Fred Schneider Quotes

I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'

I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.

I hate eating food on camera - I always cringe afterwards!

Singing in public makes me very uncomfortable.

I get very uncomfortable with people watching me.

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip or something. Not that I expect anyone to recognize me, but on the off chance they do, I just don't want to embarrass myself.

I would be horrified to watch whatever I was doing on 'Party Of Five.' I'm sure I'm bad on it.

I tend to be hypercritical of my performances. That's why I hate watching them with people I know.

I'm even embarrassed at times when my friends come upon my pictures.

I hate watching myself on screen. I can't stand it.

I am not very comfortable about dancing at weddings and New Year parties. Maybe it's because of the way I have been brought up; I wouldn't want my family to feel that cringe moment. Dance is an art for me.

Even Karaoke needs higher standards than I can reach, so I have gone great lengths to avoid being bullied into it.

With me, even if my life depended on it, I wouldn't be able to cry. Not with somebody there. Because even if I'm talking about bad and upsetting things, if there is somebody else in the room, I am trying to entertain them. If there is somebody there, I am in performance mode. I can only cry if I am on my own.

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.

I don't think about people watching me on TV. I think it would stress me out.

I'm reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fears. Like a lot of English people, I'm prey to embarrassment - the dread that everyone's sort of sniggering at you, that you're going to look like an idiot. I think that sort of halts us all.

I was a wallflower when I was younger, and at a young age, I was too embarrassed. So I didn't start dancing until around 20, and obviously when you're in a boy band, you kinda have to.

I don't know how to let loose when I'm dancing to the music and the people that made the music are watching me. I've never felt so much pressure in my life.

It's really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about anywhere you go and that it's not going to be in a positive way.

I don't want to embarrass myself on TV!

One time I was performing so hard that I chipped my tooth on the microphone. For the rest of the show I was afraid to smile because I wasn't sure how much of my tooth was gone.

When I'm on set, I'm 100 percent comfortable, but at events and photo shoots, I'm beyond nervous.

I don't really enjoy being the center of attention; I find it hard.

I've always been frightened of karaoke, so I've never tried it. Karaoke scares the hell out of me!