Hannah Simone Quotes

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.

We spent night after night out there learning the art of entertaining a crowd.

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

I love entertaining people, and I want to pursue it.

I've always had a niche for entertaining since I was a little girl.

Ever since I was a little kid, whenever my parents would have company over, I would put on shows, whether they would be magic shows, singing shows, dancing shows, little skits.

Certainly, being on stage is a rush.

I love performing, you know, because, like I say, I'm a ham for this stuff.

I have been giving live performances since childhood, and I continue to do so professionally.

It's really fun to be on stage in front of people.

Stand up is the most stressful, and hosting and presenting a show has its own stresses, because you've got an audience which you've got to entertain as well as an audience at home.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

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.

The moment for me, thinking I might actually want to do comedy professionally, was when I did public speaking at school. I found out I was good at getting up in front of class. In the fifth grade, I did a speech on comedy.

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

I discovered that I love being on stage in high school.

Being an emcee onstage is mostly about crowd control, about monitoring energy levels.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.

I've realized that I can do performances.

Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit aware that there might be people I know out there, who wondered where I was.