Stage Quotes · Page 107

The ages two to 15 I spent at different stages of shortness. I didn't become a tall person until I was 16.

— John Cusack

What is interesting to me is to find ways to work with early-stage innovators to build from the edge and work on…

— Julius Genachowski

Especially in the Champions League games - it's the biggest stage, for me - and to have that pressure is really enjoyable.

— Jude Bellingham

I stopped getting films. So I had to move to television. I kept myself alive with stage shows.

— Payal Rohatgi

I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on…

— Kirk Douglas

I started on the stage with my mom in Denmark doing political revues in a small, small town.

— Connie Nielsen

The stage can be defined as a place where Shakespeare murdered Hamlet and a great many Hamlets murdered Shakespeare.

— Robert Morse

I think on a bucket list for a performer is definitely doing a stage show, whether it's in Vegas or on Broadway…

— Lacey Schwimmer

You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can live with…

— Jim Dale

I'm not like Henry Fonda. He lives to act. I've just had a dedication to do the best I could. When I…

— Don Ameche

When I saw 'subUrbia' on stage, I started having those feelings inside me. I saw it as a film, and I felt…

— Richard Linklater

I looked on YouTube for sleep deprivation and there were videos of people experimenting with staying awake for a while. You saw…

— Rooney Mara

I had a press conference and I fell down on stage! Because I was in a skirt, dude. And there was this…

— Zoya Akhtar

When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I…

— Beck

Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say,…

— Carlene Carter

You're dressed for dancing," she said in her throaty stage voice. "Being undressed for dancing occured to me, but I didn't think…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

... one of the blind spots of most Negroes is their failure to realize that small overtures from whites have a large…

— Sarah-Patton Boyle

My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit…

— Orlando Bloom

I think that watching artists, soulful artists, they get into it. It's always the way I perform, so when I'm on stage…

— Justin Nozuka

I'm not experienced enough, or certain enough of my acting on the screen to say to a director, "You are wrong, I…

— Ian Mckellen

I first started doing some somewhat technology-based shows in the '80s. If you wanted to get real technical about it, back in…

— Todd Rundgren

The Federal Building's large Ceremonial Courtroom, reserved for show trials, is veneered in executive teak. Bench, counsel tables, jury boxes, entrances, and…

— Shana Alexander

At every stage of life, our inner self requires the nurturance of loving people attuned to our feelings and responsive to our…

— David Richo

When I moved to L. A. with this little wimpy garage band, the first people we met were the Doors. Then we…

— Alice Cooper

I'm generally happiest in a rehearsal room, if the rehearsals are going well.

— Tara Fitzgerald

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

When you go onstage, you go on there to have a good time, and you smile and you engage with the audience…

— Boy George

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It…

— Aaliyah

The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.

— Maria Callas

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

— Nina Conti

I did a lot of stage plays and musicals, and my first proper acting job was on 'Holby City' when I was 15.

— Lee Ryan

The first stage play I ever did was a school play called 'The Wishing Chair.'

— Zawe Ashton

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

— Placido Domingo

Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter.

— Robin Ince

I don't let it get to my head because there have been plenty of good juniors that haven't made it to the…

— Frances Tiafoe

My favorite films left the camera rest, and the actors and characters have a stage to act. Move the camera when it's…

— Kelly Asbury

One of the many problems with parenting is that kids keep changing. Just when you're used to one stage, they zoom into…

— Pamela Druckerman

I love to play. When I'm off, I feel a little lost - like, shouldn't I be on stage somewhere?

— Brad Paisley

To be on the world stage carrying our flag and representing the U.S. Paralympic Team is a huge honor.

— Mike Schultz

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

— Mel Brooks