Quotes About Stage

I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.

I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.

The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

Theater is a really exciting place to return to all the time because it's incredible training for an actor.

I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, "No, I'm an actor of the stage.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.

I'll play for a couple of hours and then before you know it, it's time to go on stage. It takes away any nervousness and anxiety I might have about the big crowd out there.

I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

Everyone's going to have a better time if I'm not confused on stage about who I am.

My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.

My problem with being in New York City is that you really can't make a living as a comedian. You can, but you have to also take writing jobs, which means less stage time.

The real meaning of persona is a mask, such as actors were accustomed to wear on the ancient stage; and it is quite true that no one shows himself as he is, but wears his mask and plays his part. Indeed, the whole of our social arrangements may be likened to a perpetual comedy; and this is why a man who is worth anything finds society so insipid, while a blockhead is quite at home in it.

Life is a stage where the worst actor plays the king while the best actor the beggar.