Quotes about Onstage

Onstage, I was never the ingenue. Votes: 3

Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world. Votes: 3

Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking. Votes: 3

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject. Votes: 3

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there. Votes: 3

Onstage, I'm still wearing my fabulous, sheer dresses because I'm not that big. Votes: 3

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take. Votes: 3

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe. Votes: 3

Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it. Votes: 3

Onstage I've been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist. Votes: 3

Onstage, I don't feel any glory from people clapping in the audience, but when they're pushing me to do something new that feels good. Votes: 3

Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home. Offstage, it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage. Votes: 3

Onstage, you can be anything you want to be. In concert, I might project a different side of myself, but I wouldn't do anything I'd be embarrassed of. Votes: 3

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters. Votes: 3

Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people. Votes: 3

Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot. Votes: 3

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing. Votes: 3

Onstage I do all the stuff I'd never do in real life, like lashing out at people who make me mad or freaking out in a long bank lineup. Performing allows me to fulfill all the sicko fantasies I've ever had. Votes: 3

I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus. Votes: 1

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show. Votes: 1

I knew from the second I stepped onstage. I was like, yep, this is what I want to do. Votes: 1

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen. Votes: 1

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you. Votes: 1

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else. Votes: 1

The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage. Votes: 1

Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way. Votes: 1

I was wearing black clothes almost from the beginning. I feel comfortable in black. I felt like black looked good onstage, that it was attractive, so I started wearing it all the time. Votes: 1

I was standing onstage last year, and I felt like I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter how many people were out there, it all just felt like a blank sheet of paper. Votes: 1

I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they know every word to your songs. It's kind of freaky, but it's really cool. Votes: 1

The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know. Votes: 1

I love eating chocolate cake and ice cream after a show. I almost justify it in my mind as, 'You were a good boy onstage and you did your show, so now you can have some cake and ice cream.' Votes: 1

Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away. Votes: 1

I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switch on. I've heard I get real sassy onstage, which I'm not in real life! It's fun to be that person for an hour a night. Votes: 1

When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you. Votes: 1

My wife Juliana and I first saw Eurovision while on our honeymoon in Greece in 2006, and we were amazed by it. They basically recreate a music video onstage, and pyro cannons, LED video screens, background dancers, fireworks, costume changes, and wind machines are their tools. Votes: 1

Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you? Votes: 1

I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character isn't actually quite often the means by which an actor overcomes his own terror of standing there onstage and creating a mask to hide behind. Votes: 1

I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot onstage. On the other side of the pot was a little girl who had dark hair, and she and I were representing the Italians. And I thought: Is that what an Italian looked like? Votes: 1

When I played the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, I got to bring Wiley, my 85-pound black lab. He's responsible for my favorite New Year's memory of all: At the end of the show, he ran onstage and then out across all the tables in the showroom, sending champagne glasses and gamblers flying. Votes: 1

Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don't know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn't really talk onstage. I was like, 'Thank you, I love you guys,' or whatever. But now I've just kind of learned to work a crowd. Votes: 1

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it. Votes: 1

My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There's traditionally a part of the show where they'll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad says that I was running up onstage before they even asked us. Votes: 1

I love my lecture tours. I get up onstage. I have my stack of books and a glass of water and a microphone. No podium, no distance between me and the audience, and I just talk to people and get all excited and tell a lot of jokes, and sing some songs, and read from my work and remind people how powerful they are and how beautiful they are. Votes: 1

