David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.
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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.
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I did a sitcom with Desi Arnaz Jr. in a pilot called 'Whacked Out.' We were bombing, and Lucille Ball grabbed the mic and started berating the audience.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.
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I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
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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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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
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I've been on stage since I was eight.
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It is important to keep the filmmakers interested in you so they can offer you everything and anything. We actors are not given work on the basis of audience poll; the filmmaker will cast you after they see and like your work. It is essential to do different kind of films and not get typecast.
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I love the studio audience. That's where I feel the most at home. You know right away if you're being funny or not.
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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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Anytime you get an audience that's paying attention, you enjoy it more.
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The chemistry of a pair on screen is known only when the audience reacts to it.
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My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.
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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.
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You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist creatively, because I'm just bored doing what everyone wants me to do.
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I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them.
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I think people get too comfortable, in just doing what they do every week. And I'm all about challenge and change, and I like to read the audience.
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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.
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The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.
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I don't live for the stage. I don't live for an audience.
