Backstage at the Victoria's Secret show is pure madness. Big personalities, big hair, and tons of press.
Somebody will come backstage and go, 'You saved me. ' And I will have to say, 'Stop right there. You saved yourself. '
My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within.
As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.
One of my earliest memories is being backstage at Bran Nue Dae in Darwin when I was about eight. Its such a fun, happy show and a real celebration of being Aboriginal. . . it felt really great and achievable as a career. It all felt normal.
What you don't see backstage is what really controls the show.
Audience participation should extend from on-stage to backstage to under the stage
I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.
I walked backstage, standing ovation. Everyone was backstage clapping.
And I'd watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors.
When I was having my hair and make-up done backstage at a fashion show, I would sneak in a copy of Dostoevsky and read it inside a copy of Elle or Vogue. But it would be pretentious of me to say I was more intelligent than the other supermodels.
Like backstage, I just peed like every 3 seconds. I think yur staff thinks I have diarrhea.
I was going out for absolutely everything that was in Backstage.
My first Hip Hop concert was at the Apollo at the age of 12. Southpaw's father was interviewing Queen Latifah and Treach as well as many others. The place was so packed no one could move but I got to be backstage with the video equipment and so I saw the show from a great place.
I was a backstage kid. I was in the wings looking out.
I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
I want to go to Harry Potter Land! I actually should text Emma Watson to see if she can hook us up with a backstage pass or something. That's the perk of doing a movie with Emma called 'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. '
I got my Backstage Bistro Award, I should just retire. You know, that's a good question and I guess it's really really different for everybody.
I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career.
Now, at this point, I can wrestle, I can go out there and cut an entertaining promo, I can also do the backstage stuff. . . and if you can contribute more to the show, you have more staying power.