“First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In my house, John Belushi was king. I didn't grow up when he was - I was born in '78 - the reruns of Belushi in 'Animal House,' and knowing he was at Second City, he was viewed as a king in my house.” FirstsStillsWantedHouseFunGrowsBornAnimalCitiesGrowing UpKnowingGrowingStageKingsRerunsSecond City Author:Jake M. Johnson
“As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” ArtCertainReadingKnowingWiseStageBeing Wise Author:William James
“This may sound weird but I miss traveling. I miss the road, seeing different places and being with the dancers and having fun. That feeling of being on the stage, knowing it's your best -- I love that. I needed a break. I needed to be hungry again.” MayDifferentFeelingsFunSoundBreakKnowingSeeingStageMissingNeededHungryHaving FunDancerDifferent Place Author:Britney Spears
“I absolutely love what I do. And I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I'm putting out there on the stage. But my goal has always been to be a principal dancer with ABT. Before I knew that there had never been a black woman, that was always my goal. I wanted to dance Odette-Odile and Kitri and "Don Quixote" and Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty." So that's still my goal. But knowing that it's never been done before, I think makes me fight even harder.” ThinkingWantFeelsLongStillsI CanDoneWantedFightingGoalBlackSleepKnowingStageHarderFeel GoodDancerPrincipalBlack WomenSleeping BeautyAurora Author:Misty Copeland
“I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other people change them, knowing that it was the wrong choice. The question you have to ask yourself is: How do you want to fail? Do you want to fail in a way that feels like it respects your tastes and value system?” PeopleWayWantFeelsIdeasValuesChoicesAsksMillionsKnowingFailingStageTasteNotesWrong ChoicesValue Systems Author:Amy Poehler
“Theater roles are written by the great masters. The greatest literature that you can possibly know are the theater roles like King Lear, Hamlet, and all of those great roles. So all you do is you dive into these unchallenged roles and see how far you can get, what kind of accolades you can get, and how good you can be in them. In movie roles, you can actually improve them by knowing a lot about your own stage technique, which helps a great deal in the cinema and how you can project inner humor even though the particular dialogue is not necessarily funny, but you can infuse it with humor.” KnowsKindHelpingLiteratureDealsRolesKnowingWrittenStageParticularMastersKingsProjectsTheaterTechniqueDialogueCinemaLearAccolades Author:Christopher Plummer
“I try my jokes onstage. The only way to really find out if something is going to work is to try it on stage, and I try to be careful and bookend something new with a strong bit before and a strong bit afterwards. But it's fun to run on virgin snow. I like that feeling onstage of creating new footprints and not knowing what's going to happen.” IfsWayTryingFeelingsHappensRunningStrongFunBitsKnowingStageCreatingJokesCarefulSnowSomething NewBe CarefulNot KnowingVirginsGoing To WorkFootprintBookends Author:Brian Regan
“Even some rock star girls, which I didn't really know her name. I will probably find out and probably get slaughtered for not knowing her name, but she brought some of her clothes that she used to wear on stage. I wore one of the corsets and stuff. I don't know why I'm blanking. It was not Pat Benatar. It's like Debbie Gibson, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, I know those girls.” KnowsUsedGirlNamesStarsStuffKnowingRocksStageClothesNot KnowingRock StarCorsets Author:Julianne Hough
“At every stage of understanding the universe better, the benefits to civilisation have been immeasurable. None of those big leaps were made with us knowing what was going to happen.” Has BeensMadeBigsHappensUniverseUnderstandingKnowingStageBenefitsLeapCivilisationUnderstanding The Universe Author:Brian Cox
“I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized or accomplished or that confidence will be revealed. I think that's another element that people like about shows: in addition to hearing the songs that they love, I think there are some people who really get off on connecting with what's happening right now.” PeopleThinkingShowsSongEnjoyKnowingStageRight NowElementsHappeningsHearingHopefullyVulnerabilityAccomplishedConnectingTransparency Author:Jason Mraz
“To be fair, if we are having a mass extinction, we're in the early stages of it. I think it's knowing facts like that which has made me less fearful about the future. Mass extinction is a long, complicated process that we are just now beginning to understand - and likewise, we are just beginning to understand how we might prevent one.” IfsThinkingLongMadeFactsMightProcessKnowingStageMassFairsComplicatedFearfulExtinctionMass Extinction Author:Annalee Newitz
“For me, before I go on stage, it all depends. Might be a girl, might be an edible, might be a verse, might be somebody mixing something in my drink without me knowing - hopefully that won't happen tonight.” MightHappensGirlKnowingStageGoes OnDependsDrinkHopefullyTonightVersesMixing Author:Wyclef Jean
“Going back to my mother's passing, there was no way I could hold back my tears or sense of grief at knowing her physical presence left the planet. Working consciously with such an in-my-face overwhelmingly painful loss, I was able to process it to the point of accepting that although my relationship with her would be different, I could still sense and celebrate that there was no separation between our spirits. Being present and open to each stage of grief eventually led to her visiting me in my dreams and a tangible sense of her presence.” WayStillsDifferentDreamWould BeAbleFacesSpiritMotherLeftProcessLossGriefAcceptingKnowingStageTearsPlanetsPainfulSeparationPassingPassingsCelebrateTangibleVisitingStages Of Grief Author:Michael Beckwith