Nathaniel Rateliff Quotes

I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.

I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?

I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully.

I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.

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

When the attention is on me, off-camera, I get uncomfortable - sort of shy and at a loss for words, as you can probably tell?

I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.

I'm a terrible singer, but I'm not shy about it. I'm shy about dancing.

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.

I never really wanted to be a singer, because I was a super-shy kid. Singing made me feel awkward, and I was really insecure.

I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody.

Oh, you wouldn't want to hear me sing.

When I was younger, my mother tried to get me an agent because I was always singing and dancing, but whenever she took me to an audition, I would just shut down.

I'm awkward under the limelight.

When I was young, we had these parties, and they'd make me sing in front of the family all the time.

Singing in public makes me very uncomfortable.

I was shy: I sang at home but not in public. My dad's side of the family sang, so I would hear their voices and think mine couldn't compare.

One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.

I don't know why, but I'm more intimidated by sharing my singing than just performing as an actress.

I was always the shy one around, I wouldn't sing even in family gatherings.

I am literally horrible at speaking to a camera.

I had a dream I was onstage naked and I forgot how to play the songs.

If I've done a gig and at the end there are people waiting for autographs, they always seem nervous, but they probably don't realise that I'm more nervous than them. I get very embarrassed.

I grew up in Southampton. My mum was a shop assistant; my dad was a carpenter. They broke up when I was eight.

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to raise my hand.