Nicholas Brendon Quotes

Performing was terrifying.

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

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I've started to get more stage fright the older I get.

During my teen years, I just really started to get anxiety. I would get stage fright when I would do certain speaking engagements and I always would get through them, but it was a really nerve-racking and hard thing to do.

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

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

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.'

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

I would just sweat so much. I'd be dry when I run on the stage. By the time I got in front of the microphone, it just, just like a river pouring out. I don't know what made that happen. It took five years for that to stop happening to me.

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

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

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

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

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

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

Acting scares me.

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

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.