Fear of Being Judged Quotes

There is nothing more frightening than the faces of people whom one does not know but who seem to know one, and be amused by one.

Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations.

I don't like the camera. I get very self-conscious with it and then spend way too much time not looking self-conscious instead of being free, as I do on stage, to do my work.

Whenever there's a camera in my face, that's when I feel vulnerable, and then it turns into a little bit of being self-conscious, which I think is the worst kind of vulnerability.

I get bashful in the spotlight. Even at home or at a birthday party, I hate that stuff.

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

I was paralyzed with fear. It was unbearable to be among other kids who were just standing around being fine. It was one of the many inconveniences of this paradox I lived with -the more people I was surrounded by, the more frighteningly alone I felt.

Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.

I'm suffering from stage fright. I don't like making speeches. [...] I'm the kind of introvert actor who likes putting on other people's clothes and pretending to be somebody else, which is completely crazy choice of profession. So, I don't enjoy public speaking and I have every sympathy for anyone who has to do it and doesn't enjoy it.

I’m still afraid of being totally honest. I’m more afraid of this than dying.

I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

My big fear is that if I act the way I am, people will notice that there is nothing to see. So I have to be active all the time, covering up.

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

Public speaking is the number-one fear... even over death!

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I could never imagine myself acting in front of a camera or doing anything in front of the camera. I was a very shy girl.

Every time I do photo shoots, my bottom lip and, like, my top lip are quivering because I just don't know how to look. Then the flash kind of makes me go boss-eyed sometimes.

I used to be scared of pretty girls, until one confessed they're just as scared of me.

Actors are frightened little children.

I lived in constant terror of being asked a question in class. Even if I knew the answer, I was never able to tell it before the class.

People who don't drink are afraid of revealing themselves.

I used to have the most visceral response to having my photo taken. I felt like instantly bursting into tears and running out of the room. I hated all the attention, which is such a stupid thing for an actor to say.

I can't even tell you the anxiety I get from being around those cameras!

Live TV would terrify anybody.