Act Quote by Bob Newhart

It's not onstage as often anymore, but whenever I got anxious, I used to talk a lot more, and I wouldn't even know what…

— Sharon Van Etten

If I do a bit on stage, I prepare too much. Those bits are all really, really carefully written, and overwritten, and researched. I…

— Andy Daly

I love it when I come across a word I don't know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren't smart enough…

— Aisha Tyler

You must have a twinkle in your eye, a naughtiness - and the audience must realize your mind is working faster than your words.

— Jeremy Brett

If you are a stand-up you can hone your material over successive performances, based on the audience response. Changing a single word or altering…

— Richard Herring

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It…

— Amy Tan

My problem with the traditional acting method was that I never understood what you were supposed to be thinking about when you're onstage.

— Tina Fey

When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.

— Jonathan Groff

I think its funny that when I go onstage to accept an award, they think Im nervous, uncomfortable, and awkward...and I am...but those are…

— Kristen Stewart

I will say that, I, being a Jew, experience unease before I go onstage; and after I go onstage, and in general. But luckily…

— Moshe Kasher

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

— Cate Blanchett

We were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used…

— Billy Crystal