Stage Quotes · Page 71

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

— John Malkovich

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.

— Emanuel Ax

When you're up there on stage, it's applause that you want, not platitudes.

— Liz Carr

My stage name is actually my nickname given to me by my dad when I was a baby.

— OMI

I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the…

— V. S. Naipaul

I'll keep going until I get to the point where I can't get out on stage.

— Andy Williams

So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.

— Michael C. Hall

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

— Shania Twain

I think I used Christine, who is my stage character, as an excuse to finally be myself, as if I needed to…

— Christine and the Queens

When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced…

— Naseeruddin Shah

When I played with Bruce Springsteen I watched him come on stage every night and play the first song as if it…

— Jack Savoretti

France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played…

— Francois Hollande

The truly incredible thing is were realizing that you can perform a two-and-a-half-hour gig without being high and still have a fantastic…

— Stevie Nicks

What better motivation is there to get in better shape than imagining your thighs exposed, watusyin' and a shimmyin' all over the…

— Erica Schroeder

I kind of just roll up on stage. I realize that as soon as I find myself wearing something that I haven't…

— Martina Sorbara

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of…

— Charles Durning

I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people…

— Colin Callender

I read a lot. I especially read memoirs and biographies. It's very helpful when you're thinking about what's possible and what exists…

— Jeanine Tesori

When I made those wild-ass comments, on stage, about then-Senator Hillary Clinton and then-senator Barack Obama, I don't know if you can…

— Ted Nugent

Very interesting show. It's "Hotel" with the E missing. Hot L Baltimore. It was about a rundown hotel which had become kind…

— Richard Masur

I have two different sides to my personality. I decided to give my fans what they want and who they are used…

— Beyonce Knowles

Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have…

— Stella Chess

You try to break it down to weeks at a time otherwise you sort of make yourself crazy spinning out going from…

— Justin Theroux

I would never discredit anyone that is working their way up on a show like "American Idol." I think they work so…

— Mandy Moore

You see some people on stage today, and they have these huge ear monitors.

— Colm Wilkinson

I just don't do anything fun anymore. But, that's dying, isn't it? I mean, you die in stages, right? You let things…

— Mel Gibson

Kids will use their own system at the stage that they are, they're not (learning merely by) imitating you.

— Jean Berko Gleason

Women's sports just needs a stage. If we have a stage we can show up and perform and show people what we're…

— Nelly Korda

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

— Janis Joplin

I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.

— Laurie Metcalf

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

— Maria Callas

If all the world is a stage and life is just a play upon it, get me two seats in the stalls.

— Robert Browning

“Imma send you from venue to venue, from stage to stage, and from page to page. You'll just get better with age.”

— Alma Fisher

I love being kind of reserved and serious and then having these explosions of passion when it comes time to perform.

— Sasha Velour

There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!

— Douglas Wood

So many nights I'm up there on stage and I wish everybody out in the audience could see what I see and…

— Kenny Chesney

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

— Kevin Richardson

A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.

— Neil Young

I always like to get back to the stage when I find something I want to do.

— Van Heflin

The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.

— Zoe Saldana