Norman Lear Quotes

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

You know, radio was a really easy way to do the shows. You'd come in, do a read-through, there'd be a few rehearsals, then you'd come the night of the show and do it in front of the audience and then go home.

I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people. There is a sterile environment to a studio that doesn't make me let go.

Going to the theater is such a joyous experience.

The great thing about stage is that you have a live audience.

What I miss about the theater is the live experience.

When you do a good theatrical production, sometimes you dream about that 8 o'clock curtain call for six months.

I only want to do live shows. What happens with TV shows is you can't always do things live.

Originally what I used to love was being on a stage and reacting to a live audience and maybe my calling is more in theatre.

The only exercise I get is on the stage. If I didn't get that, I'd get a little round around the tummy, as much as I eat.

Any performer is one person privately and then he's another person when he steps on the stage.

A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written it can be very satisfying.

I've always been entranced with theater.

The world's a stage, & everything else is Vaudeville.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players.

Acting and theatrics are my forte.

I feel joy when I do a great show. I get fun out of making other people happy. I'm a terminal people-pleaser. I suppose that's why I'm a frontman.

Acting is what I'm living and breathing on a day-to-day basis.

That's more along what the story is, as opposed to me being onstage singing.

You can't go on stage and live - it's false all the way. I can't stand the premise of going out in jeans and a guitar and looking as real as you can in front of 18,000 people. I mean, it's not normal!

All the world's a stage.

It was only in the theatre that I lived

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind of dreamt that one day I will open my mouth on stage.

I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage.