Quotes About Stage

I have great emotion every time I go on stage. Nothing in life gives me the same satisfaction that my profession gives me.

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

I'm always a different person when I get up and perform because then I don't have to be nervous. I don't have to be myself.

I used to do a lot of repertory theater. You're playing different roles all the time, and I love that.

At every sound check, I try to practice on the stage that we're gonna play on that night, 'cause every stage is different. Whether it's concrete or whether it's plywood or whether it's Plexiglas, it all requires different things. You can't dance on concrete as well as you can dance on Plexiglas.

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

My experience has been that actors always want to be directed.

Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.

I'm huge on the dynamic of my show and the experience, not just performing songs. It's important to me to make sure that people experience every song, and feel like I'm singing directly to them. Your eyes never want to leave the stage because there's always something happening.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

I was a director and dialogue and acting coach.

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

To be free on stage, you need to have been disciplined.

I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time.

If you respect the audience and on stage you put on a disguise, that is part of the show.

It is important to understand that there is no distinction between comedians and actors. All are actors.

I'm a chanteuse and a diva, and I'm an actress who likes a script.

I don't want to be difficult personally. On stage is the right place for a diva.

I want to do more theater, which allows you to take bigger risks and experiment.

I don't know how to explain it, but ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I wanted to perform.

Theatre is known as a beautiful form of art where an actor expresses his emotions and feelings without any re-takes.

While my megalomania knows no bounds, directing is one thing I have never really done. I directed a couple of plays. That was the extent of it.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.