopher Judge, George Takei and, yesterday, Garrett Wang starting conversations with me (or at least saying "hello" first, if nothing else). This weekend, I think the only guest I initiated contact with (outside the autograph room, anyway) was Richard Hatch, and that was when I was working the elevator line after the Masquerade and he walked up. But I was talking to everyone, to let them know about why there was a lineup, and to ask them to please be patient.
As I said in my post, I suspect it's the "concom member at work" factor - they know that I'm someone who's unlikely to go all crazy fanboi in their presence. But I wonder if there are cons where the actors are more guarded about roaming the hallways or speaking to the fans in these downtime moments.