Quotes About Stage

There is an endless range of parts I have not played. I would love to do a whole slew of period pieces. I also used to do a lot of stage work, and I would like to go back to that from time to time.

If it's the theatre and the stage that really interests you, you should work on your voice, develop its range and flexibility and most important of all - projection!

I really love playing live - it's such a gas.

The beautiful thing about stand-up advice is that it applies to anybody, any gender, any race, any age. The best thing you can do - everybody will tell you - is get on stage as much as you can. I would add to that: get on stage as much as you can - with the people you admire.

I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them.

It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super.

I've got the best gig in the world.

I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

I love comedy and I did a few gigs here and there but it never really took off. It was too scary.

In the end when we're on stage, we push buttons, but when we're in the studio we're actually creating music that we play in gigs.

My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.

I didn't know at the time that the energy that I was giving off was like a battle Emcee.

Being on 'America's Got Talent' has really helped me expand my self-confidence on the stage and anywhere - I'm more comfortable, and it's just really helped, and I'm glad about that.

Trying to look glamorous while singing is not easy.

When I play on stage, I have to drink a glass of water.

I've been wearing glitter probably since I seen myself on stage for the first time because I was like, Ooh, I need to be shining, so I put a little glitter on that.

I've gone on in front of a crowd of 10 people and 7,000 people.

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

A good actor just wants to deliver the writing to the audience who've paid that night. There's an agonising desire to get it right.

If you are a good actor then you are good at comedy.

I know in Britain with 'Doctor Who' all the classic actors, and the people who you'd really want to, work on the show. I like that the fact that 'Torchwood' has actors that want to be involved from the stage. It has raised our game, and I'm just happy for good actors who want to be in sci-fi shows who love the genre.

A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can't do it the other way round.