Iain Stirling Quotes

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

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.

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

I'm terrified of performing live.

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.

When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself.

I feel like my consignment and fear from people pushed me to become a performer.

Performing was terrifying.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

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

When I had just started 'Cheers,' my nerves were ajangle, to put it mildly. I was absolutely terrified. What you're learning is to not show the fear, and to ultimately overcome it so that the level of relaxation is commensurate with the level of tension.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

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.

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

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

I get terrified the first day I'm on a film set. I get nervous walking down a red carpet. I find making speeches the most terrifying thing in the world.

I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.