Emily Berrington Quotes

You can go onto that stage every night, and it's always the equivalent of going onto the topmost diving board, and you don't know if there's any water in the pool.

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.

I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.

I'm not scared of big stadiums. There are other risks in my profession, and I love taking risks.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I thought comedy would be the hardest thing I could do, and if I could do that, I could do anything.

There's a moment of truth that comes when you are performing, and you are all alone.

When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

For me, it's not a struggle to go out and play hockey. Under pressure, I feel it to a certain extent... but, I'm not scared of it.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I am always scared when I start something new. That hasn't changed.

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I didn't know what to think cuz we were just joking around.

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.