Colby Covington

You have to have a character; you have to build your character. If you understand the pro wrestling scheme of things, then you understand what the promoting is. These guys are friendly backstage, but as soon as the cameras turn on, it's a whole different story: you become that character.

American Athlete

Andy Grammer

I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot.

American Musician

Dierks Bentley

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.

Christian Slater

My family was amazing; they exposed me to the world of show business, and, boy, it was the '70s and I got to spend a lot of time backstage at theaters and see the inner workings of how this entertainment industry is really put together.

American Actor

Trevor Noah

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

South African Comedian

Big Freedia

The best times I've had backstage are when you have people around you who genuinely love you, respect your privacy, and have your back - that's what it's all about.

Johnny Flynn

All the adults in my family were actors, so there wasn't much else in terms of role models. I fell in love with that world, being backstage at the theatre.

South African Musician

Terry Teachout

The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.

American Critic

Edge

From a backstage perspective, one of the things I always tried to do in wrestling was maintain that I was Adam. Edge was a character.

Canadian Actor

Abbey Lee Kershaw

It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.

Australian Model

Refers to preparation activities by performers before appearing on stage.

Performance Prep

Indicates a private area restricted to performers and crew only.

Privacy Expectation

Implies work that occurs out of public view but is crucial for performance.

Behind-the-scenes Work

Describes roles or tasks not seen by the audience during a show or event.

Non-public Role

Often used to mention the support personnel like technicians and stagehands.

Support Personnel

Refers to the technical aspects and operations handled out of spectators' view.

Technical Operations

Emphasizes that backstage is usually a restricted area not open to the public.

Restricted Area

The space where performers prepare mentally and physically before going on stage.

Pre-Performance Space

Often used to store props and equipment for easy access during performances.

Equipment Storage

 And when we're backstage, we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that. We say, "It's really amazing to travel, and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people." And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story, because the thing that we never say on camera,

Looks aren't everything....

 and if you feel better, then you are effectively not depressed anymore. So I became much more tolerant of the vast world of alternative treatments. And I get letters, I get hundreds of letters from people writing to tell me about what's worked for them. Someone was asking me backstage today about meditation.

Depression, the secret...

 looking for is if you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair you will be so happy and fabulous and one we're backstage we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that we say it's really amazing to travel and it's amazing to get to work with creative inspired passionate people and those

 I would say, not only survived. I'm thinking of that moment, Sheryl, when you and I were standing backstage together, and you turned to me, and you told me a story. And I said -- very last minute -- you know, you really should share that story. Oh, yeah. What was that story?

Sheryl Sandberg: So we...

 For example, theater scenery used to consist of large painted backdrops, raised and lowered by stagehands who would whistle to signal each other. Absentminded whistles from other people could cause an accident. But the taboo against whistling backstage still exists today,

Where do superstitions...

 they're dicing with death every night then these same adrenaline junkies will be getting their kicks backstage through similar means so let me tell you about this this photograph because this is Perla and this guy is Paula's best friend's boyfriend as I said people dice

Emily Ainsworth: Inside...

 That's a big deal, you know? And I got to sit backstage that entire day with some of the most famous pro wrestlers in the world, some of which were heroes of mine as a kid. And I got to listen to them and learn from them, and for that day,

A pro wrestler's guide...

 dancing dwarf takes part in a dangerous broken glass act the audience who paid fifteen dollars a ticket for tonight seems to be warming to them backstage Eric the giant weights tonight he debuts as a freak and for the first time in his

Freak Show Performers PIPE...

 if the wind just wants to sit still sometimes and watch the world pass him by if smoke was born knowing how to rise if rainbows get shy backstage

Naima Penniman: "Being...

 oh I am in a secret undisclosed aful location somewhere backstage because I

Backstage