Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes
I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open.
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A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.
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It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.
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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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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
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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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Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
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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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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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Well, as you know, I'm really only happy when I'm on stage.
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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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There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.
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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.
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I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before.
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But I've always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I'm here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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What I discovered was is that it's rare to find a person that you feel very intimate with, and you can sleep with lots of people and not find what you're looking for.
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When somebody asks what I do, I guess I say 'writer' first.
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When we read a book, we have a blurry image that's kind of physical but blurry. But we have an emotional image also. We have an emotional connection to the character.
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I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open.
