Sam Smith Quotes

I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.

I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!

I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

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.

It is important for an actor to learn how to face a live audience.

I have fear of the audience and I am responsible for the scenes involving me, be it as a comedian or hero.

I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.

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 am so used to being up on stage and talking to my fans that it's strange to be on stage and be someone else. I can't look at the audience during 'In the Heights' or I will start talking to them.

I specifically remember doing the musical 'Sweet Charity' at Stagedoor. I was playing Vittorio Vidal, which is a very funny part, and some other small roles. I couldn't really sing that well, but there were so many fun bits, and I just remember the tremendous adrenaline rush I felt from being onstage and hearing the audience enjoying it.

I like finding stuff that I suck at and trying to get better. So I'm taking classes, getting myself comfortable in an acting scene. You've got to work out those ticks. For instance, standing up used to be really hard for me. I act much better if I'm sitting down.

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.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

Through every moment on stage for the first time, I felt like I was finally right where I belonged.

The next day I was in my school's production of All My Sons. This was the performance where I realized something was happening between me and the audience that I hadn't recognized before.

I think it's really, really good for me to be on stage once a year. It keeps your chops good. There's nothing else like it.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

I know it sounds silly, but it takes some time getting used to all the cameras in your face. I think it's like playing jazz. After I learn the rules, I can have fun and play a little bit.

When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster ride, responding to other actors, it feeds you.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

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.

What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.

I didn't grow up jumping in front of the class and performing, but I definitely had a hunger to be creative.

I'm always so nervous when I have to do interviews or be on 'The Tonight Show' or the 'Oprah' show, where I have to be myself. I don't know why that's such a big deal - being yourself. But for some reason, I feel good in a dark room talking to actors about acting, doing acting. I like sitting backstage watching people work.