Fronts Quote by Ed Simons

I like that particular kind of attention. People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people…

— Dave Chappelle

When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like.

— Nick Cave

When you do something in the moment, it may just be for that stage, that audience, that head space that you're in.

— Richard Lewis

Sometimes I think I'm more comfortable onstage than I am in my own room. When I get onstage, it's kind of like your chance…

— Britney Spears

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

— Jonathan Groff

As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face…

— Daniel Day-Lewis

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

— Dave Chappelle

Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have…

— Julianne Nicholson

I don't really move onstage; all I do is just gradually hunch more and more and jut out at the people in the front…

— Al Madrigal

So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different things.

— Wyatt Cenac

When you're accustomed to doing stand-up, so often you're the only person onstage and it's all your thing. It's very gladiatorial. Obviously, when you're…

— Jon Stewart

Sometimes, occasionally, people will make out in the audience, completely not aware that there's a human being onstage just yards away from them, who…

— Mike Birbiglia