Stage Quotes

3309 Stage quotes by 2413 unique authors

As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the… — Patton Oswalt
For the record, if you're not a stage actor, climbing onto Broadway and tackling something like David Mamet is not an easy thing to do. — Jeremy Piven
You go through different stages when you're working on the music in film. At least, I do. You have a temp score, so you have… — Duncan Jones
With stage, you feel completely like you're just in a bubble. I love not being able to see anything. I love coming out and I… — Bill Nighy
The job is the same - to attempt to make it sound like you've never said it before and as if it's just occurred to… — Bill Nighy
I love the stage. I'm always sniffing around to see if there's something I can squidge in quickly. — Matthew Rhys
I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so much. What I… — Julianna Margulies
I think the best exercise that I do is singing for an hour-and-a-half out on the stage, because, yes, I use the lung, the biggest… — Willie Nelson
It was my dream for years... to train. Dominic [Cooper] went and he's doing alright. But some people don't go and do brilliantly. Although I… — Carey Mulligan
I grew up, in my childhood, with some of the greatest women performers, on stage and on screen, and even my family - my mother… — John Travolta
I think movie making can sometimes make you lazy in your approach. Occasionally you'll be shooting a scene and it's not even your coverage but… — Jamie Bell
I've been on the stage my entire life as an actor. — Jeremy Piven
In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one's opponent,… — Mahatma Gandhi
The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole. — Arnold J. Toynbee
Each stage of development, remember, has a dialectic of progress--in plain language, every new development is good news, bad news. — Ken Wilber
predilection, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion. — Ambrose Bierce
Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage. I've always written in the long format, five, eight, 10-minute pieces rather than one-liners,… — George Carlin
When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that… — Dalai Lama
When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on. — Heinrich Heine
In producers, loafing is productive; and no creator, of whatever magnitude, has ever been able to skip that stage, any more than a mother can… — Jacques Barzun
And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. — Francis Quarles
You've got to be on the ball from the minute you step out into that spotlight. You gotta know exactly what you're doing every second… — Frank Sinatra
I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered… — Jean Cocteau
I mean no disrespect to Scottish football, but the Premier League is the biggest stage and highest profile league of all. — Peter Shilton
Painting, especially much better than words, allows oneself to express the various stages of thought, including the deeper levels, the underground stages of the mental… — Claes Oldenburg

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