Stage Quotes · Page 63

I really think it's important for presidents to exit the stage gracefully.

— George W. Bush

My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.

— Steven Wright

I must ... warn my readers that my attacks are directed against themselves, not against my stage figures.

— George Bernard Shaw

Dominique as Gail looks at her "... there is a stage of worship which makes the worshiper himself an object of reverence."

— Ayn Rand

In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.

— Frances E. Willard

I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just,…

— Jay Roach

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a…

— Rik Mayall

Once you're on, nobody can say, 'Cut it.' You're out there on your own, and there's always that thrill of a real…

— Jason Robards

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what…

— Elaine Stritch

The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they…

— Mike Bartlett

January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by…

— Hari Kondabolu

Look at Kate Bush, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono - three really private people, but when they're on stage or when they're singing,…

— Viv Albertine

I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get…

— Tom Colicchio

“I have seen so many lands vanish in my wake, torn down like stage sets. What survives of them? An image as…

— Gérard de Nerval

I have other careers in terms of stand-up, stage acting and writing, so I don't feel too hidebound by that, but I…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

That's the most comfortable place for me. In the beginning, yes, I was nervous going on stage. I was not a natural…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition; I love…

— Alfred Molina

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the…

— Warren Zevon

After all, the world is not a stage-not to me: nor a theatre: nor a show-house of any sort. And art, especially…

— D. H. Lawrence

In the next 30 years we can destroy our world. With the very same powers - spiritual, social, scientific - we can…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his…

— J. M. Coetzee

I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's actually farthest from the…

— Russell Peters

For people who are coming out of an oral tradition, it is very exciting to get into reading and writing and it…

— Chinua Achebe

When you're doing a show on stage, and they show you a red light, that means you have 5 minutes left. At…

— Mitch Hedberg

My best exercise is going on stage and playing, but I stay active. I don't just sit around on my butt all…

— Michael Anthony

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

— Jeremy Piven

One in 10 women will get breast cancer at some stage in their life and that's quite a scary thought.

— Kasper Schmeichel

I am recording my first CD in Spanish and preparing myself for the next stage of my career.

— Alicia Machado

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.

— Ari Graynor

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

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 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've spent years on stage adjusting the timing of a line to infinitesimal degrees.

— Tim Minchin

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

— Faye Dunaway

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

— Tahir Shah

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

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

— Iain Stirling