I love being onstage. Votes: 0

When I'm onstage, I'm acting. Votes: 0

When I come onstage, I'm exploding. Votes: 0

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage. Votes: 0

I celebrate masculinity when I'm onstage. Votes: 0

I'm my own most merciless critic onstage. Votes: 0

Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. Votes: 0

Being alone onstage is like legalized insanity. Votes: 0

I like to do the splits onstage Votes: 0

I always wear the same thing onstage. Votes: 0

I've never been onstage in my life. Votes: 0

I like to do the splits onstage. Votes: 0

I only wore makeup when I went onstage. Votes: 0

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage. Votes: 0

When I get onstage, I automatically feel beautiful. Votes: 0

Being onstage is everything thats good about life. Votes: 0

I never write anything down. I write onstage. Votes: 0

If I die, I'm going to die onstage. Votes: 0

You never know what's going to happen next onstage. Votes: 0

The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage. Votes: 0

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage. Votes: 0

Nothing has that fire we feel when we're onstage. Votes: 0

I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage. Votes: 0

Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage. Votes: 0

You gotta have fun. Even now we have fun onstage. Votes: 0

I didn't have a life until I went up onstage. Votes: 0

People are used to us being onstage for a while. Votes: 0

Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage. Votes: 0

The minute you step onstage, you get eight feet taller. Votes: 0

I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience. Votes: 0

Everything you need to know about Iron Maiden is onstage. Votes: 0

My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me. Votes: 0

I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal. Votes: 0

The more guitars we have onstage the better, as I'm concerned. Votes: 0

Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it. Votes: 0

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired. Votes: 0

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies! Votes: 0

I have to stay hydrated so I don't pass out onstage! Votes: 0

It's hard to talk about yourself onstage and be sincere about it. Votes: 0

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live. Votes: 0

I'll never die. I'll just explode, right there before your eyes, onstage. Votes: 0

I have never been a different person onstage than I am off. Votes: 0

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else. Votes: 0

When we're onstage, it's like mind reading: we're on the same page. Votes: 0

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. Votes: 0

Doing a piece on film is completely different from doing it onstage. Votes: 0

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage. Votes: 0

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes. Votes: 0

It was a choice of making it or still eating chicken onstage. Votes: 0

I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans. Votes: 0

When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures. Votes: 0

When I'm onstage, I'm completely comfortable, and I feel very vital and alive. Votes: 0

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform. Votes: 0

I had a very sexual experience onstage once. But I won't go there. Votes: 0

We usually surprised everyone, and still do, as we keep the craziness onstage. Votes: 0

Someday I'm going to go onstage in a dress if I want to. Votes: 0

You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good. Votes: 0

That's more along what the story is, as opposed to me being onstage singing. Votes: 0

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing. Votes: 0

I just want to be able to get onstage and move and move around. Votes: 0

I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally. Votes: 0

I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage. Votes: 0

I love suits, but onstage it's too hot. So, I like a nice T-shirt! Votes: 0

I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion. Votes: 0

The best time for gum is just before getting onstage. I need a minty-fresh microphone. Votes: 0

When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled. Votes: 0

When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears. Votes: 0

I actually acted onstage before I'd ever seen a live performance, and I loved it. Votes: 0

I really enjoy theater. Performing live onstage is helping me to grow as an actress. Votes: 0

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder. Votes: 0

You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage. Votes: 0

I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage. Votes: 0

I wish I could escape into some alter-ego, just so I could feel more comfortable onstage. Votes: 0

Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up onstage and propose marriage. Votes: 0

I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively. Votes: 0

Performing is my passion. Being onstage is at once exhilarating, beguiling, and fulfilling. But it's hard. Votes: 0

I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach. Votes: 0

When I go onstage, I kind of turn into a beast sometimes, this alter-ego, you know. Votes: 0

If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not? Votes: 0

I go onstage and I talk, and I remember what I'm saying, and I track it. Votes: 0

I'm very self conscious in a bikini, and I would never get my tummy out onstage. Votes: 0

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life. Votes: 0

I just always found it easier to be the same guy onstage as you are offstage. Votes: 0

My first joint I smoked onstage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I smoked my first joint live. Votes: 0

My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences Votes: 0

I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that. Votes: 0

The best performance advice I have ever been given was to "Know where your light is, onstage." Votes: 0

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you. Votes: 0

When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can. Votes: 0

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience. Votes: 0

If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots. Votes: 0

There are people who are waiting for me. I can only continue living when I stand onstage. Votes: 0

