Sevyn Streeter Quotes

I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.

I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting.

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

I performed in public for the first time at three years old. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was on a big stage. There were probably three or four hundred people in the audience. We were doing this dance, this Kermit the Frog routine, all of us in our little green leotards.

I got on stage for the first time when I was seven. From seven until I was about nine it was probably more to do with just being on stage and having the attention.

I am with the entertainment industry since the age of 12.

The first time I performed on stage, that was almost the first concert I went to, so that was pretty interesting and a bit weird at the same time.

When I was ten, I did my first show. It was 'Annie.'

It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.

The first time I heard Johnny play at the Fillmore East, I wasn't really impressed. He had come on the scene with everybody telling me how great he was, and I didn't hear it.

I am very much looking forward to new adventures - including, I hope, Broadway - sooner rather than later.

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

I've been in the entertainment industry since I was five and it has always been something that has been in my blood.

When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.

I think on a bucket list for a performer is definitely doing a stage show, whether it's in Vegas or on Broadway or whatever.

The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.

Performing has been part of my life since I was eight years old, so that's what I think I do. I don't think about the fact that it happens to be in a bigger venue where people get to know you, or they think they do.

A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.

My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Factory' hosted by Jorgen Raymann. It was in 2006 in Holland. It was amazing. I had only been doing stand-up for four years, and I booked that gig through the Just For Laughs Montreal festival, and they flew me out and put me up.

The very first time I did standup, I went to an open mike on the Lower East Side at a place that doesn't exist anymore. And it was one of those open mikes that wasn't really just for comedy.

I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.