Audience Quote by Howard Rheingold

A performance is only as good as the audience you are playing to. A lot of times you feed off of the audience, and…

— Kelly Jones

I think that's what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren't putting on a show, they're legitimately just having a freaking awesome…

— Andy Grammer

Acting on stage is a living organism you can never pin down, and I believe the audience feeds off that, too.

— Hattie Morahan

Stage performing is a dying art form.

— Ronnie Spector

In TV and movies, you get known for a certain thing, and that's what's expected. Onstage, people are more open to whatever character you…

— John Lithgow

The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then…

— Bette Midler

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

— Tillie Olsen

I think on a stage in front of thousands of people is a wildly invigorating and amazing experience, and it requires a certain skill…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

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

Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.

— Celia Imrie

When a performer goes out on a stage, they may feel the audience is judging every aspect of them and their life. In fact,…

— Suzanne Falter-Barns

I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there…

— Lea Salonga