When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage. Votes: 0

As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else. Votes: 0

I had trouble hanging around [Shelley Long] until we stood onstage together, and then I was in heaven. Votes: 0

I can't walk very well, but I'm not onstage to do walking. I'm on the stage to play. Votes: 0

I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out. Votes: 0

For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Votes: 0

If I had my way, I'd always be onstage. But I won't always be able to be onstage. Votes: 0

It's me, it's my habit to perform live onstage every four, five years. In Italy, it's my habit. Votes: 0

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already. Votes: 0

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain. Votes: 0

It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work. Votes: 0

I looked at Justin, and I was like: 'Do you want me to go onstage for you?' Votes: 0

I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story. Votes: 0

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully. Votes: 0

I'd never go onstage in my life without fully intending to do the best show you've ever seen. Votes: 0

The extremes of who I'd love to be onstage are David Bowie, Prince, and, I don't know, Bjork. Votes: 0

I should clarify that anyone that goes onstage and makes strangers laugh is insane. So I am insane. Votes: 0

Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm. Votes: 0

I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage. Votes: 0

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. Votes: 0

If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character? Votes: 0

Feeling more comfortable onstage is something I've worked on - it's really about just being the artist I am. Votes: 0

I do miss sometimes being onstage, because when I do film and television, it's usually so brief and funny. Votes: 0

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage. Votes: 0

The more I go onstage, the more quiet I am before, because I intend to go onstage and slaughter. Votes: 0

Don't kid yourself; the guy who's onstage in ripped-up jeans is wearing as much a costume as I am. Votes: 0

I am very active, ... I like to ride horses. I golf. I perform onstage. I am a madman onstage. Votes: 0

Me in my music and onstage - that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining. Votes: 0

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums. Votes: 0

The youth choir is up onstage now, in flowing white gowns, and they're singing something in the key of goose-bumps. Votes: 0

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen. Votes: 0

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band. Votes: 0

It's hard for a person to try to keep his stuff together being nominated for something and then performing onstage. Votes: 0

All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that. Votes: 0

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave. Votes: 0

I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs. Votes: 0

When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience. Votes: 0

I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage. Votes: 0

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage. Votes: 0

The more active I am, the better I feel and the longer I can stay onstage without losing my breath. Votes: 0

If I'm off the stage after two or three years I get itchy and I have to get back onstage. Votes: 0

If you can't imagine female torch singers and Skrillex-style demon techno onstage at the same moment, you don't know Eurovision. Votes: 0

Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage. Votes: 0

Whenever I'm onstage, I try my best not to think that I'm performing. It's simply another part of my day. Votes: 0

I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it. Votes: 0

I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment. Votes: 0

I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivete, told myself, 'Wow, I'm an actor!' Votes: 0

Mick Jagger is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived, just for how much he puts into it onstage. Votes: 0

I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I'm not that comfortable. Votes: 0

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard. Votes: 0

I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage. Votes: 0

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business. Votes: 0

I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage. Votes: 0

On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones. Votes: 0

Having the presence of mind to react to any situation onstage is what makes the best performers keep their spontaneity intact. Votes: 0

Anyone who's onstage is going to attract a certain number of misguided people. But I was never very interested in groupies. Votes: 0

I love the spontaneity of plays and of being onstage, because that's an energy that you can't really fabricate in movies. Votes: 0

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation. Votes: 0

I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again. Votes: 0

I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into. Votes: 0

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work. Votes: 0

People see you onstage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy.I want to be that guy myself very often. Votes: 0

I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old. Votes: 0

I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either. Votes: 0

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.' Votes: 0

In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage. Votes: 0

I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help! Votes: 0

It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are. Votes: 0

I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising. Votes: 0

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back? Votes: 0

A liberal is a person who sees a fourteen-year-old girl performing sex acts onstage and wonders if she's being paid minimum wage. Votes: 0

