Shannon Bream Quotes

I've always loved reporting from the field most of all. There's something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that's always appealed to me. I think there's great value to bearing witness to these events as they're actually happening.

The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.'

There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.

The key to Presidential debates is to rehearse those [dramatic] moments but don’t let them look scripted.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

I really do like being on stage. Compared to television I have a lot more control - it's a lot more relaxed and loose.

I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean?

I used to do theatre in school and college. When I started working on television, only the camera was new. Theatre experience really helps one lose inhibitions.

I think, in a way, the stand-up prepped me for the improv, because I do a lot of riffing in my stand-up.

I've always done stuff on stage, so it feels very natural.

I was on stage at a young age.

I grew up on the stage, and there's no two ways about it: you only get one chance to do your bit.

Onstage, of course, you have the luxury of rehearsal and discovery and time and comfort, which then turns into terror when you actually have to put it in front of people.

In film you have the opportunity of retakes or of giving your best profile. In theatre, it's right here, right now.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

Acting is about being in the moment and audiences are smart to know what is authentic and what is not.

Something about a performance - it's in the air, it's in the moment. It never really bothers me when something goes wrong; I think it's kind of funny.

I love just a stage.

When you go out on stage and you greet the crowd, there's nothing like it.

I should be on Broadway. You have to sing, you have to dance, you have to speak well, and I'm good at all of those!

I love doing things on stage with other people.

As an actor, I go with the flow.

In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in theatre and public speaking. I was a really active kid.

I didn't do school plays... I've never done a play in my life, actually. Not even a nativity. If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.

Studio work is very methodical, while live concerts must be very spontaneous.