Stage Quotes
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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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I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
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I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.
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Actually, I'm getting one made up with eight necks and I'm going to get a wheelwright to make a big rim around it and then I can do cartwheels off the stage.
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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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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 wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.
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One more stage, one more limo, one more run for your life.
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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.
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So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.
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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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For me, what's wonderful for me at this stage of my life is that I get to work with people I've admired for a long time.
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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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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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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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Put me on stage and I'm happy.
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We don't go on about trying to save the Brazilian rain forest. We're not ashamed of the fact that we can write lyrics like Let's Get Rocked which 99 percent of the world thinks is completely ridiculous, stupid and immature. If George Bush stood up on stage and pretended to be Eddie Van Halen that would be ridiculous, so when I see the Billy Braggs of this world using music as a soapbox it pisses me off. Music should always entertain, first and foremost. Nobody would take us seriously if we did songs like shut the ozone layer, save the rain forests, stop killing people in Bosnia. Everybody would laugh at us. I'd rather listen to Noddy Holder (Slade) sing about nothing at all than do a duet with Sinead O'Connor. We're not that desperate for publicity. We'll always be Leppard.
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Some stage directions you just simply have to throw away.
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If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.
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People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks out.
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The stage is the place I feel comfortable - it's almost as if real life is where I feel most nervous. Conversations are a lot more nerve-wracking.
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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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I think some musicians can almost forget that the stage is something to do something on, even if that thing is standing still.
