Carol Channing Quotes

I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

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

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

I'm terrified of performing live.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

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

People often tell me that they have no idea how I can do standup. The idea of trying to make a large group of strangers laugh is, for many, absolutely petrifying - and it is - but there are ways of gradually developing the material that can ease the fear.

I'm not a natural performer: I have a natural stage fright.

I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.

I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I would just sweat so much. I'd be dry when I run on the stage. By the time I got in front of the microphone, it just, just like a river pouring out. I don't know what made that happen. It took five years for that to stop happening to me.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

Stage fright is my worst problem.

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences.

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.