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People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.
It's definitely a high when you walk onstage and everybody starts applauding before you even say anything.
I do miss sometimes being onstage, because when I do film and television, it's usually so brief and funny.
You know how Beyonce has Sasha Fierce? That's how I am. When I go out onstage, I become a different person.
Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.
When I'm onstage, I'm not thinking about ideas. I'm not in my head at all. It's a more physical experience.
When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.
I rely on poetry or literature to keep me centered before I go onstage because it reminds me to be present.
I'm a Brooklyn guy onstage, and I try to really feed my fans with the kind of material they expect from me.
Cutoff flannel and a mullet. That's what I'm rolling with. If you see me onstage, that's what it's gonna be!
Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that.
I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.
I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.
When I was seven, my mom took my twin sister and me to a play. I remember being fascinated about life onstage.
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.
I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage.
Nothing feels better than going onstage and everybody is singing every word - and actually wanting to see you.
I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
A lot of people get a high from being onstage. I found ways to enjoy it. But I get it from being in the studio.
In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage.
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.
When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.
I missed being onstage behind the microphone. After a while, it was hard to hear another voice singing my lyrics.
While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.
People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
That's part of what made me interested in theater as a kid. It made it acceptable to be a man for an hour onstage.
When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.
My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.
When you're onstage in theater, if you mess up a line, there's no 'Cut! We'll get it again.' It's full steam ahead.
I don't socialize in drag anymore. If I'm in drag, I'm usually onstage or in the dressing room or in a car service.
I'm always making micro-adjustments onstage, listening to the audience, and what a crowd is like can be infectious.
I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.
I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.
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.
What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.
When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.
I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well.
If I go onstage, I want to give people everything they want and more. I'll wash their car for them on their way out.
As soon as my foot is in the light onstage, I am home. It is what I love to do. It is what I have always loved to do.
If you don't eat properly, it affects your energy level. You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
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.
I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!
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.
Whenever I go onstage or in front of a camera, I always want to pour my soul out because I know I have a lot to offer.
Playing onstage, I'm always aware of where the bathrooms are. When Crohn's hits, I have to run, or it won't be pretty.
We put so much of ourselves onstage and we work so hard, that I never get tired of people telling me 'you're awesome.'
On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones.
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.