I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable. Votes: 0

In film, you're always using your tools, your body, your voice, your emotions, but onstage, you use them in a different way. Votes: 0

You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet. Votes: 0

I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right. Votes: 0

It's in my blood to tour. It's in my blood to get on the road. It's in my blood to go onstage. Votes: 0

I'd really rather just be the anonymous Mr. Nobody who I always was up until I first went onstage. I liked that. Votes: 0

Everything is legit onstage. You can go crazy. I can express my anger. I can cry. Whoa, this is the coolest place! Votes: 0

I really love being onstage - that's kind of home base - but I love the camera, too. I love it all. Votes: 0

In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage. Votes: 0

I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way. Votes: 0

When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster: the entertainer, the fiddler, the performer. Votes: 0

Recording is a lengthy process, but onstage it's completely different; tape is not running - life is running, and cannot be rewound. Votes: 0

I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now. Votes: 0

I have a wonderful psychiatrist that I see maybe once a year, because I don't need it. It all comes out onstage. Votes: 0

My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me. Votes: 0

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear. Votes: 0

I'm a Brooklyn guy onstage, and I try to really feed my fans with the kind of material they expect from me. Votes: 0

It's almost embarrassing how well-behaved I was, which is probably why I do things like spit water on myself onstage as an adult. Votes: 0

Metaphysics notwithstanding, I also insert myself in my fictions for no loftier purpose than to give me pleasure: to see myself performing onstage. Votes: 0

My problem with the traditional acting method was that I never understood what you were supposed to be thinking about when you're onstage. Votes: 0

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited. Votes: 0

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I love to write honest songs that name real people, then get up onstage and live out those emotions in front of 15,000 people. Votes: 0

When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it. Votes: 0

I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux. Votes: 0

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio. Votes: 0

I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well. Votes: 0

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage. Votes: 0

When I was young I was one of those kids that got pulled onstage at a Green Day concert. That was pretty awesome. Votes: 0

I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage. Votes: 0

There's a character that I play onstage, and I can't let him loose in the supermarket when I'm buying my beans on toast. Votes: 0

What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've ever done. Votes: 0

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film. Votes: 0

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home. Votes: 0

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing. Votes: 0

I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitching and acting funny. Votes: 0

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight. Votes: 0

All the words are already there when you're singing onstage, it's fantastic. You can lose yourself in what you've created. You're controlling this freedom. Votes: 0

I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits. Votes: 0

I'm not saying my fans are stupid, but I once left a cabbage onstage next to a harmonica and nobody noticed for three hours Votes: 0

I couldn't be touring unless my husband was on the road with me, taking care of our son while I'm onstage and doing interviews. Votes: 0

I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage. Votes: 0

You don't get to know anybody in a movie until after it's over. You work less together in a film than you do onstage. Votes: 0

In public, I like real conservative clothes, something that's not too flashy. But onstage, I like 'em as flashy as you can get 'em. Votes: 0

I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I haven't found a comfortable place onstage. I'm sure it doesn't have to be comfortable, but I'm very nervous, so I don't enjoy myself. Votes: 0

My style offstage is so different from onstage. I love a pair of sexy heels with jeans, a nice jacket, or a little dress. Votes: 0

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially. Votes: 0

In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew. Votes: 0

I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it? Votes: 0

I can't sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn over the furniture. Votes: 0

What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage. Votes: 0

I've always been like, "Look, you're going to die and it's not going to matter after you die that you got out onstage and bombed." Votes: 0

Back then, people were throwing their underwear onstage. I remember taking eight pairs of my own underwear to the cleaners and getting only four back. Votes: 0

Also, as I've gotten older and more mature, I've become much more comfortable in my own skin. After 25 years of doing stand-up, that's reflected onstage. Votes: 0

One time I laughed so hard, I just had to go and change my pantyhose. I lost it. Lost it. At least it wasn't onstage. Votes: 0

