"This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussion about the subject matter and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books; I'm showing slides and talking about the work"
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Nimoy is quietly dismantling the idea of the celebrity book tour as a polite assembly line: smile, sign, repeat. The point isn’t that he’s enjoying the chatter; it’s that he’s repositioning himself from Famous Face to working artist. “Interesting discussion” is a strategic phrase here, a little defensive and a little aspirational. It signals that the subject matter (not the fame) is what’s drawing people in, and it invites the audience to meet him on that ground.
The subtext is almost a career-long plea: don’t freeze me in the pose you already know. For an actor eternally tethered to an iconic role, the book event becomes a rare space of control. He can curate the room, set the terms, and shift attention from persona to process. “Not just signing books” carries a faint impatience with the transactional nature of fandom. Signing is compulsory; showing slides is chosen. One is about proving proximity to a star, the other about making an argument with images.
The mention of slides matters. It’s old-school, tactile, a deliberate move toward lecture, gallery talk, craft. Nimoy isn’t selling a product so much as staging a conversation about seeing: what the work is, how it was made, why it should be taken seriously. In that light, “having a good time” reads less like small talk and more like relief at being allowed to be multidimensional in public.
The subtext is almost a career-long plea: don’t freeze me in the pose you already know. For an actor eternally tethered to an iconic role, the book event becomes a rare space of control. He can curate the room, set the terms, and shift attention from persona to process. “Not just signing books” carries a faint impatience with the transactional nature of fandom. Signing is compulsory; showing slides is chosen. One is about proving proximity to a star, the other about making an argument with images.
The mention of slides matters. It’s old-school, tactile, a deliberate move toward lecture, gallery talk, craft. Nimoy isn’t selling a product so much as staging a conversation about seeing: what the work is, how it was made, why it should be taken seriously. In that light, “having a good time” reads less like small talk and more like relief at being allowed to be multidimensional in public.
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