On-Stage Quotes

People say that I'm quite grumpy and negative on stage and that I surely can't be like that off it, but I really am.

There was one thing I loved a little bit more than surfing - and that was acting.

I never lost my appetite for acting.

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

I've got to be comfortable when I'm on stage.

Actors, I find, are generally happy to be working.

I love acting, and I have no desire to direct.

Here I am, on the road again. There I am, up on the stage. Here I go, playing star again. There I go, turn the page.

When I do my concerts, you have got to think about everything else; so you have got to think about your gown, your hair, your body, and how you present yourself on stage.

I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry. In my eighth grade slideshow, when everyone was like "show us what you want to be," everyone [said] doctor, lawyer, [but] mine literally said rapper. I wanted to be a musician, I wanted to be a superstar, I wanted to be on stage, I wanted to perform, I wanted to be in movies. But as you grow up, those dreams kind of fade away.

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

My first love is acting, not directing.

I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.

That I walk around calling people 'dummy' and 'hockey puck'. I do have a different life apart from being sarcastic on stage. I might kibitz around with my friends, but I'm nothing like the person who does stand up. Nothing like that.

With Fleetwood Mac, it's an amazing chemistry that we have on stage.

I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.

I lost my temper on stage.

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

That is what I liked about being on stage. I was comfortable there, and I could be myself with confidence.

You know, I come from an acting background.

When I first go out on stage, there are tummy bubbles everywhere.

I think I discovered I wanted to be an actor when I got the first pay cheque.

I was always a character actress.

Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting.

I've always identified as an actor. That's what I set out to do.