Cheryl Hines Quotes

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.

All that acting and all that stuff and emoting and crap will come after you know what you're doing. So when you get - when I get on stage, I don't have to think about it.

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, 'Here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.'

I started doing improv when I was 8 years old, so it's always been in my life. I would feel naked without it.

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.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don't get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

For me, I love auditioning.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I'm comfortable in front of the camera, but I can't act.

I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevitable and logical.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

I'm kind of thinking that I might start trying to do some acting. I really enjoy role play.

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

Practicing going over scenes and in front of the camera just to see how that feels, and then ultimately just finding a way to expose yourself to people. That's what I did.

I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.