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Quotes About Stage

The general welcomes Tamburlaine receiv'd,      When he arrived last upon the 1 stage,      Have made our poet pen his Second Part,      Where Death cuts off the progress of his pomp,      And murderous Fates throw all his triumphs 2 down.      But what became of fair
~ Christopher Marlowe
Oh, good sir," said Bottom. "I knew as soon as I saw your fool's motley you would bring skill and grand disaster to our play.
~ Christopher Moore
It was a day at the theater – what could go wrong?
~ Troy Taylor
Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances.
~ Victor Hugo
Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, that's what we're needing! We've needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine o'clock.
~ Kurt Tucholsky
It is with some violation of the imagination that we conceive of an actor belonging to the relations of private life, so closely do we identify these persons in our mind with the characters which they assume upon the stage.
~ lamb charles iii
I am dramatic," said Will. "If i had not been a Shadowhunter, i would have had a future on the stage.
~ Cassandra Clare
If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I have no doubt I would have been greeted with acclaim.
~ Cassandra Clare
They start setting up on a little left stage playing my secret favorite song: the rustling of sheet music and set lists, the coughing and quiet warm-up, the tuning of instruments, squeak of speakers and amps, the last rags on cigarettes and popping of knuckles.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
although there may occur a few stages in his argument which are so trite that he can go through them by rote, much of his argument is likely never to have been constructed before. He has to meet new objections, interpret new evidence and make connections between elements in the situation which had not previously been co-ordinated. In short he has to innovate, and where he innovates he is not operating from habit.
~ Gilbert Ryle
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
~ Gioacchino Rosini
For her part, Kelly expressed warm feelings about Cooper as well. "He's the one who taught me to relax during a scene and let the camera do some of the work," she would recall. "On the stage you have to emote not only for the front rows, but for the balcony too, and I'm afraid I overdid it. He taught me the camera is always in the front row, and how to take it easy.
~ Glenn Frankel
Thoughts are vibrations sending invitations, summoning things, pulling strings, fixing the stage for you to engage in the play of life.
~ Gordana Biernat
Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing.
~ Ralph Richardson, unverified
Until work has reached its previous stage nympharium privileges are denied to all.
~ Jack Vance
I would watch either Michael Cera doing comedy or Louis CK doing stand-up. This would
~ James Altucher
REFERENCE RANGES FOR ESTROGEN Category Stage Estrogen Normal Range (pg/mL) Men Prepubertal 12 to 55 Adult 40 to 115
~ James B. LaValle
I've always been a fan of George C. Scott, who was working in movies when I was in college... films like 'Patton' and 'Hospital.' I was really impressed by him, and I had seen him onstage as well in 'Uncle Vanya.' He was a champ to me.
~ Bill Pullman
That's how to make a stand-up comedian: You take a person who is uncomfortable and try to squirrel their way out of it through humor.
~ W. Kamau Bell
I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, 'Here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.'
~ Nick Nolte
I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.
~ Robert Goulet
I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.
~ Martha Wainwright
If I'm uncomfortable on stage, everybody can see it. I'm not very good at hiding it. I like long, loose jacket dresses - anything that I can literally have room to move in - not that I'm a very big dancer, but because sometimes I'm sitting down at the keyboard, and then sometimes I'm standing. It just has to feel good.
~ Laura Mvula
When I was a kid, my dad kind of forced me to sing the third harmony for our little family group, and I just kind of hated it. I just felt so uncomfortable on stage, too shy.
~ Nathaniel Rateliff