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack. Votes: 0

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 row. Votes: 0

I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage. Votes: 0

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. Votes: 0

I'm a visual artist myself and always have been so it's very natural for me to be very concerned with presentation, whether it's artwork or onstage. Votes: 0

I think that standing onstage on January 19th, and my father had just defied all expectations and won Iowa, was by far the most surreal moment. Votes: 0

When people asked me, "Do you get high to go onstage?" I could never understand the question. I mean, I'd been high since eight that morning. Votes: 0

I think leather pants are just better than jeans onstage; they give the performance a nice attitude, and they are also shockingly comfortable. Comfort is key. Votes: 0

There's nothing I'd never wear, really. I've worn pink spotty pajamas from a Goodwill store onstage before. This only happens when I'm having a small breakdown! Votes: 0

When you're a musician and you go out onstage, and you're someone who loves attention, you are going to become a role model to some extent. Votes: 0

It's thrilling to be onstage and to not know, literally, what the next moment is going to bring. To just submit to the not-knowing-ness of it. Votes: 0

I am up there onstage alone with that guitar. I don't have to consider no one else and whether they are comfortable. I need very little. Votes: 0

--and yet, whenever he started with the questions I froze stiff, as if I'd been pushed onstage in a play where I didn't know the lines. Votes: 0

I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well. Votes: 0

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite. Votes: 0

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me. Votes: 0

I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes. Votes: 0

If I played just one song from every album, I would be onstage for two and a half hours. No one wants a show that long. Votes: 0

The Comedy Store in LA, it's a really loose room and it's really dark and creepy and a great place to explore your own thoughts onstage. Votes: 0

I've gotten to where my hair is like my onstage prop; I need to hide behind it and throw it around - it's my slo-mo effect. Votes: 0

It's always been about when I do theater, the audience is just a viewer, not taking part in what's onstage. Whereas if you're doing stand-up, it's inclusive. Votes: 0

We never understood the concept of people going onstage and giving anything less than 100 percent. Maybe that's a blue-collar work ethic, but I call it just ethics. Votes: 0

But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show. Votes: 0

We're better than Metallica. We're better musicians, better players. Put it this way, they can try to walk onstage after an Iron Maiden show if they want. Votes: 0

I don't know if I change my act from century to century. Sometimes I'm onstage doing imitations and references to people who have been dead for 50 years. Votes: 0

As a child, I loved being onstage. I loved singing, I loved the lights, I loved the adrenaline. I even loved learning lines. I was completely obsessive. Votes: 0

There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages. Votes: 0

I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I'm not that comfortable, which I think is sort of clear. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm still discovering my stage style, but I love - well, I'm not a huge color person onstage, but I am in real life. Votes: 0

I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this one person offstage, but [someone] who really didn't know much about living. Votes: 0

You study all your life, you work really hard to do your best work onstage and onscreen, and then you make your best money playing an ant. Votes: 0

When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for years and not find out. Votes: 0

I'm grateful that I had that uphill battle for 10 years of going onstage and having nobody know who I was, because you have to win them over. Votes: 0

The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres. Votes: 0

Sometimes I get a little drunk, sometimes I get a little out of it, sometimes I get out of tune onstage, but that's something that shouldn't be dissected Votes: 0

People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls. Votes: 0

Everyone who wears glasses (onstage) eventually takes them off. It becomes part of the evolution. It was actually kind of a battle for me to keep my glasses. Votes: 0

There's nothing worse than being shackled by some miniscule sort of technology you have onstage, and I think your mettle is going to get tested in those moments. Votes: 0

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience. Votes: 0

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man. Votes: 0

Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I'm fine. I'm in another world - in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar. Votes: 0

Something always made me save myself. Either the Betty Ford Center or going onstage to perform in the theater when many people didn't think I could do it. Votes: 0

However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it. Votes: 0

I'm a performer. I push the envelope, I work in a very uncontrolled manner onstage. I do a lot of free association, it's spontaneous, I go into character. Votes: 0

