Quotes About Stage

On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren't there, no matter what aspect of acting, whether it's green screen, whether it's on stage, whether it's anything else, whether you're working on the radio.

One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn.

We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked!

I'm a performer. I'm pretending to be someone else. I'm not putting my own self into the show every night.

I'm usually pretty good in front of a live audience. I usually like that.

When I'm on stage, that's a job. It's acting, it's faking, just making fun of yourself, telling bad jokes - I'm pretty good in this - dancing, just to entertain.

I'm a dancer, I'm an entertainer.

Professional dancers are known for their barely-there costumes.

I don't ever use dancers, and when I do, it's literally, like, four break dancers.

The Royal Ballet is the best paid company, but the dancers get nothing. The stage crew get paid three times more than the dancers, and they have a job for life - dancers only have 10 years.

Among my classical dances, I loved my 'Mrig Trishna' dance. People should try that on stage. I don't know why they don't. It's beautifully written.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

My day job has always been in the theatre.

Not that I'm some rocker, but what I do in a show is probably far more aggressive than what Dean Martin or Bobby Darin ever did.

Whenever there has been a debate on the national stage, nobody has had to go looking to find me. I've been there. Always making the argument for free markets, first principles, and limited government.

I was at a point in my career where I longed for a bigger stage, a brighter light, and I'm very grateful to 'Dancing With the Stars' for allowing me to become part of that incredible production and incredibly talented cast. I am forever in debt to them for that opportunity.

When I made my debut as an actor in 'Rock On!' I was confident to get in front of the camera.

I'm a theater guy at heart; I love the theater. I was lucky enough to spend a good decade and a half in the New York theater community.

There's no bigger stage than this, so each and every night, every opportunity I get, I'm gonna try to prove and show the world that I'm the best perimeter defender in the NBA.

There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater.

Delhi is where I began practising theatre, it is always special to perform in the capital.

I just try to deliver the laughs every time I get the opportunity.

There's something about us as stand-ups that when we're on our feet, we feel more in control of the situation and in control of our bodies and our delivery.