Left Quote by Jon Stewart

On stage you need to emphasize every emotion. But on screen you need to tone everything down and make it believable.

— Tom Holland

In comedy, beware the split focus. The audience should focus on the face of the actor. The audience must see the setup. If there…

— James Carver

On stage, everyone stays put; the vantage point is always the vantage point, and you have to play to the size of the house.…

— Tituss Burgess

If acting with other people is in your plans, then you need to learn how to work with other people to build a comedic…

— Matt Besser

On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.

— Shirley MacLaine

When you're on stage, you build strong relationships with the actors, but it's a story you tell with the audience - you have to…

— Romola Garai

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

— Phyllida Lloyd

On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punch line in a…

— Sylvester McCoy

There's no idea or concept in comedy you could do that hasn't been attacked from some angle. But if you start leaving punchlines out…

— Ron White

On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a punchline in a joke…

— Sylvester McCoy

On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know?

— Guy Pearce

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.

— Bruce Robinson