Character Quote by John Lithgow

I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different…

— John Barrowman

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

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

To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life…

— Carrie Underwood

Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy,…

— Matthew Lillard

Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves,…

— Grace Jones

Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place.

— Phyllida Lloyd

When you're doing a play, you're onstage, there's no stopping or starting, there's no stopping to reposition for the camera or have a check…

— Aneurin Barnard

In films, you are a commodity. You are a look, something that the camera really likes, something that has struck an audience in a…

— Brooke Adams

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be -…

— Gary Kemp

I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't…

— Kim Gordon

The audience connects with certain characters and the actors portraying them.

— Sargun Mehta