What I get on a yoga mat, and from a yoga teacher, has been more beneficial onstage than any other workshop I've ever done.
When I'm onstage I just want to feel as comfortable as I possibly can.
In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
My band persona is 25% tougher than I am.
The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I've always wanted to do. It's why I want to do two hundred dates a year. I wouldn't feel that way if I were nervous onstage.
I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.
I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.
All I kept thinking about was, "Man, he's so relaxed onstage! I'm never going to be that relaxed! I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera."
I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
Taking pictures and stuff, I'm kind of like, shy, but you couldn't tell onstage.
When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.
A big part of becoming a funny person was a major defense mechanism. Onstage, especially as a woman, I've had to be really tough. The second you show a crack, the audience can literally leave.
