I prefer stage work, as an actor.

I don't go out much to see bands. I prefer to be on stage.

— Andy Summers

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

— Theodore Bikel

I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to…

— Penelope Keith

I love stage work. The thing about plays is that they're perfectible. With film, you shoot that take and maybe another. During 'Spamalot,' I…

— Eric Idle

A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written…

— Nathan Lane

There's something about the energy and the expectations that an audience projects at you. I get up on stage and work and work, and…

— Jimmy Barnes

I enjoy theater just for the sheer excitement of it and the immediate response that you get, and how every night the audience is…

— Dorian Missick

There is an endless range of parts I have not played. I would love to do a whole slew of period pieces. I also…

— Mark Margolis

I think it's very valuable as an actor to throw yourself back into having that direct connection with an audience on-stage and work that…

— Thekla Reuten

At each stage of work the horse must be taken to his limit, but never over.

— Walter Zettl

Broadway producers are happy to have a big Hollywood name they can post on the marquee, but most of them assume that television and…

— Rue McClanahan

People who have never done theatre before, and have only worked in front of a camera, would find it very difficult, I think, to…

— David Wenham

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

— Alan Arkin

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested…

— Brian Eno

Although I do stand-up - doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

— Jenny Slate