The Top Ten Worst Autograph Signers Of 2013! Who Made The Naughty List This Year? Find Out!

Cosby has decided not to sign anymore. Very well-documented in autograph circles. He has been very respectful in telling fans he isn’t signing anymore. He will do photo ops. I would say the only way to get him going forward is if he writes a book and does a signing. Doesn’t deserve a spot on this list, especially considering his great track record over 50 years of a career.

Mike: I agree with most from your list.

However, Jonah Hill? C’mon. You’ve made it well known you don’t like Jonah, but he’s never been difficult. He even came over and signed everything for fans and did photo ops with everyone who wanted at a talk show appearance this year. I just don’t understand why you continue to bash him just because you don’t think he’s an “Oscar award nominated” worthy actor.

Also, not sure Tom Hanks deserved to be on the list this year. He signed before/after 2 LA Q&A’s this year and also at an LA premiere. The guy signed much more than last year.

Lastly, it seems like many on your honorable mention list were simply holdovers from past years. Can you honestly state you saw them all in 2013? If you’re going to keep “holdovers” on your list, then Robert Redford permanently belongs on your list.

Jonah was so nice on the set of one of his upcoming movies and gave half decent graphs. Tom Hanks is nice unless he thinks your a dealer. Edie is also very nice typically at least in New York. (Maybe cause she is from here originally). Bette Middler did it every night with a smile at her play as long as the items were from the play. Redford should be on the list the man NEVER signs. As should Deniro and Morgan Freeman. Morgan signs one graph a year tops annually.

For once I actually agree with your list. Still makes me sad buscemi is on there. He used to be the coolest.

KC – Cosby’s great track record? I waited with a woman at a talk show taping 8 years ago. It was just the two of us. She had traveled 3 hours by bus to get him on an old LP from the 70’s. The car he was in was forced to stop by us due to a traffic light. The window was halfway down. The woman pleaded her case, that she was his biggest fan ever and begged him to sign. He wouldn’t even look at her, let alone sign or do a photo op as you say. He deserves to be on the list for sure.

Everyone: These are OUR opinions, so you may disagree with them as you will, but we form them based on our experiences over the course of the year during a multitude of events. If you’d like to have a say on this list, then write your own column and share your own experiences. Just because you have different experiences with stars doesn’t invalidate our opinions or make them wrong. And a big star signing THREE whole times in a year (especially when promoting multiple films) does NOT make them a “great signer.”

Pinky,
You really need to chill out. Unlike you, Mike actually welcomes differing opinions and comments. I don’t need to write a column. Because you don’t like my stating that Jonah Hill has never been a bad signer and that Tom Hanks signed much more than last year, doesn’t make my comments any less worthy than yours. Please show me where I’ve stated that your opinion is not valid. I’d also like you to show me where it says I ever said Tom Hanks was a “great signer”. What I said was Tom Hanks signed at at least 3 public events in LA this year. He didn’t have that many more public appearances.
Susan: I was at one of the Q&As that Tom signed at. There were no paps or cameras there, so its not entirely true he only signs in front of the cameras. In fact, I’d argue the opposite. At premieres, where there are cameras, he rarely signs. Also, there are always cameras outside the talk show. I’m assuming that was one of the events where he didn’t sign this year. What I’ve personally seen and also heard from others is Tom, when he does sign, usually does so at low-key events. Now, he doesn’t always do those either, as I’ve been turned down by him one-on-one in the past. My point is there were many worse signers than Tom this year.

Susan: First, I’m sorry you didn’t get Tom to sign this year. Like you, and most folks, in the past I’ve had also bad past experiences with Tom. Last year I saw Hanks 5 times and he didn’t sign or do a photo op. This year, I saw him twice and he signed one of the two times I saw him. I still would not classify Tom as a good signer; I’m just saying that I disagree that he should be appearing on the worst signer list for 2013. I still think he signed a lot more in LA this year than last year.

Eventually if you put in enough time, you will get Tom to sign. It depends on how much you value your time and how much value the signature would add to you.

We’re all allowed to have our opinions. What I dislike is Pinky’s criticizing anyone who doesn’t agree with her and her telling us to write our own columns. I know Mike writes this column because he likes hearing about others’ experiences. It’s unfortunate that Pinky would rather only have the Mike the Fanboy family respond to anything that Mike or she writes, when it doesn’t agree with her views. Then again, this is the same person who went off on Leslie Bibb just because Leslie didn’t sign that one day.

I personally think if a ” star ” is truly for the people,they would sign as a thank you for paying to see their moves,tv shows,or whatever. When people stand in all elements waiting patiently for a glimpse or a signature,it is rude to ignore them,even laughing at the fans. I have stopped watching some films because of their “full of themselves” attitude! Thanks for the article,it helps me decide what to watch. Sad about Jennifer cause she is a newbie and hasn’t even gone the distance yet. Crash and burn!

What do you think?

I think Kurt might be John…

Great list..and those that don’t sign, people are still gonna go out and try and get them as if you don’t try you don’t get cause that moment you decide to sit home, you’ll see a Mike the Fanboy article that he/she signed. It all comes down to Luck at the end of all the prep and patience after all….happy new year

Aw. I have met Bette a handful of times. She has always been really amazing to me. Very motherly.

In my previous post I meant *Why is Cameron Diaz not on this list? (If anybody knew how awful of a person she was then she wouldn’t get any roles).

I have to disagree with Jennifer Lawrence as well as Kristen Stewart in the honorable mention.
Okay, from like January to March, Jennifer wasn’t as nice as she used to be. But during the Catching Fire promotion, she basically always signed autographs for nearly everyone. And her signature was usually a “JL” and not just the circle. And we are talking about 6(!) premieres and 2 talk shows here were she was awesome from what I’ve heard/seen. And when fans met her when she was out and about, she also posed for photos during the last two months. So I think it depends on her mood and apparently she likes Hunger Games fans more than others^^
And Kristen Stewart – when I met her at the end of 2012, she signed autographs for 45(!!) minutes. Okay, that was 2012. In 2013 she barely attended any events and was busy with shooting movies most of the year, no new movies with her were released, she didn’t attend any premieres, but usually posed for photos with fans and signed autographs when fans met her in the city where she currently was. I heard lots of awesome stories from when she was shooting in Germany and when she was attending a fashion show in France. Sometimes she also signed autographs in front of her hotel. Considering that, I find it a bit unfair to put her onto the list. People always judge her and have the prejudice of her as a not nice person, while I hear more stories of her being awesome (sometimes VERY awesome) then the opposite and that’s also what I experienced myself. of course she sometimes has bad days where she doesn’t sign or doesn’t sign much (but there barely is any celebrity who doesn’t have those days) and if she doesn’t have much time, she can be extremely picky, but I didn’t even hear of something like that this year and since she barely attended anything…yeah^^
But okay, I don’t know what your experiences are.

Have to disagree on one – Molly Ringwald. I was hanging out after a play in NYC, waiting really for Jason Biggs and Craig Bierko, but when Molly came out, she was all smiles, signed my program and posed for a great picture. She couldn’t have been nicer. For the record, both guys were wonderful, too.

I’ve met Jessica Lange she is very,very kind. However this was 05 and in NYC so…………. I heard Lena Dunham is also very,very kind along with the rest of the girls cast when they are filming around NYC but maybe that was when they started filming who knows.