Colin Jost Quotes

I don't get nervous on a stage; I don't get nervous in interviews. I don't get nervous.

I am the type of person who relishes the chance to stand up and perform under pressure; I have had to do that my whole career.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

So much of performing is a mind game.

For me anyway, until I was exposed to doing improvisation and walking onto a stage without any script, I would have never felt comfortable enough to walk into a room with someone like Larry David and audition.

Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really well to get a good performance out of them. But, if you have a comedian on the set, you can tell them, 'Hey, you really are screwing this up,' and then they just get better.

Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.

I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time.

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don't get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

I'm comfortable in front of the camera, but I can't act.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting.

I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly.

I feel pretty comfortable in front of a camera.

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me.

I look at is as one single entity. I dehumanize the audience. This way, I don't get nervous, you know?

When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.

I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.

The audience changes every night. You're the same person. You have to speak your mind and do the stuff that you think is funny and makes you laugh.