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“The public personality of a leader is not what really matters. What he does out of the open stage really tells more about him than anything else.”

Source: Leaders' Ladder

“Stage fright occurs when a knowledge of the work being performed is replaced with a self-conscious awareness of the staring crowd and their expectations. Once it supersedes a performer’s confidence, it is difficult if not impossible for them to perform live again. Then the crippling flight response we’re all aware of comes into play.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“Though death might still the show, life would be the most critiqued act of our existence. Own your stage.”

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Author:Palle Oswald

“To embody a slice of life on stage/film/script/book is awe-inspiring; like peeking into a window to the soul or prima materia”

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Author:Val Uchendu

“The Actor's Prayer Great Baachus, spare us from the demon Rejection! And harsh critics, incompetent make-up artists, ill-fitting costumes, tight shoes, screaming children, corpsing and a visit from the welfare officer.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“I once got hit by revolving scenery in a production of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. It whacked my hip, bruised my ego, got an unintentional laugh, but the show went on, and it still does.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to put into film or into a stage performance. In each form, one can communicate powerfully in different ways.”

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Author:Lawrence Wright

“I love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything.”

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Author:Michael Jackson

“[On Katharine Hepburn's stage performance:] She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B.”

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Author:Dorothy Parker

“Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?”

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Book:Crooked House

Source: Crooked House

“I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.”

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Author:Naturi Naughton

“A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre.”

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Author:Nathan Lane

“Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets.”

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Author:Amanda Schull

“There is a remarkable nimbleness of style, a balancing act of tone, in Voltaire, which is hard to bring off on stage. When you speak the words out loud, the effect is very different from when you read them. So one needs to do something new with a stage performance, not simply 'tell the story'.”

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Author:Mark Ravenhill

“If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?”

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Author:Stevie Nicks

“So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance. In other words, the way we play is the end product of the way we live - we live in the cities, you see.”

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Author:Alice Cooper

“I didnt develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.”

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Author:Gary Wright

“My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.”

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Author:Davy Jones