Quotes About Confidence

My performances have finally caught up with my ego.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

When I first started out, I was really, really scared when I performed before an audience. I'd look over their heads.

I was always singing to myself, but I never ever performed, and I never told anyone I liked to sing. So it was a definitely a new adventure going in to audition for 'Glee.'

You have to learn to sell yourself. I think people forget they need to look at where else they've really performed in their life, where they've been in a place where they were confident.

I used to love 'Ladies Night' by Lil' Kim so much that I performed it in school without really knowing what it was about. I just knew that she was getting at a guy and winning.

Sanjeev Kumar is one actor whose performances have inspired me. The way he looked and the way he performed are two different things. That gives me a lot of confidence that look and all do not always matter.

I'm not a natural born performer.

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

I believe that comfort level is crucial for a performer.

As a performer you often feel that you're the child and everyone else is a grown-up.

I never wanted to perform and never proclaimed myself to be a performer.

As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

As a performer, I'm very, very confident in what I do.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.

When I was on the X-Factor, I found that I grew a lot as a performer. I knew I could sing but I didn't believe in myself enough... I needed to hear that I was good.

I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.

I am not a circus performer.

Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like - you have to be kind of a ham, you know? Like, the thing about writers is they're generally self - comedy writers - self-loathing, sort of play small. And as a, like, performer, you have to think like a comedy writer but act like a performer.

You just know that you're a performer and that's that.

It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.

All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.