Tamara Tunie Quotes

I warm up at home. I hit the stage, I'm ready, whether it's rehearsal or anything.

I feel like I own the stage.

I guess there's this mind shift that happens once you're on stage. I don't know, chemicals, something happens and you just... I just become completely in control of where I am. And it's all about trusting the people that you're on the stage with, listening... and it just falls into place really easily.

I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.

It's fun finding your way to the performance instead of coming in and hoping to God you're impressing the director - and hoping you're delivering the lines right with no treatment beforehand.

There's something about us as stand-ups that when we're on our feet, we feel more in control of the situation and in control of our bodies and our delivery.

When preparing for auditions, I have no rituals. I just try to be as prepared as possible.

I know myself so well. So I know if I'm not confident in the play, it's not going to be a good play.

I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance.

On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

On stage is the only place where I really know what I'm doing.

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

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well that you can just sort of play off of whoever your reader is - that's the best feeling at an audition.

Before every show, I have to put perfume on. I know the crowd's not necessarily going to smell me, but when I smell good, I feel like I can dominate the room.

I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it.

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

For me anyway, until I was exposed to doing improvisation and walking onto a stage without any script, I would have never felt comfortable enough to walk into a room with someone like Larry David and audition.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.