E. M. Forster Quotes

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

The most terrifying thing in the world was having to give a speech at my girlfriend's wedding. I was physically shaking and sweating the entire time.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

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.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

When I get nervous, I get word vomit.

I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.

That's the last thing I want to do is go on up there and mess up, you know, in front of America.

In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.

My very first live shot was from the White House lawn. I literally almost threw up. I was so scared out of my mind. It was horrible.

I don't know about you, but for me, if I got to present any kind of award, I'm shaking in my pants.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I can play in front of 30,000 people at Fenway and not be nervous at all. But I get really nervous in front of kids.

I can't understand it myself - how nervous I was when I took the floor for 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I walk out with 50,000 people gathered in the Millennium Stadium to fight Mikkel Kessler in the unification fight for the super middleweight division in 2007, and I feel great... and here I am, wearing tight pants and Cuban heels, and freaking out.

I'm not comfortable as a lead singer. Maybe I could do it in the studio, but I wouldn't have the confidence to play shows.

If I actually thought about 'Fresh Meat' going on television, I just couldn't or wouldn't do it - it's so terrifying!

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

The absolutely worst thing that could happen to anybody in politics when they're appearing in public is to sweat.

I would have spoken, had my heart not been in my throat

It's so scary. And then I end up getting so nervous that I get like [I am] now. I get really hyper. [Squeals.] So then I go in interviews and I'm like, 'I'm like a chihuahua! I'm shaking and peeing!' And then afterwards, I'm like, 'I just talked about peeing on the red carpet.'