Quotes About Stage

I have absolutely no preference on TV or stage. Every job I take or that I audition for all comes down to the quality of the script.

I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.

Believe it or not, I write on stage. I can't write anywhere else; I have to be in a moment. I also have to challenge myself to make something funny out of a premise. I never have my own jokes written. I have to change things as I go along, and I have to entertain myself.

Drama school, you know, I own an acting school, Actor Prepares.

When I go on stage, I'm a different man. I become Chubby Checker, And when I'm not Chubby Checker, I'm preparing to be him.

The more I've spent preparing a set, the more nervous I get. That is why I get my energy from the crowd before I step on stage.

Annie Lennox is tremendous live. What a presence.

The biggest impact that acting and theater had was, of course, stage presence, but it also had a big impact on my writing.

One of the things I like about performing on the stage is that it is a kind of meditative experience. Time does stand still. You have no concept or feeling of the passing of two or three hours' time. It's all kind of one present moment, which is a kind of a description of meditation.

The most nerve-wracking experience is an oral presentation in class. And right under that would be doing 'Saturday Night Live' or 'David Letterman.' One of those shows.

Any adaptation - and I've done three in my career. I did 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Hugo' and 'Coriolanus.' It's important to find what makes it a movie as opposed to just a film presentation of a stage play.

When I started writing the music, I wanted everything to be consistent from the way I dressed to the way I presented myself online. I wanted everything to match what I was doing on stage.

I especially enjoyed some of the old hairstyles, with my hair down to my shoulders and a beard. And Henley's nickname used to be 'Furry Basketball' because he had that fro. It was fun to just look at what was going on in that era and how we presented ourselves on stage.

I did theater when I was younger, and I'm not the best actor ever - I haven't done it in a long time - but hey, if an opportunity presented itself, I would take it!

Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and I don't have a small ego. For me, appearing on a stage or presenting a cake is the same thing. You need a crowd around you to do it.

I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.

Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.

I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there's more people in the audience than I'm used to.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

Some collaborators might join forces in certain cities or special concerts. I'm excited to share the stage with some prestigious people that I love and respect.

I came up with the Vic Reeves character for a stage project and people presume that's my name, even when I do other acting jobs.

Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.