Bonnie Raitt Quotes

I like being boring to a certain extent. I don't have to be flashy. I get to put all of that into a show, and when it's over, I don't have to be that.

On stage, I feel like I'm invincible, like nothing bad can happen. I can be myself. I feel like I shrink when I'm off stage.

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality either. It's the personality of a guy who hasn't been able to say what he wanted to say.

I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.

I'm clearly doing what I want. I hope kids can see my act and feel like they can be slightly more comfortable in their own skin because I'm being so ridiculously comfortable in mine. I'm not that comfortable in my skin the moment I walk offstage. But I try to project that while I'm on it.

For me, there's no dichotomy between being shy or a performer, because I think it's more a way of slightly presenting a version of things to the world.

People know me only from the Octagon, from the gym. I'm a different person outside and I am who I want to be.

When I go on stage and perform, I'm an extreme version of myself.

People just get to see me onstage, and they don't get whole of me.

The thing about me and school was that as much as I felt that I didn't belong, as long as I was on a stage or dancing, that's where I excelled the most, felt worthy.

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I'm quite surprised at how out of control I can be on stage because, actually, I find I like to be in control in life. It's quite freeing, really.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

I couldn't be 'Johnny' in front of a camera in acting jobs and behind the camera I like to be 'Michael.' With directing, you can't do it by halves. There's a lot of reflection, and I have found that I, as 'Michael,' thrive on it. It's lovely coming home and feeling that stuff from a day's work as myself.

I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there.

There's my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.

When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth.

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.

My goal is to be exactly how I am offstage - although I realize I'm supposed to punctuate it with jokes.

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

I really enjoy playing a sex symbol, but it's not something I feel in real life. I'm much more of a natural girl at home.