Stage Quotes

What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.

A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. a camera turning.

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage properties of Hollywood before the poets had begun to get to work on them.

For me, it was more a dramatic shift to go from the stage to the screen.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

And if you can channel the truth of your own experience onto the stage, that's what the audience wants to see.

When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage This convinced Matthew There was still hope for America.

The worst thing that ever happened to me on stage is someone ran forward to tell me they loved me and projectile vomited all over the stage. It was horrible.

What I'm doing on stage now is just the tip of the iceberg.

I think we all feel the same things most of the time, we just don't know how to put it into words. When I'm on stage, I say it. The truth makes people laugh.

I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.

Lillian Gish may be a charming person, but she is not Ophelia. She comes on stage as if she had been sent for to sew rings on the new curtains.

I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration.

As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life... be bold. Don't always worry about what your next line is going to be.

Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self.

From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage.

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.

I am at a stage in my life where I want to only do thing that I love. I only want to do things that make me happy. Making money is important, but it's not my ultimate driver.

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.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasnt able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I see too many men delay their exits with a sickly, slow reluctance to leave the stage. It's bad theater as well as bad living.

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

Stage time, stage time, stage time.

When I'm speaking on stage I feel my most empowered and my most vulnerable. So much could go wrong. That tension is such a rush.

Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy.

I’ve noticed that one thing about parents is that no matter what stage your child is in, the parents who have older children always tell you the next stage is worse.

Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me.

I've learned to keep my work on the stage or on the screen.

You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

Fifty years ago my Mother stood on this stage accepting this award; She was fortunate enough to have my Dad with her. Fifty years later, I'm fortunate enough to have my Dad with me. I love you, Dad.

You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self doubt.

I'm not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space.

There were a lot more girls at the shows early on. I'd get off stage and there would be options. Those days are long gone, thank god.

I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.

I feel that energy up there on stage. The band, the crew and our road family - the look in their eyes - they're so happy to be back doing what we love to do.

I love connecting with the fans. I love being on stage.

I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss.

I often think of the space of a page as a stage, with words, letters, syllable characters moving across.

Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you're really in front of the camera or on a stage - that's when you really learn how to work it.

I love Robert Fripp. You know what I really appreciate about Robert Fripp? He always dresses appropriately for the occasion. When he's on stage, he's a Dapper Dan.

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won't come back.

If I ever do get married," Tariq said, "they'll have to make room for three on the wedding stage. Me, the bride, and the guy holding the gun to my head

In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as prop.

I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!