Alive Quote by Angela Bassett

Onstage, I don't feel any glory from people clapping in the audience, but when they're pushing me to do something new that feels good.

— Jack White

I did my high school talent show with a few impressions, and that was when I felt it. It went so great that I…

— Melissa Villasenor

I had done acting at school, and it felt like something that came very naturally to me.

— Charlie Heaton

In third grade, my teacher asked me to read in front of the class. I was so touched because that really was the first…

— Cloris Leachman

When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.

— Jerry Lewis

My first job was singing at the Hammersmith Odeon. It was years ago, so I can't remember who I was performing with. I was…

— Marianne Faithfull

I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, something just went 'click' inside me. Suddenly…

— Sally Hawkins

I always grew up around acting. I did commercials as a kid and all that kind of stuff and my oldest brother did theatre…

— Patrick Wilson

I was three years old, and I walked onstage during a performance that my father was a tenor in 'The Barber of Seville.' I…

— Rick Nielsen

I performed at Live Aid in front of a worldwide TV audience of 1.9 billion but I wasn't nervous - the atmosphere was electric.

— Paul Young

I had accidentally gotten a laugh on a line in a play I was in during high school. I got hooked, but I had…

— Laurie Metcalf

The first time I was onstage, I felt like the audience was breathing with me. I don't know if I was good or not;…

— Ato Essandoh