“No product is an island. A product is more than the product. It is a cohesive, integrated set of experiences. Think through all of the stages of a product or service - from initial intentions through final reflections, from first usage to help, service, and maintenance. Make them all work together seamlessly. That's systems thinking.” ThinkingFirstsHelpingTogetherStageProductsReflectionIntentionFinalsIslandsWorking TogetherInitialsIntegratedMaintenanceUsageSystems Thinking Author:Donald A. Norman
“I think that this stage in my life is really, for a lot of reasons, pretty incredible. Being a solo artist and trying to take these bold steps on my own.” ThinkingTryingReasonLife IsArtistMy OwnStepsStageIncrediblesSolo Author:Nick Jonas
“Regarding green screen, green screen is really like doing some stage work. You have to make believe that there is a window, make believe that something is there that is really not there and convince the audience. It's part of acting.” BelieveActingAudienceStageWindowGreenScreensConvinceMake Believe Author:Benicio Del Toro
“Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have children if they have any intention of leaving their side in their early years. . . . Children don't need parents' full-time attendance or attention at any stage of their development. Many people will help take care of their needs, depending on who their parents are and how they chose to fulfill their roles.” PeopleIfsNeedsShouldYearsChildrenHelpingCareTodayMotherParentSidesAttentionRolesStageDevelopmentIntentionMalesLeavingTake CareExpertsAttendance Author:Stella Chess
“At every stage in life you think about death. But teenagers especially are sort of invincible. They're not supposed to be thinking about dying yet, or else they'd be too afraid to live.” ThinkingStageDyingSupposed To BeTeenagerInvincible Author:Claire Danes
“I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.” PlayActorsGivenStageToolsStage Actors Author:Alan Tudyk
“The reason I keep talking about a wife and saying the word wife on stage is because it seems a funny word to me. The more you say it, the more it seems to detach from that person and become this sort of abstract thing: that you would set out to find a wife, that it would be an objective like buying a new car.” PersonsReasonSeemsWould BeTalkingWifeStageCarObjectivesAbstractBuyingNew CarKeep Talking Author:Stephen Merchant
“Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched by many things. I like the fact that when you step out on the stage, for that given night, for better or for worse, you are the master of the boards. I love it to death.” FactsNightGivenStepsStageMastersHugeTheaterHonestlyBoardsMatched Author:Chris Pine
“I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat and also in Kabuki dance and Kabuki theater.” FightingStageSceneTheaterChicagoCombatChoreographers Author:Nick Offerman
“I’m not a comedian, but I love the comedians who know when to get off the stage.” KnowsStageComedian Author:Topher Grace
“I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I think and the lines get blurred, but I can only hope that some kind of absolute power transcends.” ThinkingKindI CanSometimesLinesStageOppositesAbsolutesIgnorantArrogantAbsolute Power Author:Sarah Silverman
“I have a no-apology policy. No apologies for jokes. I apologize in my real life all the time. I say ridiculous things, I make mistakes constantly. But when I'm on stage, I'm at a microphone it's a joke!” RealMistakeStagePolicyJokesRidiculousReal LifeMaking MistakesApologyApologizingMicrophonesI Make MistakesI ApologizeRidiculous Things Author:Kathy Griffin
“It has been my experience that work on the screen clarifies stage portrayals and vice versa. You learn to make your face express more in making movies, and in working for the theater you have a sense of greater freedom.” Has BeensFacesGreaterStageTheaterVicesScreensYour FaceVice VersaPortrayal Author:Fredric March
“When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.” StepsAudienceLaughingStageSilent Author:Aubrey Plaza
“It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.” LongParentActingCompanyCareersPlayerFeetLandStageIndiaEnglandPerformingCourtesyUp And Down Author:Felicity Kendal
“The last thing in the world my parents would want to do is get on a stage or do a movie. They would probably rather die. But they let me be who I was, and they supported me.” WorldWantLastsDiesParentStageLet Me Author:Emma Stone
“Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar.” IfsMenNeedsHandsEyeStageHe ManLike YouSittingUltimateGuitarPerformersPalms Author:Ne-Yo
“It's all very hazy to me now. I'm glad I made it through that stage. It got a little dicey. There were some drugs going on. I remember singing one song for about a day and a half.” LittlesMadeRememberSongHalfStageDrugSingingGladMade ItHazy Author:Neil Young
“I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantShowsActorsGamesEasyWeekStageToughResponsibleEightBroadwayGigsDebutSissyStage Actors Author:Patti LuPone
“The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away.” IfsGivingFeelsActorsRolesStageDirectorsConceptsIntentionPlaywrightMessengersDelivering Author:Patti LuPone
“When I moved to New York out of college, that was my goal. To be a stage actress. And to do dramatic works. Like Madea, and Night, Mother, and Sam Shepard, and all that kind of stuff. Thats what I really wanted to do.” KindWantedMotherNightStuffGoalStageNew YorkCollegeMovedActressesDramaticMother NightMadea Author:Rachael Harris
“T.V.s weird because its both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.” ActorsProcessStageMarkGigsQuestion Mark Author:Caitlin Fitzgerald
“It's nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage, to be in the studio with amazing people, but I find it all a bit bizarre.” PeopleBitsNiceStageStudiosBizarreBlastAmazing People Author:David Guetta
“A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're on stage making people laugh, you're still acting. I think it helped me a bunch to go on stage two or three times a week.” PeopleThinkingStillsTwoPlayThreeActingLaughingWeekStageGoes OnBunchTruthfulThree TimesMaking People Laugh Author:Ben Schwartz
