Seth Rogen Quotes

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

I find just being on set embarrassing. Mortifying. And that's with all my clothes on.

Not comfortable doing song and dance stuff as no normal person does in his/her real life.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.

That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get really scared before you go on. You come out in a nervous rash, and it's not like you actually love getting up there and showing off.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.

I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up.

I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

I definitely get stage fright.

Being an actor is just kind of embarrassing.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

When I'm on set, I'm 100 percent comfortable, but at events and photo shoots, I'm beyond nervous.

I can't shout, I can't cry convincingly, and please don't make me dance.

Singing in public makes me very uncomfortable.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.