Sometimes I get a little drunk, sometimes I get a little out of it, sometimes I get out of tune onstage, but that's something that shouldn't be dissected. Votes: 0

To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and larger than yourself. Votes: 0

Since I was three I've been playing the piano. I've been onstage. My mother is an Evangelist and I used to play the piano at her revival meetings. Votes: 0

Certainly, I, as an audience, am stricken with terror if I see only two people onstage. And one person, I think, is even harder for people to take. Votes: 0

Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn't know what he was going to do. Votes: 0

There is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you're putting on a show. Votes: 0

Everyone's got their problems and their demons, but when we get onstage and play as five, that really all goes away, and that's really all I look at. Votes: 0

I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there. Votes: 0

I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing. Votes: 0

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together. Votes: 0

If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme song from 'Three's Company'. Votes: 0

L.A. is always great. There's something special about L.A. And New York, for me, because it's home. There's nothing quite like walking onstage at Madison Square Garden. Votes: 0

Everybody has a line. It doesn't matter how you're dressed onstage or what you say in your songs, that doesn't give anybody the right to invade your personal space. Votes: 0

Some people love being onstage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking onstage. Votes: 0

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process. Votes: 0

I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is. Votes: 0

When I go out there onstage, I want to be more than just a blocky guy who waddles onto the posing platform. I want the girls to feel something. Votes: 0

Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that. Votes: 0

As a dancer, one of my many teachers along the way made the comment that who I was onstage and who I was off were two totally different people. Votes: 0

The children never connect me with the man onstage when I come out the stage door. The parents spend all their time trying to convince them that I'm Caractacus. Votes: 0

You can poke fun at some pretty difficult circumstances, and it's just a way to pop the bubble. I don't do that thing onstage usually, but offstage sometimes I might. Votes: 0

It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer and the performer has confidence in the crowd. Votes: 0

L shot Maki a disappointed look. But soon he forgot everything when Misa Amane appeared onstage. Enraptured he began to cheer with the girls in black lace and frilly skirts." Votes: 0

It's amazing, 'cause sometimes when we're onstage, I feel like somebody's just moving the pieces. I'm just going, 'God, we don't have any control over this.' And that's magic. Votes: 0

Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the Bard's lines came from onstage improvisations by actors. Votes: 0

I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio. Votes: 0

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage. Votes: 0

If your record doesn't sell that well, man, who cares? All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that. Votes: 0

L shot Maki a disappointed look. But soon he forgot everything when Misa Amane appeared onstage. Enraptured he began to cheer with the girls in black lace and frilly skirts. Votes: 0

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain. Votes: 0

I would get ill before going onstage - something about getting in front of people, and if they don't laugh, I'm a bomb. I got over it when somebody laughed. Votes: 0

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction. Votes: 0

I didn't want to change my personality onstage, but I still had to build some kind of ego to be able to go up there. If not, there's no point. Votes: 0

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice. Votes: 0

I draw and play the piano badly. But when I’m doing those things, I’m concentrating so hard there’s no room for worry. I find that onstage, too. Votes: 0

Pass the popcorn, please. Life is a film, theatre, a theatre of the soul. We play different roles on different stages. At death, we walk offstage. At birth, we walk onstage. Votes: 0

To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs, getting up onstage, and making people happy by livening the rock. Votes: 0

There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage. Votes: 0

The thing I love about live performance the most, is that the doors are closed, the lights are turned down, and the audience has to be reverential to what's happening onstage. Votes: 0

When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth. Votes: 0

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen. Votes: 0

I definitely learned to embrace the quiet moments onstage from Garry Shandling - relaxing and not fighting with the crowd, not raising your voice, not ever trying to win them over. Votes: 0

If you're onstage and you're improvising and nothing's happening, people are racing for the door. But the director can go shopping later and pick up pieces and moments and insert them. Votes: 0

Being onstage and performing, the high of that, and people coming to see you, and getting to make them laugh - that's what gets me hyped up. It's a nervous excitement. Votes: 0

