Quotes About Public-speaking

I like being on stage more. That's stress free. Being on the panel is a big responsibility and you need to keep a check on a lot of things.

I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.

I would say I locked into my persona pretty early; I wouldn't say it's how I am naturally, but it's how I am naturally when I'm on a stage in front of people. That anxiety makes me be the character that I am.

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity.

Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.

I make my living talking about serious subject matter, but I'm a weirdo.

Someone had asked me who I thought was better, John Cena or Rock. I said Rock needs a teleprompter. Rock needs a writer to write all his stuff.

I know I'm funny, and I like to be in front of people, and the fact that I'm good at that. It's the one thing that gave me self-esteem.

I tend to avoid things like award shows and panels and interviews, not remotely because I feel I'm above them or wish to cultivate the image of the intriguing recluse. I'm just not very good at them.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

Being a VJ, I never had an issue being in front of the camera. I'm totally at ease and that's my saviour.

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we're in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

If I go to a party I don't feel like I have to be in the centre. But I do find myself quite often being placed in that position. Even when I was younger at school, I would be asked to make a speech. I don't remember putting up my hand and all that often but I'd just find myself there.

I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

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

I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard.

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