Stage Etiquette Quotes

When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, 'Dick, cut it out, man! You're moving around too much on this stage. You're making us look bad!'

The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.

In the old days, if you topped the bill one evening, you'd do 22 minutes maximum, and if you overstepped and did 27 one night, you'd get a knock on the door telling you it wasn't acceptable.

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.

When you're an actor working in the theater, you would never say anything to the writer, never alter the dialogue, never dream to ask for changes.

Basically I try not to knock other comedians.

I don't like it when people shout on stage without any particular reason. It carries no weight.

I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.

For a comic to put a public performance in jeopardy for a snickering little laugh - no, no, no, I don't believe in it.

If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

Actors become very professional and proficient about watching out for each other's light and not stepping on each other's lines.

I'm not usually one to heap praise on Jeremy Corbyn but I love that he doesn't drag his wife on stage for awkward snogs after his annual speech at the party conference.

Never have your wallet with you onstage. It's bad luck. You shouldn't play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.

We used to have massively long discussions about how we should stand on stage. Should we stand with our legs apart? No, all the guys with guitars in skinny jeans stand with their legs apart, and you'd think, 'We can't stand like that.' We'd spend hours and hours, days and days, discussing how to stand.

My first reaction to playing at Coachella was like a kid who has no idea of the rules. I just wanted to go have a jam session with my friends. I didn't get that we couldn't just jump on one another's stages while they were performing!

It's always a risky business inviting somebody on stage. You never know what they're going to do. I try to avoid letting people join me onstage because it can be very distracting, and overly theatrical.