Large Venue Quotes

I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And that's the feeling I've always had.

I still enjoy performing, whether it's in front of two people or 2,000 people, but it's not fun once you leave the big show.

We played an old U-Boat factory in East Germany once and that was massive - 35,000 people.

The big ballpark can do it all!

The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.

My first U.S. Open main draw, it was a big stadium and I wasn't really used to it.

I watched R.E.M. connect with the back row of a 50,000-seat venue.

I could have done a night at the O2 in London, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I'm not being big-headed, but for my act I can't be talking to an audience of 12,000 people. There's no intimacy.

We're doing 3,000 seaters before that we never played anything more than 1,000.

In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building.

I think 'Spider-man' is a pop culture rock show that was meant to be in arenas.

The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself.

My first stadium show was in China, it was a 50,000-seat stadium. I think 40,000 showed up.

Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra.

The Guthrie Theater is a beast. It has 1,300 seats, and I couldn't act there. I always felt I was acting too small. I'd always have to fight to get the gumption to act bigger. There's a weird trick to it. You don't want to overwhelm the first six rows. You don't want to starve the back. I could never get it.