I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I’m spoiled, having grown up in theater. – Barrett Foa
One of the few luxuries left is travel. And the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there. – Andre Balazs
I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there. – Bobby Cannavale
I am absolutely convinced that the E.U. will still be around. I am convinced the U.K. will be sitting at that table and not negotiating an exit, but being there to stay. – Mark Rutte
Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun. – P. J. O’Rourke
A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure. – Lucian Freud
Every actor in the room honored Sidney for being there so many years before. And everybody was so moved to be at a place where history was being made again. It was tangible. – Lee Grant
I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims. – Robert Iler
I was kicked out of drama school in 1976, aged 18, for vandalising the headmistress’s tyres, after being there for less than a year. – Ray Winstone
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. – Vladimir Nabokov
We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there. – Stephen Malkmus