“I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.” WayYearsActorsFoundVoiceNaturalSimpleFiveStageOrdinaryHollywoodStudiosFive YearsGesturesEliminating Author:Walter Huston
“I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.” ThinkingTryingStillsCharacterFilmActorsStageTelevisionTaughtTheatreFilm And TelevisionStage Actors Author:Tony Shalhoub
“When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.” RememberFilmPartyStageTelevisionPerformancesTickets Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.” RealHomeFoundBornStageTvsFineRadioClubsComicCabaret Author:Bob Monkhouse
“It was close to like a 67- or 70-day shoot for 'Tron' on stage, in the suit. You can't even sit down during the day because of all the cables that divide the foam rubber and all the electrical circuits. We had these stools that were tall with a bicycle seat on them and you're just looking at a blue screen all day.” StageBlueScreensSuitsSeatsTallDividesCablesBicycleElectricalCircuitsRubberFoamStoolsSuits You Author:Garrett Hedlund
“Britannia High is this new, edgy series which follows the lives of seven kids, their friendships, and the troubles they go through at stage school.” KidsSchoolTroubleStageSeriesSevenEdgy Author:Mitch Hewer
“Little Jimmy Dickens has long been a musical hero of mine and one of the finest entertainers to ever step on any stage. I was deeply honored to call him a friend and will always remember the time I got to spend with him. The music world has lost one of our greatest treasures. Rest in peace, my little friend. You were loved by so many of us!” WorldLittlesLongRememberLostStepsStageMinesHeroMusicalTreasureFinestHonoredEntertainersJimmyDickensRest In PeaceLost OnesGreatest Treasure Author:Charlie Daniels
“Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasnt able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.” AbleSchoolStageDramaHigh SchoolNervesFrightStage Fright Author:Constance Marie
“I do find, coming form the stage and all that, I've always been conscious of my posture and my body, but also the style aspect, I do find myself throwing on a blazer and a nice pair of loafers more often. Daddy always likes a new pair of Guccis.” BodyFormNiceStageStyleConsciousAspectLikesPairsThrowingDaddyPostureBlazersLoafers Author:Bryan Batt
“Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.” PeopleMadeEnoughStageFrontsTelevisionFrightStage FrightLive Television Author:Bill Hader
“When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.” CertainSongEmotionStage Author:Cyndi Lauper
“The arts can be a great way to bring people together. I don't preach from the stage. I try to stay positive on solutions.” PeopleWayTryingArtTogetherStageSolutionsStay Positive Author:Bonnie Raitt
“When I saw Paul Scofield do Loves Labors Lost at Stratford, thats when I saw the potential of the level of truth that could go on up there on a stage. I said, This is what I want to do.” WantSaidLostLevelsSawsStageGoes OnLabor Author:Michael Moriarty
“Im constantly astounded by how amazing women are. And as we go through all these different stages of life as long as you share them with others and say, Well, this is bloody weird, you can get through everything.” WellsLongDifferentShareStageBloodyStages Of LifeAstoundedAmazing Woman Author:Dawn French
“Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.” PurposeSongChanceAudienceStageEmotionalSingingStartingPerformingConnectingPerforming On Stage Author:Naturi Naughton
“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.” PeopleHardPlayWantedJusticeRolesStudyStagePerformancesWingsExcitedActressesRangePerformingRhymeKimSwaggerDialectStage PerformanceLil Kim Author:Naturi Naughton
“I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.” ThinkingWantImportantDreamAbleAudienceStageMinesOne DayTheaterBroadwayLive Theater Author:Naturi Naughton
“The most dramatic moves I have made as an actor have been from stage to screen and from sitcom to drama.” Has BeensMadeMovingActorsStageDramaScreensDramaticSitcom Author:Jasika Nicole
“It was tough doing 'Underneath the Lintel' in New Jersey in the wintertime, but rewarding. Those audiences were lively and interactive. On-stage was great, but off-stage was difficult.” DifficultAudienceStageToughJerseyLivelyNew JerseyInteractiveWintertime Author:Richard Schiff
“I'm in the early stages of a film called 'Freezing Time' about Eadweard Muybridge, the Victorian photographer who was really the forefather of cinema. Digital animators still treat his images like the Bible. He was a very obsessed man.” MenStillsFilmStageTreatsPhotographerCinemaObsessedDigitalVictorianForefathersFreezingAnimator Author:Andy Serkis
“I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.” WantYearsDoneStageTheater Author:Andy Serkis
“At the moment, my trajectory isn't to think about acting. I'm absolutely devoted to The Imaginarium, our projects and directing. And watching and enabling other actors do their thing in our studio is hugely rewarding. I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.” ThinkingWantYearsDoneMomentsActorsActingStageProjectsTheaterStudiosDevotedEnablingTrajectory Author:Andy Serkis
“One of Cezanne's unfinished paintings... appears to be a completed work even though only a few strokes of paint have been put down. My methods are similar... I expect each of my paintings to appear whole in every stage.” Has BeensWholeStagePaintingMethodPaintStrokesFinishingUnfinishedCezanneCompleted Work Author:Christopher Willard
“How wonderful it is to celebrate a 27 years career! When you moved from basket ball to music, the world of sports lost a great player, but music won a great singer. You transmit good vibrations, a wonderful energy on the stage.” WorldYearsEnergyLostSportsCareersPlayerWonderfulStageBallsMovedSingersCelebrateVibrationsBasketsTransmitGood Vibrations Author:Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
“It may also be pertinent to ask whether a greater effort in the less expensive basic stages of research may not lead to reductions of effort in the far costlier stages of development and prototype construction.” MayAsksEffortGreaterStageDevelopmentResearchExpensiveConstructionReductionPrototypePertinentStages Of Development Author:Alan Tower Waterman