Quotes About Stage

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.

I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.

I have played some wonderful leading roles on stage and had the whole 'China Beach' years where I really played a leading man on that. That was a fun change for a character actor. But I'm perfectly happy going back to building my gallery of memorable character roles.

I've always wanted to perform on the London stage.

I'm too scared to perform onstage. I'm not very good with big crowds.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.

I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.

I do not eat before I perform.

Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do.

It's in my blood to perform.

Since the time I started working in Bollywood, I have wanted to come and perform in Kanpur.

I've always had problems with my brain, so a lot of the songs are about issues I have with paranoia or freak-outs. 'When My Head Explodes' is about being on stage, having people look at you and expecting you to perform, then literally your head explodes.

I've always felt I perform best under the brightest lights and the biggest moments.

I always wanted to perform.

I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.

If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard.

Usually I perform with dancers.

When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That's probably why it's so scary, because they scared me.

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like.

Most of the time - at the Grammys for example - a DJ will perform with just their hands in the air because they can't do anything and that makes it a little awkward, I think.