Stage Quotes
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I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are two different crafts. I think that they share things in common. But I liken it to a painter switching over to photography. There are similar things - you have to be conscious of light and color and form - but it's a whole different medium.
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I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.
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I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.
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One more stage, one more limo, one more run for your life.
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When on stage, I have good concentration. When I don't find something interesting, I can't concentrate.
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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.
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Put me on stage and I'm happy.
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In my 20s, I was a monk. I was obsessed with theatre, not being famous, not with television. I was 20 years on the stage before I set foot in front of a camera.
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The stage on which you perform in film and TV is much smaller. Moving your eyes across the frame is equivalent to crossing from stage right to stage left in a big Broadway house. Coming from a theatrical background and temperament, this is something I am still learning. However, I think ultimately your responsibilities to the character and the overall story are the same in both mediums, so my approach felt very similar.
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When you go on stage, there's part of you being a sexual beast.
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Well, the first Australian tour I literally just took busking to the stage.
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When I'm recording something (especially because I produce my own music) I might consider how hard it would be to replicate a song on stage.
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You're dressed for dancing," she said in her throaty stage voice. "Being undressed for dancing occured to me, but I didn't think Merris would like it.
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Do you believe that the actor on the stage is really a villain? Let me ask you something else. If he isn't a villain, then is he a liar?
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I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.
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Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.
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I want to be acknowledged as not just a pretty idol who sings and dances on stage, but as an artist
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Once established, an original river advances through its long life, manifesting certain peculiarities of youth, maturity and old age, by which its successive stages of growth may be recognized without much difficulty.
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People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage... it's a buzz.
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It's quite different, the kind of love you get in a smaller club and the kind of love you get on a big proscenium stage. It's quite different. I like both of them, but I'm in love with the smaller, intimate club.
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Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.
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I think some musicians can almost forget that the stage is something to do something on, even if that thing is standing still.
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I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.
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I know that every time I step on the stage it's a real gift, so I try not to take it for granted, and I try to make it an experience that the public can really participate in.
