Audrina Patridge Quotes

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

It took me a solid four or five years to feel really comfortable in front of the camera.

I'm in front of cameras a lot; I'm used to it.

The behind-the-scenes kind of process at TV, especially live television - that was super scary, but I think it's made me more comfortable now. If I ever have to go on live TV, I at least remember what it was like when I was 16.

I'm never comfortable being in front of the camera, but I've learned how to deal with it.

My first-night jitters are so bad, I can't even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.

I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.

That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better.

It's definitely more nerve-wracking being in front of the cameras, although I'm trying to get better at it.

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

I never imagined I'd be a presenter on television, but I'm happy to put myself out of my comfort zone.

I have been in public for a long time, so the camera was never an issue for me. I am very comfortable in front of a camera.

I remember thinking that I'd never show my arms on TV, but over time you loosen up.

I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.

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.

When I started getting in front of the camera a lot, I think my confidence started to come out.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

From the core, I'm a shy person, but when I'm on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of course, I'm not perfect, but I've definitely grown as far as being comfortable on stage.

If I walk out onstage and I get a warm, excited response, it makes me feel so confident and happy, and then it's so easy for me up there.

I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.