Quotes About Stage

I'm a Navy brat. You find that a lot of stage actors are Army or Navy brats, because they have the ability to make a big impression, make friends, and then leave just a few months later.

People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being alive to the possibility of not knowing exactly how everything is going to happen next - if you can find places to have that happen onstage, it can resonate with an experience of living.

I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention. I get up on stage every night and play songs, but I almost feel the songs are the centre of attention. I don't like opening my birthday presents in front of people, either.

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

There is no way I would ever want to be president for a second. It's much easier to make fun of them on the stage and get paid for it. With all the years of me lampooning the presidents in my act, I know I could never ever want that job.

I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself.

I was born to be on the stage.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial.

When I'm on stage, I feel alive. It's the most rewarding feeling an actor can live.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

When I get on the stage, I try to connect with the fans and offer them the best of the best. I want them to see it as a music journey.

I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say.

I was trying to pay the bills with poems, and it was easy to memorize my poems, because I'd be riding my bike in California trying to memorize them before going on stage at a poetry lounge.

I felt very proud to be part of a music scene that was changing the face of commercial music and rock music internationally, but I also felt like it was necessary for Soundgarden - as it was for all of these Seattle bands - to prove that we deserve to be on an international stage, and we weren't just part of a fad that was based on geography.

We always pray before we go on stage. It's just something that I've always done. For me, it's a big thing, and the guys in the band seem to appreciate doing it, so we do it at every show.

Comedy is getting more diverse - you can do anything on a stage now. It doesn't have to be just one man and a mic.

My family is as far from a stage family as you could ever possibly find.

We played by feel. We felt as though you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We had that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will.

When I am on stage I am locked away in energy and in concentration. I hear and I think about nothing but the music and I can only relax when it is over.