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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I think anything is a realistic option at this stage, We can't rule anything out in the future.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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Life is long. But it goes fast.
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Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.
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Don’t worry about being normal. It’s an awful thing to aspire to.
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I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open.
