Helen Gahagan Quotes

Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world.

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

I love performing. The more I do it, the more I grow into it.

I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.

I have been a good theatre artiste since my school and college days, but when I participated in 'Cine Stars Ki Khoj,' I realised that I could touch people's hearts when I performed.

I'm here to put on a show.

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be on stage.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.

I've realized that I can do performances.

Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors.

You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

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.

My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.

It's nice because working in England I'm know for working in television and theater when you get a chance to come out, it is quite fun to be out from behind the mask. You need to let people know who you are.

I'm not really an actress type. I'm an entertainer.

If you're not doing something right, you can feel it on stage, and if it isn't going well, the audience will tell you. A teacher can teach you sense memory and this and that, but until you get in front of an audience, you don't really feel it.

Nothing is real until you walk out on stage.

I did my first musical in 4th grade as Huck Finn. By 11th grade, I was starring in 'Godspell' and 'Pippin' and pretending to be Che in 'Evita' in my bedroom. Singing has always been a huge part of me.

I've always been kind of a - you know, I have my moments, where I can be Tommy, and then I flip a switch; when you're on stage, you turn into this other personality.

I know it's cliche, but after the first show, I knew I liked singing, being on stage, making people happy. It just felt natural.

There's no feeling like performing. It's magical, it's so rewarding, and it just feeds this special little part of your soul.

At heart, I was always a performer, not a competitor.

Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.