MTF Rant! Wait… Zachary Quinto Is Charging $120.00 For HIS AUTOGRAPH! Say Wha!?!? Come On! He’s No Leonard Nimoy!
I just got an email from Erica and I wanted to share it you all…
Apparently, Zach Quinto thinks pretty highly of himself… Now, at the Star Trek Into Darkness premiere, I was a little shocked he barely signed but he wants more than Leonard Nimoy charges for his autograph!
Erica said…
“Since when can Zachary Quinto charge as much as Leonard Nimoy for autograph?
Note how he’s charging at lease $20 more than Stan Lee, Henry Winkler or Dennis Rodman.
Even more than Scott Bakula did…!
I don’t think so….”
Zach wants $80 bucks to sign a photo and $120 for “premium items!” What! This is according to the Wizard World Chicago price guide. I mean that’s laughable! I can understand someone like Leonard Nimoy charging a bit. He is a legend, and has played an iconic character for what 40 or 50 years now? But Quinto? Really?
Everyone else at the same con is between $20 and $40 bucks including Henry Winkler, Norman Reedus, Morena Baccarin, Jason Priestley, Sarah Wayne Callies, Robert Rodriguez, Summer Glau, etc…
Sometimes these prices are just too much, it’s nuts. Come on. At conventions you expect to fork over some money, I get it. But hyper gauging people is just ridiculous.
Damn…
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Gag me. As soon as Star Trek is over so is he.
What an unbelievable douche.
he isn’t a bigger douche than you idiots who seems to need to discuss it by the way highly doubt qiunto cares when ST is over given he spends most of his time caring about gay rights and important shit like that
Well that just broke my heart. I love him. He was good in Star Trek but I adored him on American Horror Story. I thought he seemed like such a good guy on Real Time with Bill Maher a while back. That’ll teach me. What a freaking shame. 🙁
I think it’s ridiculous that ANY star charges for their autograph! Don’t they have enough money already? This should come with the fame to give FREE autographs to fans no matter what! I mean who is this guy? What’s his name?
I can understand older stars who are not making money off the work they did in the past. It’s a way to make a living. But Quinto got at least a couple million for STID, and was on Heroes, and is on American Horror Story, so come on… He doesn’t need the cash and doesn’t need to charge $120 bucks!
Trust me, NE, he’s totally a bigger douche than I am.
Zachary quinto you scallywag!
Keep in mind the promoter is charging that much and is paying him a lot of money to come so they can make money. Yes he makes money to make the appearance for a few hours, but he wouldn’t be there unless the promoter game him some upfront fee and pay his expenses. Also gives people an opportunity that don’t live in NY, LA or usual area for stars and probably worth $80 for them if they are truly a fan for that experience. When you factor in hours of waiting (5 hrs sometimes for star trek red carpet), gas, parking…probably $80 might be worth an 8 x 10 and a a quick pic.
Blame the ‘price gouging’ on Quinto’s agent. Or, judging by how other conventions work, the convention sets the fee so they can break even on the price they spent to get him there.
It’s a bit more complicated than blaming him for the high fee.