Musicals are so expensive to put on the stage that you have to have the backing of a corporate, you have to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I never know what I'm going to talk about until I get on stage. I never give the same lecture twice, which… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was… — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every… — Boris Becker Copy Share Image
As a parent, all you want is for your kids to be safe but you don’t want to be over-protective and so… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I am bigger and stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regimen has served me well all of these years, thanks… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old… — Jack Huston Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I'm thinking, "Well, this might be a book that I'll always be happy with, and certainly readers will be… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
You hear some people saying, 'I'm alive on stage; it's where I feel most complete...' I don't understand that at all; I… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
On the stage . . . masks are assumed with some regard to procedure; in everyday life, the participants act their parts… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Sometimes Joyce is hilarious. I read Finnegans Wake after graduate school and I had the great good fortune of reading it without… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I've got the new single "Close". We got the second single "Dance" we're going to follow up with. We're just making sure… — Tony Sunshine Copy Share Image
I tour with a piano, actually. Luckily I am able to hire people that deal with it completely and magically a piano… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
Talking about theater, actually, I built a little barn in upstate New York, and I call it 'the smallest theater in the… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I didn't want to go for the 'X Factor' because I just thought people were going to laugh and take me off… — Perrie Edwards Copy Share Image
The salient mystery of Dark Ages sets the stage for mass amnesia. People living in vigorous cultures typically treasure those cultures and… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
I think the changes that have happened, there have been come positive, but by and large, you have to say the changes… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The aim of the Revolution is, so far as the interests of China herself are concerned, the restoration of her original frontiers… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
In rock 'n' roll it's really about being as vulnerable as possible and giving them what they want. But onstage it's about… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
At every level there are eight stages of intelligence. You have to turn your brain on to the circuits that are used… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly… — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
The planning stage of a cruise is often just as enjoyable as the voyage itself, letting one's imagination loose on all kinds… — Jimmy Cornell Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
Any adaptation - and I've done three in my career. I did 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Hugo' and 'Coriolanus.' It's important to find… — John Logan Copy Share Image
I'm probably quite practical when I'm on stage. I start off with a leather jacket, and then get too hot and take… — Jamie Hince Copy Share Image
Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as "real life," do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career.… — Oona Chaplin Copy Share Image
What I learned was there are hormones, and most people are sexual. They may go through stages where they might do things… — Stuart Blumberg Copy Share Image
The American people want to see our nation standing tall on the world stage again. They want to see us supporting our… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The whole idea of comedy, there is nothing normal about going up on stage to make strangers laugh. But I'm also not… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I can only speak for myself, but growing up in the spotlight is not easy at all... but at some stage you… — Mark Philippoussis Copy Share Image
I just bought a building in Los Angeles - on Sunset Boulevard. It's a building that was owned by Charlie Chaplin. It's… — Ronnie James Dio Copy Share Image
I think title sequences are an opportunity to sort of set the stage or to get people thinking in different terms than… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
The school plays needed kids that were big and bold and weren't afraid to be on stage, and I fit that bill,… — Jesse Johnson Copy Share Image
