Onstage New York Quotes & Sayings

The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. — Sarah Silverman

I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing, and the actor that I strive to be. I like actors who work in that area and I like parts that allow me to work in that area. — Lennie James

It would be nice if people said, God bless you not just when you sneezed but also when you farted. — Demetri Martin

Good advertising is a dialog with people ... — Lee Clow

I'm really clumsy, so I trip and fall a lot. And every time I perform in New York my pants split onstage. That's happened four or five times. Every time, I pull on my mom's jeans as fast as I can, so there we are, standing backstage without our pants on. It's like a curse. — Jessica Simpson

L.A. is always great. There's something special about L.A. And New York, for me, because it's home. There's nothing quite like walking onstage at Madison Square Garden. — Dave Gahan

The administration has proved that it is addicted to wasting taxpayers' money ... — Doug Bandow

I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage. — Bebe Neuwirth

Sir. Might I with due respect remind you that Mister Vandemar and myself burned down the City of Troy? We brought the Black Plague to Flanders. We have assassinated a dozen kings, five popes, half a hundred heroes and two accredited gods. Our last commission before this was the torturing to death of an entire monastery in sixteenth-century Tuscany. We are utterly professional. — Neil Gaiman

Success is a continuous adventure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You want to be free. You also want to be mine. You can't be both. — Nenia Campbell

I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal it is. — Fred Melamed

I was terrified, terrified in 'Songwriter,' because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified. — Lesley Ann Warren

Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults. — Andy Andrews

I was in the original cast of 'Wicked', and that got a bad review in 'The New York Times,' and it's the most successful thing that's ever been put onstage. — Norbert Leo Butz

I can't believe how much time has passed. The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. — Sarah Silverman

I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes. — Questlove

I've heard New York actors say Chicago actors intimidate them because apparently we're the real nitty-gritty actors who're in a town where being onstage doesn't necessarily get you anything except your craft. — Scott Adsit

Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century. — Mikheil Saakashvili

I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in 'A Chorus Line.' — Robin Wright