Quotes About Performance

If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I'm a Brooklyn guy onstage, and I try to really feed my fans with the kind of material they expect from me.

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.

Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.

I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary.

As soon as my foot is in the light onstage, I am home. It is what I love to do. It is what I have always loved to do.

Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage.

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

I've felt emotions onstage that I never felt before; it has strengthened me as a person and as an artist.

When I get onstage, I automatically feel beautiful.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.

I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn't want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison!

When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

When I'm onstage, I'm not thinking about ideas. I'm not in my head at all. It's a more physical experience.