A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
阶段
Stage
There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding.
在日常生活中，有些人会觉得难以接受或不太愉快，但当你走上舞台，做同样的事情时，他们会觉得很迷人。
There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, and you reach this pure moment which, really, is more intense than what you can achieve in life.
当你站在舞台上的时候，你不是在记台词，而是在实践台词，你到达了一个纯粹的时刻，这一刻比你在生活中所能达到的更强烈。
I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.
我从未有过这样的经历，当我走到一个超售场所的舞台上，在第一个音符响起之前，我意识到氧气不够我们所有人使用。
If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons.
如果我制作它，我将把它作为一个表演舞台。一小部分观众将被邀请;这些部分的排练将在上午进行，这些部分将在下午录音。
When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.
当我一个人在舞台上的时候，我什么都不用想。我不需要担心任何事情，因为我不需要对任何事情负责，除了张开嘴，确保音乐出来。
When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across.
当你在舞台上，你看不到面孔。光在你的眼睛里，你看到的只是眼前的黑色空洞。但你知道外面有生命，你必须把你的信息传达出去。
It’s not useless to tell you that, at this stage, I don’t believe in preachers or generals or in Miss Universe’s buttocks or in the executioner’s repentance or in the catechism of comfort or in God’s slim forgiving.
告诉你，在这个阶段，我不相信牧师、将军、环球小姐的臀部、刽子手的忏悔、安慰的教义问答或上帝微薄的宽恕。
I spent so many years of my life as a stage actor and when you do all these plays, a lot of really great plays are very politically driven. They deal with deep social issues, and that's the kind of stuff that I love, as an audience member.
我做了很多年的舞台剧演员，当你演这些戏的时候，很多很棒的戏都是受政治因素影响的。他们处理深刻的社会问题，这是我喜欢的东西，作为一名观众。
Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons - as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment.
在舞台上是一种诱人的生活方式。我给有抱负的演员的建议是三思而后行。人们有时会为了错误的理由而行动——这是通往名利的捷径。如果这些目标没有实现，他们会感到非常失望。
The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.
第一个晚上很糟糕，因为我太害怕了，我从来没有这么害怕过，因为我的性格不适合外向，不适合脆弱，不适合站在舞台上。我的手出汗了，我咽不下去了，我喝了一瓶酒来镇定我的神经。
At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for singers, down for comics. The people want to idealize a singer. They want to feel superior to a comic. You're trying to make them laugh. They can't laugh at someone they're looking up to.
在撒哈拉沙漠，座位都是倾斜的，大多数观众都低头看着舞台。这个行业的每个人都知道:对歌手有利，对漫画不利。人们想把歌手理想化。他们想要比喜剧演员更有优越感。你只是想逗他们笑。他们不能嘲笑他们敬仰的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I do belong on stage.
我确实属于舞台。
If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.
如果你能在演播室里演好，你就能在舞台上演好。
Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.
无论你是在电视上还是在舞台上，你都必须努力保持新鲜、真实和充满活力。你不能安定下来。你必须时刻保持警觉。
The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
法律和舞台，都是表现主义的一种形式。
You can only do so much theatre.
你只能演这么多戏。
On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.
在舞台上，观众从一个固定的角度观看，导演不能重复他不喜欢的东西。它必须直接工作。