Patrick Stewart Quotes

I'm totally at home on the stage. That's where I live. That's where I was born. That's where I'm safe.

I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.

I never mind going in for an audition for something.

One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn't have any self-confidence.

I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know.

I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.

I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth.

I am the kind of person that wants to get up in front of crowds of strangers and perform monologues. To each their own.

I sure do love theater. I mean, that's where I started. I am actually sort of shy, but something happens when the audience comes in. It's something nice for me. It terrifies me, but I'm able to do it.

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

I'm most comfortable on stage.

My best work happened on the stage.

I got into performing fairly young and went from, like, a shy kid to a total weirdo.

I always had a dramatic flair. I'd like to dress up like a cowboy, play make-believe. But I didn't realize acting was something I had to do until I got to college.

I am lucky to have got the character of Twinkle to make my debut. I not only learnt so much playing the role, but it also gave me popularity.

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of people and just speak to them.

I'm an actor by choice and I love facing the camera. There's a little bit of exhibitionism in all of us. We like the limelight.

When I made my debut as an actor in 'Rock On!' I was confident to get in front of the camera.

Theater gave me the confidence to believe I could play something else, 'cause it was so difficult. It was me out of my comfort zone. It gave me the confidence to believe that I could push myself and challenge myself and still succeed. Yeah. I'm very, very glad I did it. And I'm very keen, now, to take what I learned there into more television and film.

Acting became my best friend. When I auditioned to get into college, the teacher said you belong here, Mr. Klugman, and to hear that word belong - I never belonged anywhere before - and suddenly I belonged in acting and it was so comfortable and I loved it.

I'm interested in doing some acting in the future, but it's a distant second to stand up.

My acting is atrocious, to say the least. But I've found that it's not acting that people are concerned about, it's your presence.

I've always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I've talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I'll have more butterflies.

I was new to acting on a stage in a narrative as opposed to acting on a stage as a stand-up. And like everything else it's just like comfort level. The first time I did stand-up I was at a place called the B3 in New York on Third and Avenue B and I not only didn't take the mic out of the stand, but I clutched the stand of the entire time.

For me, the only type of guilty pleasure fun that I have in terms of my career is I act once in awhile. And I don't have any responsibility.