I was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet, and a casting director came to one of our rehearsals to scout talent… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
I survived on sandwiches, and I was on stage every night for six years of my life. I was working 16 hours… — Thierry Mugler Copy Share Image
“That's how it is: even in the throes of death, man is always on stage. And even 'the plainest' of them, the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa.… — Haley Reinhart Copy Share Image
I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day, so instead, I play golf with other unemployed actors.… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
In my career, I've had kind of a strange trajectory as an actor. I started out doing movies and theater and stuff,… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even… — Uri Geller Copy Share Image
There was a while when I got really bad stage fright and I basically felt...I was incredibly angry. I felt like everything… — Jenny Slate Copy Share Image
I try to be careful and put things in perspective. There are people who have challenging lives and work hard physically and… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
I sometimes have to write for a while before I figure it out, pretend that I know what I'm doing, sort of… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
Some nights you might go through an entire performance and not feel a thing, and the audience may have a much better… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
In another project I worked on just a few years ago, a staging of Peter and the Wolf, which I translated into… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I never, ever update Mark Twain. I don't modernize it. I let the audience update the material. When I go out on… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
I, perhaps, at that stage, had the kind of ambition that others may have had; you know, namely based on the concept… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
Having been trained as a stage actor, and then you go out there and you're on 40,000 acres and you have a… — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
My stage name has always been 'Armin van Buuren.' When I really started DJ'ing professionally, I already had a few U.K. hits… — Armin van Buuren Copy Share Image
I was able to go from stage hand to floor manager to assistant director to director in a year because there was… — Richard Lester Copy Share Image
You have to treat every hour of television you're given like a $100 million movie, and with 'A.D.,' we stepped it up… — Mark Burnett Copy Share Image
We have to be eyes-wide-open with China. If I'm prime minister, we will have a serious, mature approach with China that I… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
When I write a song today, basically it goes on the stage tomorrow. That's the way it works. You cannont interrupt your… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
The job is the same - to attempt to make it sound like you've never said it before and as if it's… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
Urban public space is a stage for viewing the field of graphic design in its diversity. A mix of voices, from advertising… — Ellen Lupton Copy Share Image
With stage, it's very tough. You have to have a lot of stamina - you're doing eight shows a week for 19… — Ellie Bamber Copy Share Image
So we had life, death, illness, everything - every emotional involvement we had, we experienced. And I think that made what we… — Tom Bosley Copy Share Image
The more nervous I am, and the more insane a situation is, the more I love it and get addicted to it.… — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
I save all the energy until I get on the stage and then I have a burst of energy and look like… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
For me I have learned to enjoy everything, especially performing live, so much more. I used to get horrible stage fright when… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
Actually in the moment in which the idea has life, when it's listened to read, engaged with, acted on stage, it gains… — Kate Tempest Copy Share Image
It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for… — Pamela Stephenson Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian. I can't get a spray tan. I can't get a weave. I can't get my teeth done. Can you… — Alan Carr Copy Share Image
I think that's what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren't putting on a show, they're legitimately just having a… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
My mother, all of her sisters and my siblings all went through a stage from the age of about 15 to 19… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
Whether you are right in the middle of a glamorous event or watching it from the sidelines, the red carpet Oscar events… — Brad Goreski Copy Share Image
The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate,… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
I love making people laugh. When I'm on stage and see someone really, really laughing, like their whole body is shaking, that's… — Nate Bargatze Copy Share Image
You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to… — Judy Garland Copy Share Image
When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, 'Dick, cut it out, man! You're… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
