Function Quote by Larry Norman

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

When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.

— Aubrey Plaza

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.

— Anna Friel

When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage.

— Nikki Sixx

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

— John Oliver

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

Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it…

— Carol Channing

I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that…

— Shreya Ghoshal

Onstage, it's all just a heightened and more elaborate version of me. When you're standing onstage, your adrenaline is going, your enthusiasm is at…

— Dane Cook

When you're onstage, you can see the front row and get a general impression of what's going on, but you're in your own zone.

— Ed Simons

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

— Jonathan Groff

I always just felt more comfortable just kind of hiding behind a character than being myself onstage.

— Bobcat Goldthwait