Stage Quotes · Page 54

The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.

— Talcott Parsons

Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation.

— Vladimir Horowitz

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

— Shirley Bassey

I like the stage lights to be bright so I can't see people because I will inevitably only see the ones who…

— Michael McIntyre

Life for me has always been about timing, and it was bad timing for that disease to hit me; it was time…

— Brock Lesnar

The truth is, unlike TV and film cameras, the theater stage doesn't add 10 pounds.

— Sara Ramirez

I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real…

— Mandy Patinkin

“If all the world's a stage, I suggest you start performing at your best.”

— Rob Liano

All that waiting around for a glimmer of stage time, just getting angry every week... It was just an oppressive, horrible, horrible…

— Jay Mohr

“Honest to God, this is the absolute best kind of moment. The auditorium lights are off except for ones over the stage,…

— Becky Albertalli

I would be happy to live in a world with no mirrors, but at the same time, it's great to look good…

— KT Tunstall

When the drama of history is over, Jesus Christ will stand alone on the stage. All the great figures of history ...…

— Helmut Thielicke

One of the great changes wrought by the increased public awareness of Alzheimer's - and thank you, Nancy Reagan, you wonderful tough…

— Charlie Pierce

With acting, you do want to get every job, and you're trying to get every audition, but then you reach a certain…

— Jason Clarke

There's such an array of brilliant roles for young women. You read all these amazing young women going through different stages in…

— Juno Temple

I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a…

— Joan Rivers

You collaborate with actors who are also talented and visionary and come together on a artistic direction within the confines of humanity…

— Ruth E. Carter

All Boston songs are fairly difficult to translate to the stage. None of them are especially easy to play or sing. A…

— Tom Scholz

Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA politically, setting the stage for a North American Union designed to…

— Jerome Corsi

No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs…

— Joe Slovo

I remember having a discussion at some stage and saying a coffee machine would do well in the training ground. Everyone was…

— Vincent Kompany

The Rolling Stones were an inkling towards an appreciation of the unity of music, dance and words. Any of the black R&B…

— Allen Ginsberg

By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison.…

— Stephen King

In the beginning you can think, "The world is like a stage. I am only an actor. God is the director. All…

— Sathya Sai Baba

In a stage race, you can have bad luck or make a mistake, and it's not the end of the race. You…

— Geraint Thomas

I'm doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I'll put whatever up there for the visible eye.

— MF Doom

I wasn't on stage to be worshipped or for people to look up to me. I was with the crowd.

— Ian Brown

My dad used to work in the theater as a stage manager, production manager, and lighting designer.

— George MacKay

Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.

— Anonymous

I love hitting the stage and I don't think I could trade that for sitting in the basement making beats.

— Kid Ink

I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue…

— Madeleine Albright

To give a successful character portrayal on stage or on film, the part has to be played inside of you.

— Yvette Mimieux

I'd rather marry my husband in the stage where I know what I'm getting into and what it's going to be like…

— Tamera Mowry

I see too many men delay their exits with a sickly, slow reluctance to leave the stage. It's bad theater as well…

— John Steinbeck

I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows.

— Donnie Iris

And if you can channel the truth of your own experience onto the stage, that's what the audience wants to see.

— Christopher Reeve

I am definitely someone who needs to take a second by myself and stretch and breathe before a show.

— Jake Epstein

I used to be really nervous to perform in front of people. I would cry.

— Normani Kordei

You've got to be this massive entity on stage, and just bring people in and make them have a good time.

— Luke Hemmings

I was very vocal about how I wanted to be portrayed on the show, and how I wanted the stage setup to…

— Melanie Martinez