Quotes About Confidence

Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.

You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.

I was fat when I was a kid. I was a little chunkier, but that's boring because everyone was fat when they were a kid, right? Didn't we all go through a chubby stage? Mine maybe lasted a little longer - mine went until, like, the end of high school.

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

I think the stage is the place where I feel most comfortable and most myself.

There was a time in my life when I'd only sing. In my initial years, I didn't ever speak on stage, forget acting. Eventually, my confidence as a performing artiste grew.

I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.

I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage.

I don't have stage or camera fright but there is a little anxiety while performing in-front of a lot of people.

You have got to give children respect from the earliest stage. You should be proud of whatever you do. If you're not, you really shouldn't be doing it at all.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I'm not a natural performer: I have a natural stage fright.

I've started to get more stage fright the older I get.

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view.

With stand-up you can just be yourself on stage. And ideally, you can't see the crowd most of the time - it's just lights in your face. But I still have had terrible stage fright.

Stage fright is a real thing. It's debilitating to some people.

Figure out a way to get back onstage because once you do it a few times you'll get over it. Unless it's like a clinical thing. I don't know about clinical like stage fright, that might be worse than what I'm talking about. But if it's normal stage fright get over it.

I have stage fright really badly.

I don't know about other comedians, but I know that I never have felt anything like stage fright. I've felt nervous before big shows, but I think that's different than stage fright.