Dan Mintz Quotes

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.

Being on stage a lot is quite physical.

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 think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.

I wasn't really a performer by temperament.

The thing is, I'm happiest when I'm on stage.

I knew from the second I stepped onstage. I was like, yep, this is what I want to do.

Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world.

I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage.

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'm a different guy on stage.

I think that if you know people who are performers on stage and actresses or whatever it may be, the bottom line is what you do on stage. You just take on a different persona - that's what makes her so successful. Lights come on, and suddenly, it's Britney Spears, and the lights go off, and she's just Britney.

I just was never into performing. It's just hard work. It's hard work.

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

I can't perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it'll distract from the whole persona.

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

But theatre is always a difficult experience.

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession.

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

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.

I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switch on. I've heard I get real sassy onstage, which I'm not in real life! It's fun to be that person for an hour a night.