Topher Grace Quotes

In films, I didn't crave the type of attention I had sort of stumbled into in my music career. And I do not audition well. I'm really not good at it. Early on, I did movies like 'Alpha Dog' and 'Black Snake Moan' because the directors didn't ask me to audition.

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and felt quite ill, in fact, by the time I had to give my little talk to students in another class across the hall.

When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'

Television is a completely 1,000 percent different skill set than being on stage.

As someone who's been a filmmaker and an editor, I was wary of being on camera.

The toughest thing for me is doing on-camera stuff as a comedian.

I've realized what I want to do in life in that I just love being in front of the camera.

I am not a speaker. The more you do it, the easier it becomes, but I always want to be prepared, and I always practice my speeches; I never do it off the cuff.

I've known Radhikaa akka for a long time, and have seen her perform like a pro in front of the camera. But, to work with her and mouth dialogues in her presence had me in jitters.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

As much as we like to pretend we're just getting on stage and whatever, it's like, no, I practiced in front of the mirror my whole life.

I'm not very good when I'm given scripts.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

When I give a speech, I tell it like a story.

As a character actor, you go out for all different kinds of things.

I started off doing theater as a kid, and I always played a character. I hid behind the script and was told where to go. But to actually perform as yourself is very difficult. I didn't used to enjoy it, but now I do.

The confidence and charisma it takes to stand up in front of a group of children absolutely terrifies me.

Logistically, working on a television show and hitting your mark and leaning to your right and knowing where the camera is - I literally felt like I was on another planet.

I have that inherent performer personality.

I never wanted to perform and never proclaimed myself to be a performer.

Being in front of the camera is a lot of hard work, and I'm not cut out for it.

Acting is fun, but directing is very stressful.

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of people and just speak to them.

I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people.