Stage Quotes · Page 115

On stage I just have to be myself. In acting you have to be so many other people.

— Kumail Nanjiani

I go out of my way to acknowledge the public and let them know that I'm not always on stage. Offstage, I…

— Charles Bradley

I don't want to alienate anyone because I do a lot of crazy stuff on stage.

— Sarah Sherman

On stage you need to emphasize every emotion. But on screen you need to tone everything down and make it believable.

— Tom Holland

I'm an average guy. I wasn't the dude who was gonna sit at the stage and dump all my paycheck into the…

— Joe Manganiello

I need a sample of your blood,' said Kira. Marcus raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't know we'd reached that stage of our…

— Dan Wells

As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.

— Tift Merritt

No, I'm not going to retire. Not going anywhere. I'm focused on the UFC. It's the biggest stage.

— Alistair Overeem

But alas, the most terrifying aspect of the whole fascist episode is the dark fact that most of its poisons are generated…

— John T. Flynn

I don't mind making a fool of myself. I felt like people would be accepting of that because, to me, that seems…

— Fiona Apple

Yes, it was fun playing the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. But I just wasn't satisfied. To have that one big win in a…

— Mardy Fish

I really love the process, with stage, of rehearsal, you get to create a character, and you have a beginning, a middle,…

— Sasha Alexander

I have my suits especially made in 50 per cent polyester. That way when I'm going to a gig I can just…

— Sean Lock

What I like about Japanese venues is that the front barrier is right up against the stage, so when you're bending over,…

— Keith Flint

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not…

— Buzz Osborne

All I can do when I'm on stage is do a show where when I come back into town they cannot possibly…

— Jay Mohr

In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that…

— Paul Robeson

Our crisis is a birth. We are one living system and we have come to the limit of one phase of natural…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the…

— Sathya Sai Baba

Maybe you are more relaxed in the group stage, because you know you have time to fix things if you lose. The…

— Deco

I had been self-publishing for a number of years at that stage and selling my books at markets around Melbourne - little…

— Andy Griffiths

The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat…

— Theodore Roosevelt

You have two kinds of shows on Broadway - revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles.…

— Stephen Sondheim

I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually…

— Bill Cosby

You do understand when you get into management that you will get the sack at some stage, but that never puts people…

— Neil Warnock

It's important to use a stage name so that your real name doesn't appear on public records.

— RuPaul

Originally what I used to love was being on a stage and reacting to a live audience and maybe my calling is…

— Emma Watson

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

— William Shakespeare

Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy.

— Lorrie Moore

I don't know what Tracy Morgan does on stage, but I can assure you it's no act.

— Andy Kindler

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage.

— John Osborne

I've done the glamour doll, song-and-dance routine, the works. I've reached a stage in my career where I'm ready to experiment.

— Raveena Tandon

I love performing, and connecting with an audience never gets old for me.

— Steve Miller

I love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything.

— Michael Jackson

Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.

— Novalis

There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.

— Kate Smith

I'm always kind of trying to stay present and do the same work no matter what stage of the match I'm in.

— Iga Swiatek

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

— Martin Freeman

I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that…

— Anurag Kashyap

A true artist should have no secrets. On the stage, you must be able to transmit every emotion to the spectator.

— Anna Pavlova