"I'm mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it's the only place where I'm happy."
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"One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it."
"Players and painted stage took all my love, And not those things that they were emblems of."
"If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
"Nothing is perfect on the human stage."
"Progress is not accomplished in one stage."
"Well, let's be clear, I'm the only one on the stage who actually has a five-year budget that balances."
"What a delighted fascination it is, to stand aside and watch our dearest friend perform on stage without us."
"Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy."
"I went out into the woods for a few days. I just disconnected from everything and allowed myself to be free and be human. Because, that's what makes you really good, if you can be vulnerable, if you can be vulnerable on stage."
"My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see."
"They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two."
"The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage."
"I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can."
"I have never known stage-fright at any time."
"I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles."
"The stock actor is a stage calamity"
"My name sounds French but that's just a stage name."
"There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor."
"If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things."