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get another perspective on the poem you're reciting. Votes: 0

Being in a recording studio is a very different feel from performing onstage. I mean, obviously, you can't just go in and do what you would do onstage. It reads differently. Votes: 0

I was in the original cast of 'Wicked', and that got a bad review in 'The New York Times,' and it's the most successful thing that's ever been put onstage. Votes: 0

Just the same way I'd say a prayer before going onstage, taking that even further and using the drum to inspire people. And using that as a vehicle for the intention. Votes: 0

I probably bring four dresses on the road and rotate those. I always wear something light when I go onstage because I move around a whole lot. It's a sweaty business. Votes: 0

I think I always enjoyed the energy of a crowd, of being onstage. It started when I was even younger doing public speaking at school and just kept going from there. Votes: 0

I suddenly got used to that feeling of being in control, which I never, ever feel when I'm not onstage - a feeling that you're the master of your own universe. Votes: 0

Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions. Votes: 0

I was terrified, terrified in Songwriter, because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified. Votes: 0

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside. Votes: 0

Anne Hathaway, you gave a stunning performance in "Les Miserables." I have not seen someone so totally alone and abandoned like that, since you were onstage with James Franco at the Oscars. Votes: 0

Jodi Melnick is hotly self-absorbed. Her onstage musicians are much too loud, and like so many narcissistic performers, she goes on much too long: She's interested in herself; why wouldn't we be? Votes: 0

Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing. Votes: 0

You say, Wait a minute, God, you spared me from a slave job in an office, and now I have a slave job onstage. I am not on that clock no more. Votes: 0

Look at Greg Jbara! I've watched him work for years, always switching. He's literally a different human being when he's onstage in 'Billy Elliot.' That's the fun of what we do. Votes: 0

Somewhere during the 'Next to Normal' Broadway run, I found myself learning more about myself onstage than in real life, and I truly realized the beautiful, tremendous, extraordinary gift that is performing. Votes: 0

Lots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend, but you should've seen him smash a Les Paul!' Votes: 0

I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all. Votes: 0

I've heard New York actors say Chicago actors intimidate them because apparently we're the real nitty-gritty actors who're in a town where being onstage doesn't necessarily get you anything except your craft. Votes: 0

I'm glad I've given up drugs and alcohol. It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He's pathetic. It's like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young. Votes: 0

Talking about my personal life onstage, I've realized I'm not one of those comics who can do that. I can allude to it but I don't want to be a confessional performer... Votes: 0

To be completely stripped bare of any image power or my hair. To step onstage and get the response that I got blew any problems I had about self-image out the door. Votes: 0

Singing and dancing will never grow old for me - I'd like to do that until I'm... actually, I think I'd like to drop dead onstage. I think that'd be just great. Votes: 0

The silent thing onstage allows for a kind of intimacy that no conversation can have. If I just shut up, we're forced to look at each other and really confront that moment. Votes: 0

Most of my bits are long stream-of-consciousness- type things, and when I'm doing them onstage, other places to take the theme or idea will hit me, and I just go with it. Votes: 0

I try to write three jokes every day. I don't sit down and write them, it's just things that pop into my head. Then I'll go watch it fail onstage that night. Votes: 0

Because you're a woman, the music industry puts you in another corner. I want to be fighting with the men. I want to be amongst the men, topless, throwing things onstage. Pitchfork: Whe Votes: 0

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today. Votes: 0

Never have your wallet with you onstage. It's bad luck. You shouldn't play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money. Tom Waits (to me, about 1986 or so) Votes: 0

I like to wear platform heels onstage and they're actually hard to find. But fans started putting money in them - so now they are filled with tons of bills. It's pretty amazing. Votes: 0

The process is to me is going onstage night after night after night after night until I get a new hour. And then once that hour is solidified and recorded, I move on. Votes: 0

It's hard 'coz you have got different time zones; you can't sleep and y'know, it's boring way for the show to happen, but you do off the stage. Y'know, onstage it's all better. Votes: 0

