Stage Quotes · Page 46

When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.

— Ian Mckellen

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held…

— Hank Williams III

Any time you take a movie to stage, you can't do the same thing; it's not gonna work.

— Taylor Louderman

I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation,” he said, “and I am sure he…

— Anonymous

If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.

— Michael Caine

I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

— Dolly Parton

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.

— Carly Simon

I've felt emotions onstage that I never felt before; it has strengthened me as a person and as an artist.

— Ricky Martin

At 12 years old in the dangerous world that I was in, with a very difficult home life, I found the stage…

— Patrick Stewart

Finally after 19 years of stage work Shyam Benegal noticed me and I got my first break as an actor in 'Ankur'…

— Dalip Tahil

Musicians ought to reclaim some of the power in the houses of production. The opera houses are run either by managers or…

— Laurence Equilbey

Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love…

— Art Garfunkel

I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so…

— Zac Efron

Sources say the Obama administration is in the 'final stages' of planning the closing of Guantanamo Bay. The way it's gonna work…

— Jimmy Fallon

I did not see myself as a leading lady. I thought I was really funny-looking and I would never be the lead,…

— Kathy Baker

I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is…

— Ricky Jay

A guy said to me one time, something really profound, and it's so simple. It's that depression lies. It's a liar and…

— Mel Gibson

A friend of mine had his own theatre company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once…

— David Alan Grier

That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things…

— Jordin Sparks

We used to have massively long discussions about how we should stand on stage. Should we stand with our legs apart? No,…

— Viv Albertine

I go around with my books so much and I love to perform on stage, to remind everybody that the lights are…

— T.C. Boyle

The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous…

— Vaclav Havel

I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with…

— Abbey Lincoln

I became immersed in the cult of improvisation. I was like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. It…

— Tina Fey

I earned the opportunity to stand on stage with many senior artists at YG, and naturally, I gained stage experience.

— G-Dragon

I've a tiny little scar on my chin from when I fell over on stage, bust my chin open and bled everywhere.

— Kate Nash

I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and…

— Patti LuPone

When you look at that debate stage, Mitt Romney could have dominated it maybe.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

People like Brel were sensitive and vulnerable; on stage, they dared to take risks.

— Stromae

I always imagined having so much energy on stage, versus me being somewhat chill, soulful R&B.

— Ari Lennox

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the…

— Tahir Shah

For a long time, I couldn't cry on stage. I cried very rarely as a child.

— Faye Dunaway

The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are…

— Anna Netrebko

Acting is a different discipline. On stage I'm free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.

— Billy Connolly

I can deal with having a terrible night on stage in front a bunch of Glaswegians but not a bunch of Glaswegians…

— Iain Stirling

The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking…

— Cord Jefferson

I have to brush my teeth before I go on stage otherwise I don't feel smart enough.

— Chris Martin

My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon.

— Hildegard Knef

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

— Jeffrey Wright

I think that's what is so cool about performing. When there is a show to do, you get up there and do…

— Kate Micucci