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The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.

Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the standing ovations every night, not just on review night.

There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.

For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.

I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.

With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.

The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.

When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.

Actors are always grabbing each other on stage, looking in each other's eyes, making a moment so private, the audience doesn't know what they're doing.