Stage Quotes - Page 9

• On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.

  Anthony Quinn

  Audience, Ifs, Loses

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• I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

  Miranda Richardson

  Acting, Roles, Tvs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.

  John Larroquette

  Actors, Done, Broadway

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• Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements.

  D. W. Griffith

  Supposing That, Giving, Acting

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• There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.

  Pat Benatar

  Beautiful, Taken, Careers

  "Pat Benatar and Husband Neil Giraldo: 'We Were Two Missing Pieces That Found Each Other'". Interview with Erin Hill, parade.com. July 14, 2012.

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• I was convinced that acting was for fools. I was on the stage when I was eight with my father, he was playing one of those Greek blind guys that sees things and warns people, whilst I was in a blue skirt. I think there were 5,000 people in the theatre, it was ridiculous.

  Rutger Hauer

  Father, Thinking, Eight

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• Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term "still" seems meaningless to me. But the real answer is simple: I listen to Bob Dylan for pleasure more than I listen to anyone else for pleasure.

  Greil Marcus

  Real, Simple, Records

  "This is Greil Marcus’ Brain on 'Shuffle'". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 18, 2010.

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• As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.

  Anita Baker

  Kissing, People, Singers

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• When I started coming to do shows in New York, New York had a pretty electric energy then. It was the early-nineties, and there was a lot of really fun theatrical types that were designing, and so the runway kind of became this stage for all of these mega model personalities to flaunt their stuff.

  Shalom Harlow

  New York, Fun, Design

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• I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.

  Jim Henson

  Design, Theatre, Acting

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• If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons.

  Bill Dixon

  Morning, Done, Afternoon

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• In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being alive to the possibility of not knowing exactly how everything is going to happen next - if you can find places to have that happen onstage, it can resonate with an experience of living.

  Sam Shepard

  Real, Knowing, Alive

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• When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.

  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

  Reflection, Doubt, Preparation

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• I thought being on stage was an amazing feeling, but there is nothing that can top watching my wife bring our son into this world.

  Luke Bryan

  Son, Wife, Feelings

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• I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.

  Natasha Bedingfield

  High Heels, Honest, Introvert

  "Portrait of the artist: Natasha Bedingfield, singer". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2007.

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• I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.

  Samantha Barks

  Careers, Musical, Doe

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• I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell.

  Sara Bareilles

  Artist, Apples, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm very interested in silence. And, more importantly, in what happens when people aren't talking on stage. I'm interested in letting actors play and do things between the lines. And in slowing everything down.

  Annie Baker

  Talking, Play, People

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• I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Mind, Actors, Television

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• I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.

  Bob Balaban

  Creating, Littles, Rooms

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. March 3, 2003.

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• I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.

  Demian Bichir

  Careers, Firsts, Grew Up

  "Demian Bichir Talks A BETTER LIFE, Chris Weitz, Auditioning for TWILIGHT: NEW MOON, and More at SBIFF". Interview, collider.com. February 5, 2012.

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• When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.

  Fantasia Barrino

  Giving, Mind, Forgotten

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• I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.

  Jamie Bell

  Different, Looks, Levels

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• I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.

  Kathryn Bigelow

  Shooting

  "Kathryn Bigelow: back in the danger zone" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2009.

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• It's always a thrill to walk through a Broadway stage door.

  Kelly Bishop

  Doors, Thrill, Broadway

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