Bill Irwin Quotes

This play is truly a great invention, and we're having a great time doing it eight times a week.

I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room.

What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.

I really love live performing!

I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.

I really prefer the actual experience of being onstage and living the character from beginning to end with the energy of the audience. There's nothing that beats that feeling, and yet I really have trouble with the eight shows a week.

I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

I am sure if you went back to the days of 'My Fair Lady,' they would have had one public dress rehearsal, and that is it. And in a way, I would like to go back to that.

Nothing is real until you walk out on stage.

Once you're in a musical, there is a huge opportunity for that, singing and dancing, 'Aha!' and 'Tada' at the end of the numbers; but it's a different kind of discipline you have to go through to maintain that kind of performance.

There's variables at every single gig. I look forward to those every night. We have a lot of things that happen in our show, a lot of people from the outside watching the show might think it's one schtick after the next. We promised ourselves we have to be there mentally. We have to be aware. We are forced to be aware.

If you're going to a show that we're providing support for, or a large festival, you're obviously going to see a condensed version. We have to shave off some fat from the show, so we have to stick to the so-called 'bangers.'

The beauty of making theater is that you have to go and do it the next day. Making a show nightly is a really difficult skill. It's something every theater actor and every theater maker is challenged with.

When we're on tour, we try to keep our voices sharp. We get up there and put on the best show we can.

I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge!

To perform on stage, you have to run through your paces till you are perfect. Despite the script and director, the actor makes or breaks the play.

When you make records, you gotta think about what's going to be happening at the concert.

I've done theater most of my career, and I get to see the reaction of the audience right after the show.

I love working in theater because it's such a challenge to have the audience right there in front of you. If you mess up, you have to figure it out and keep going. There's no take two! I do hope to return to the stage someday. I really love to sing.

I wanna get backup singers, but I don't think I will ever get backup dancers.

We love the idea of really putting on a show. It's not just a band playing on the stage. There's a theatrical element to what's going on.

Performing is my favorite thing.

I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.