Quotes About Performance

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

So many horses get stage fright when they enter the arena, and that's it - the performance is over.

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.'

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.

I definitely get stage fright.

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 get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

My dad was listening to me noodle around on the guitar in the house and sing, and he was like, 'Man, you're funny, and you sound good when you do that. You should do that at a bar.' I had stage fright, so I was like, 'No, Dad. Leave me alone.'

I have big, big stage fright.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright.

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.

I was very nervous as a child and had 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.

At first, I had such stage fright, and it was always comforting to look over and see my big brother.

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.