Luke Macfarlane Quotes

I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them.

It's hard to act in front of a lot of people.

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

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.

Acting scares me.

After doing the first couple scenes and I got used to being in front of a few people it got easier and easier. In Chasing Amy, I wasn't nervous at all. And in Dogma, the same.

When I first started auditioning I would stutter a lot because I was so terribly frightened.

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

I did my first Broadway play, 'The Vertical Hour,' in 2006, with Julianne Moore, who's always been one of my favorite actresses. My scene was with her, so it was nerve-racking.

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

The two moments that I felt the most nervous in my entire life were when I first had reading rehearsal for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' and when I was at the Academy Awards ceremony.

While I'm acting, I'm a professional, and then I don't break into cold sweat for whatsoever reason.

I was once so terrified of acting that I used to pretend I was ill to get out of drama.

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.

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

Performing was terrifying.

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

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

I'd never experienced stress before I did stand-up, and it was a massive shock to my system, this thing of waking up, and the nerves of, 'You're on stage tonight.'

The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.

In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.

I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.