Loretta Lynn Quotes

I don't need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on.

I've always done stuff on stage, so it feels very natural.

I loved the fact that I could get on stage and be in control.

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.

I say what's on my mind and have a good time. I try to give people a show. It's all about giving people a good time once you get out under those lights.

The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.'

I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.

I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing.

I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

For me anyway, until I was exposed to doing improvisation and walking onto a stage without any script, I would have never felt comfortable enough to walk into a room with someone like Larry David and audition.

I guess there's this mind shift that happens once you're on stage. I don't know, chemicals, something happens and you just... I just become completely in control of where I am. And it's all about trusting the people that you're on the stage with, listening... and it just falls into place really easily.

Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.

Put me on stage and I'm happy.

I like to do talk show appearances where I get to just be myself, and I do stand-up where I can completely be myself. That's what I've always loved the most, of anything.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

I'm most at home on the stage.

You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what he'd done the night before. I thought, 'I can do that!' I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies.

I do belong on stage.

When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time.