Kristen Stewart Quotes

Whenever I'm onstage, I try my best not to think that I'm performing. It's simply another part of my day.

Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.

I got on stage and I went, "Oh wow. No stage fright." I couldn't do public speaking, and I couldn't play the piano in front of people, but I could act. I found that being on stage, I felt, "This is home." I felt an immediate right thing, and the exchange between the audience and the actors on stage was so fulfilling. I just went, "That is the conversation I want to have."

My acting is atrocious, to say the least. But I've found that it's not acting that people are concerned about, it's your presence.

I don't have the temperament of a performer, and I certainly couldn't do it every night.

I was not naturally meant to be on stage.

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'm not the person in person that I am on stage.

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

I was five years old; I got addicted to being on stage. I felt like it was the most wonderful place on Earth, performing in front of an audience, who in this case were a bunch of classmates, kids my age.

When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

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

I think I'm not a natural performer; I think I'm an actor.

I love performing in front of a live audience and just stepping out in front of ruddy Royal Albert Hall is just something, I can't describe it.

I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters; I'm not an actor.

Even as a kid I wasn't, like, a natural entertainer, where I would gather everyone around me and then sing or something at family parties.

It's a really strange thing to be doing, to go on stage and all of a sudden have bright lights and spotlights.

I used to hate touring, I used to absolutely hate it! I think one of the reasons why was because in between songs I found it difficult to talk to the audience, and now I don't care, I say what I want!

I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.

I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.