Bill Hader Quotes

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

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

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

I curl up inside and freeze when I have to act. I much prefer sitting on the sidelines and trying to get the best out of other people.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'

I've always been very shy at auditioning; I'm not so great at it.

I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.'

It's hard to act in front of a lot of people.

I've never been good at playing live in front of people.

The fear of public speaking is a primal fear. You can train your body to not be crazy when you're doing it, but it truly is a primal fear.

I used to really want to go on the stage and then the last couple of years I've done some presenting at some award shows. I was so nervous I thought I was going to be sick, so I don't think me on stage for any length of time would work too well.

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

I lack confidence as an actor.

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

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.

I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

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 am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

It probably says something really clinically terrible about my character that I need to get up on a stage and go 'Ra ra ra' in front of people.

I'm always so sick of myself after a show.