Quotes About Performance

I'm not going to lie. I am a psycho. Luckily, I get most of it out on stage.

The stage is my first love. It gives me immense self-satisfaction, a sort of power because a stage actor carries the audience along; it's a live performance; spontaneity is its soul.

People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

Own the stage, command the stage, and don't be afraid to be the best you can be.

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

There is no way I would ever want to be president for a second. It's much easier to make fun of them on the stage and get paid for it. With all the years of me lampooning the presidents in my act, I know I could never ever want that job.

I was born to be on the stage.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

I love the stage.

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial.

Sometimes we pee on each other before we go on stage.

When I'm on stage, I feel alive. It's the most rewarding feeling an actor can live.

I love living on that stage. Without that, I'd die.

The first rule of show business is get off the stage while people still want more.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

When I get on the stage, I try to connect with the fans and offer them the best of the best. I want them to see it as a music journey.

I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say.

I was trying to pay the bills with poems, and it was easy to memorize my poems, because I'd be riding my bike in California trying to memorize them before going on stage at a poetry lounge.

We always pray before we go on stage. It's just something that I've always done. For me, it's a big thing, and the guys in the band seem to appreciate doing it, so we do it at every show.

Comedy is getting more diverse - you can do anything on a stage now. It doesn't have to be just one man and a mic.

We played by feel. We felt as though you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We had that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will.

When I am on stage I am locked away in energy and in concentration. I hear and I think about nothing but the music and I can only relax when it is over.