All the truly great stand-ups say, "I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work." To me, in the end, the surest thing is work. Votes: 0

If you're politically correct, chances are you're not coming to one of my shows. I get to go onstage and say things that everybody thinks all the time, but can't say out loud. Votes: 0

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it. Votes: 0

Being onstage and communicating with an audience was part of my life since I was very little, but I was never pushed into singing. My parents were so uninterested in me making music. Votes: 0

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned. Votes: 0

There were times in my career I went a little further than I wanted because of expectations. Doing certain things onstage when children were in the audience, wearing certain clothes, singing certain lyrics. Votes: 0

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be - technically, emotionally, and physically - but I love it. Votes: 0

Spare time is like spare change. It's hard to quantify, the definition of that phrase. What do I do when I'm not onstage singing, or sleeping, with or without someone else? I watch movies. Votes: 0

I also sort of find the idea that not only do actors want to please when they're onstage, I find actors really want to please off stage a lot of the time, don't they? Votes: 0

A steamer is like an inhaler, so you can inhale this oil or frankincense or eucalyptus. Before I go onstage, I spend half an hour taking in that steam, and it saves my life! Votes: 0

We've all been there, onstage. You say something you don't mean, you make fun of something on accident but... This wasn't that. This wasn't crowd work. This was a rehearsed set. This was pointed. Votes: 0

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating. Votes: 0

So what if I'm smokin' weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It's not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It'sa peaceful gesture and they have to respect that and appreciate that. Votes: 0

Women have always had equal importance onstage, and working with them must have altered my sensibilities. I've never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me. Votes: 0

I know that people think I'm a party king; but, face it, if I finished the bottle every time I took a drink, I wouldn't be able to do the aerials I do onstage. Votes: 0

When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the fans of the music along with having a certain warmth when you walk onstage. Votes: 0

When people asked me, "Do you get high to go onstage?" I could never understand the question. I mean, I'd been high since eight that morning. Going onstage had nothing to do with it. Votes: 0

When I take my Les Paul onstage, it's reliable. An SG could be different from night to night, but a Les Paul is so solid and reliable that you can trust it every night Votes: 0

My wife and I got to go onstage at a Flaming Lips concert at Webster Hall once. We dressed up like Scientology aliens and danced around. We had a shootout onstage with Santa Claus. Votes: 0

I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing. Votes: 0

I tend to stay up very late at night, so I wake up later in the day. This allows me to be in the middle of my workday when I am onstage at night. Votes: 0

We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be! Votes: 0

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine Votes: 0

All the truly great stand-ups say, 'I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work.' To me, in the end, the surest thing is work. Votes: 0

I always say, when you're onstage you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's okay. Thank God the majority are in my corner. Votes: 0

I really think I'm at the top of my game right now, and I have the tools that I've learned over the years, so I feel really good about what I'm doing onstage now. Votes: 0

My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage. Votes: 0

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for. Votes: 0

I've done stand-up since I was 18 years old, and I absolutely love it, but I used to go onstage, and the audience was my peers. Now I go onstage, and I could be their mother. Votes: 0

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it. Votes: 0

I know when I'm onstage, I don't think about how it looks, I just concentrate on really feeling what I hear. But I totally know I look like Gollum when I perform, so it's cool. Votes: 0

It's always a risky business inviting somebody on stage. You never know what they're going to do. I try to avoid letting people join me onstage because it can be very distracting, and overly theatrical. Votes: 0

When you find any great project - if it's onstage or it's a movie or a television show or whatever it might be, if it's wonderful, then that sort of transcends what the medium is. Votes: 0

Especially in the Dixie Chicks, everyone wants you to play a role. Natalie was the feisty one. Martie was the nice one 'cause she smiles all the time onstage, and I was the quiet one. Votes: 0

The only new technology that interests me is when it sort of throws me back soundwise. And I can think, "Wow, that means I can go onstage and sound like Scotty Moore now and again!" Votes: 0