I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.
Performing on stage is addictive. The adrenaline rush is exhilarating. When I stop touring for a couple weeks, I get antsy.
My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see.
All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.
Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant, less aware, less educated version of me.
When Seoul hosted the Games in 1988, it became a symbol of the Asian Tigers' ascent onto the world stage. In 1992, the Barcelona Olympics represented the unification of Europe. And when Rio plays host in 2016, it will reinforce the growing importance of Brazil and Latin America as a whole.
When I'm on that stage, I assume honor. I assume compensation, and I should.
I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've learned how to pace it now. I have musical breaks in there.
I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.
When I'm on stage, I feel very much at home - within a theater, within an ensemble - so this entire process is something I feel very attuned with.
We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.
Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.
There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues.
Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.
The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
I pretty much give both barrels every time I walk on stage.
