Character Quote by Christine and the Queens

Christine, as a stage character, is just a way for me to be more daring, to be more out of the box, to be…

— Christine and the Queens

Christine was me wanting to break free. I was tired of being prissy and shrinking and apologising all of the time, so I created…

— Christine and the Queens

There is the real person I am, and there is the stage persona.

— Brad Garrett

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

— Kumail Nanjiani

I couldn't be more different from my stage persona.

— Matt Rife

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

— Beyonce Knowles

I was very vocal about how I wanted to be portrayed on the show, and how I wanted the stage setup to be.

— Melanie Martinez

At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.

— Jacqueline Bisset

I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so…

— Miriam Margolyes

I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.

— Harland Williams

I definitely have a stage persona. I don't walk around scowling at people too often.

— Aldous Harding

But it's a Broadway show, so even if you're Christine in Phantom, you're still a princess. All female leads are princesses whether they're Disney…

— Christy Romano