The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion… — James Payn Copy Share Image
It was tough doing 'Underneath the Lintel' in New Jersey in the wintertime, but rewarding. Those audiences were lively and interactive. On-stage… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
I started in community theater at 7 years old. I loved being on stage and performing. At the time, I didn't correlate… — Jessica Lucas Copy Share Image
I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and… — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I'm not a natural comic, I don't think. That's why I gave up stand-up. It was hard. It involved a lot of… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
On stage, I like to talk more about my own life and what I'm going through and my own experiences, as opposed… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes I need silence; sometimes I need voices around - but not too loud or distinctive. I guess it depends on the… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I remember performing with the Choir as an instrumentalist when I was still in school and it was wonderful to share the… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day,… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Christ was a sublime actor on the stage of the world. He knew what he was thinking of when he said, "Heaven… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excites me. It's one of the… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
You get those couples who are very fearful of bringing children into the mix because they feel like somehow that link between… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
I'm into parlor dramas. I'm into theatre. I'm trained for the stage. I trained to do Chekhov and Shakespeare, I was trained… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
Look at Kate Bush, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono - three really private people, but when they're on stage or when they're singing,… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Women are taking the main stage. They are center stage, and they're setting all these records and making history, and I want… — Nikki Bella Copy Share Image
New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
I wanted other people, not just Americans, to see - I wanted to take my images to a global stage. I wanted… — Seph Lawless Copy Share Image
I am equally comfortable conducting an orchestra or talking to a group of academics as I am on stage playing with a… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding… — Regis Debray Copy Share Image
I think theater will always be my first love. I've been doing it since I was nine, and there's nothing quite like… — Tracie Thoms Copy Share Image
I'm kind of an antisocial person. I realised when I was playing in bands that I wasn't that comfortable being on-stage, and… — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something… — Christian Slater Copy Share Image
One common behavior of late Stage 3 [in the process of a company's decline] is when those in power blame other people… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever gone on stage to be an asshole. I know one thing, from the past, and that's that… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front… — Alfie Allen Copy Share Image
I'm nervous ahead of every gig. I feel like running away three seconds before I'm due on stage. But I'm all right… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon… — Florenz Ziegfeld Copy Share Image
Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I think what's different about working on stage is that you have another chance to portray it again. If you don't get… — Cynthia Erivo Copy Share Image
I don't dare touch her. Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than experiencing it, is… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image