Michael Che Quotes

I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that's what's sort of exciting about it.

As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don't think of it as work. It's just so much fun.

I feel like I grow wings on stage.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

On stage I try to be as spontaneous as possible, feeding off the energy of the audience. I just let myself be and have fun on stage.

Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence.

I say whatever I think and whatever is on my mind, and I just hope that it comes out good. I just try to have a lot of fun.

I could never do stand-up because it's that thing of having to get up on stage. And out of every 10 jokes you tell, nine of them have to get a really good response.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I say what's on my mind and have a good time. I try to give people a show. It's all about giving people a good time once you get out under those lights.

We don't dance because we can't dance. Our shows, production-wise, are always quite minimal. We always try and keep it more about us having fun and stay away from gimmicks.

There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play.

I'm motivated by entertaining people.

At the end of the day, I know that I make my living by dressing up, fooling around, playing pranks and giving people a good time. I am enjoying the ride.

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

I never thought I'd do comedy, ever, in a million years. I always thought comedy was just for fun - to me, the real stuff was the real dramatic stuff. Now I know it's all valuable. There's a real excitement, a good feeling when you can make people laugh.

To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don't have to agonize about anything.

Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.

At my shows you have time to relax, time to just enjoy something really dumb, time to laugh at something that's weird or unexpected and time to think. There's all sorts of things happening and it's great being able to go any way I choose at any given moment.

I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.

'Proud Mary' was the best song for me to perform because it was so much fun.

I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view.

When I am on stage, I feel completely free and just want to let go.

Going onstage - that's my joy. You know like when you're in school and you're just waiting for the bell to go off so you can leave the class and go and play outside? That's me in life.