Mirai Nagasu Quotes
I just want to redeem myself and show the world that... it wasn't a fluke that I won at nationals. I can compete on the international stage as well.

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A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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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.'
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When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
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The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
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I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.
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It's always weird when you see a movie, and there's no reason for someone to, like, jump on stage and be a singer, and then they just do that... But if it came organically, I would grab that mike and jump on stage for sure.
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Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.
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Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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Well, as you know, I'm really only happy when I'm on stage.
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I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.
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I've been on stage since I was eight.
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The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child. But my grown-up initiation was as part of that band.
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I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
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When I'm away from the field, I show a little more emotion and stuff.
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I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.
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Sorry is for the things you've done that you shouldn't have not for things you believe in.
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Quite often, and in fact more often, I would say, I'm struggling all the way through to think, "What is it I like about this? What is the personality of this thing I'm hearing that I like so much?" And it's nearly always a sort of mixed emotion, which is why I like it. It's something that I have mixed feelings about in the sense that it's both, say, placid and dangerous, or bitter and sweet, or dark and bright.
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Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution.
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As a little girl, I thought I'd like to get married on the beach. But I'm not the quintessential girl who had these sort of fantasies about that stuff.
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Basically, 2011 was the hardest year on the road for me because I did a spring tour and a fall tour plus nine weeks in the summer, and I was pretty worse for wear by the time I got home in December. I know I was only 34, but that was a tough lap.
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I just want to redeem myself and show the world that... it wasn't a fluke that I won at nationals. I can compete on the international stage as well.