Beverly Sills Quotes

It's hard to pinpoint highlights on tour because they're the gigs really. The whole day becomes about the show. From the time you wake up you are slowly building up to that.

I am always excited to be an actor. If I wasn't, I would be acting, and the audience wouldn't watch me.

Staging any play is very exposing because, if you are going to do it well, you have to put so much of yourself into it.

I love rehearsing; it's the best part of the job.

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

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.

It's very hard when you're doing a new play that you believe in, and you want to tell the story in the best way possible.

The reason why I hate working in theatre is the tedium of memorisation. But once that is done, then you feast on this never-ending meal. If you play it correctly, every night is fraught with very high stakes that are very difficult to find in everyday life.

I get very intense: I get to the show five hours early. If we're on at 8 P.M., I'm there at 3 in the afternoon.

I'm able to look the person acting across from me and respond to that. There are times when it becomes so lonely and painful, but I think I'm able to overcome them because I realize that the more fiercely you prepare for a role, the more the audience can feel it.

I'll die on the stage, man.

I just get so hype - I love performing. I love performing whether someone's there or someone isn't there.

Film and stage are very different; I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be.

I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important.

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

I think I started out just loving the attention. But that's changed into a real love and passion for my profession. Acting has never lost that challenge and excitement for me.

I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.

I put on the best live show, the absolute best live show I can possibly can.

If you're in a room and can be seen by actors, you need to understand that you can be felt by them.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

I really love live performing!

Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte; I didn't know what I was doing, and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.

Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it doesn't really have a lot to do with acting most of the time.

When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.