John Stamos Quotes

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.

Sometimes you go to a show, and you see someone and think they're not there right now. They're performing, but it's muscle memory. There is no memorising some of the ways we put on a show.

I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.

We're entertainers. We're theatrical.

As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.

I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part!

The worst thing you can do as a performer is to judge your character in any way, positively or negatively.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

After I got my first laugh on stage, I was hooked.

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

I can't act without music very well.

I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.

Can I be a leading man? I don't believe myself to be; I don't think that I am, but I'm in this place as a performer where I think about how to make things smaller, more subtle.

Eventually, you know the rhythm of your character, of the set of the piece. It takes less energy for you to hit that point, and then everything resonates. But initially, it takes a tremendous amount of energy. You just hope it's gonna be okay and you don't forget your lines and those cameras.

It's fun finding your way to the performance instead of coming in and hoping to God you're impressing the director - and hoping you're delivering the lines right with no treatment beforehand.

I really do like being on stage. Compared to television I have a lot more control - it's a lot more relaxed and loose.

Stand up is the most stressful, and hosting and presenting a show has its own stresses, because you've got an audience which you've got to entertain as well as an audience at home.

Going on stage is a performance, it's an act; you're playing a version of yourself. I don't give it a lot of thought. I clock on, I tell jokes, I clock off again.

Performing is fine.

I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean?

While acting is a passion, hosting is fun.

Giving auditions is a great exercise. They will provide you with a script, and you prepare in 10 minutes. And you perform in front of 100 other people.

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.