Stephen Sondheim Quotes
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.Stephen Sondheim
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When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.
Carlene Carter -
What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
Barry Humphries -
When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
Jack Whitehall -
The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
Ma Jian -
We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
Faran Tahir -
I'm always up for going back to the stage.
Taye Diggs
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
Orson Welles -
Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
W. H. Auden -
I've been on stage since I was eight.
Hannah Simone -
I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
Randeep Hooda -
I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.
Saffron Burrows -
If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
Aasif Mandvi
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I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.
Randy Newman -
It is unimaginable that anyone, right or left, can aspire to be president without having thought about this. Every candidate has the stage; the Republicans have used it to fuss unproductively over the Common Core. The Democrats have all but refused to speak.
Brown Campbell -
The early stage of pregnancy for me is quite hard to hide.
Kate Winslet -
And understand: class differences will not save you.
H. Rap Brown -
It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
Bill Wyman The Rolling Stones -
I always wanted to know what it felt like to fall on stage... now I know. It's not how you fall, but how you get up
Geoffrey Holder
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The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.
T. S. Eliot -
I hadn't really thought about doing any acting at all post-'Center Stage.'
Sascha Radetsky -
I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
Imelda May -
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
Stephen Sondheim