Otis Blackwell Quotes

I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.

You're in front of an audience and thinking off the top of your head - you're going to say things that offend people sometimes. Sometimes I'll be driving home, and I'll be like, 'Oh, crap, I shouldn't have said that.'

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

It never occurred to me that I was going to have to talk to a camera. I don't know if I can do this.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

Nick can get up on stage and just wing it, whereas I would have to be taken to a mental institution.

When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

It took me forever to get comfortable. When I first started NXT, we had promo classes, and I used to get so upset because I couldn't get in front of a crowd and talk. I was terrified.

I am still shy when I go to interviews.

You kind of half-prepare a speech in your head, and then you get up there and then you end up saying nothing that was in your head before you went up there. It's a very weird thing. I never do award speeches too well.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I've done a couple of interviews, and I realized how uncomfortable I felt as soon as I started talking.

I do have panic attacks every time I go on stage so I'm really not sure why I put myself through this.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.

I am not a good cue card reader.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad.

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 never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

I definitely suffered from stage fright. I had to work really hard to come out of my shell. When I was little, I was very loud and loved performing in front of people. I was fearless. When I hit puberty, I became very shy and self-conscious.

When I was on 'SNL,' I was getting weirdly anxious about being on camera, which I had never really done before. And so my solution was just to not watch my stuff. And then I found out that other actors do it, too, and I felt less weird about it.