David Hockney Quotes

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

I think I'm getting more and more experience playing on big stages, and I think that's going to help me with everything.

I love people who go on stage and blossom like a weird flower.

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 was an open mic night when I was about 11 years old and I went and I played the songs that I'd written in my bedroom and it was the first night where I felt like I was myself at school.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

The minute you step onstage, you get eight feet taller.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

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 love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

I've got to be comfortable when I'm on stage.

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.

I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment.

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

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

The only reason I signed on for a speech and drama course was because I thought it would be easy, but as soon as I stepped on the stage, I thought, 'This is exactly where I belong.'

Being on stage taught me how to apply eyeliner.

I'm still finding my feet in many ways as a performer. I'm not an extrovert, and certainly the attention isn't what drew me to it, and I find that quite jarring at times. I used to stress a lot about shows and get palpitations before shows, but eventually you learn to love it, and it is a thrill.

Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like - you have to be kind of a ham, you know? Like, the thing about writers is they're generally self - comedy writers - self-loathing, sort of play small. And as a, like, performer, you have to think like a comedy writer but act like a performer.

I really, really love being on stage now.

Theatre has been a sort of hobby. I regret that I am not active, but given my job that is difficult. But those were learning days. The learning curve was the level of confidence, maturity, and reflexes that theatre teaches you is fantastic. You are alone in front of an audience for two hours and that gives you a different kind of confidence.

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

I don't feel like I'm the type of performer who's going to knock your socks off. I'm trying to get over my nerves.

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

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.