Fear of Public Speaking Quotes

I don't like to play live. And if I don't like to do it, why should I?

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

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

The biggest problem for people who get really, really nervous when they perform live is that you think everybody's looking at you.

I am not likely to die of bashfulness but neither am I prepared to be crucified to attest the perfection of my art. I dislike to hear of any stray heroics on the prowl for me.

I have a huge fear of crowds. The irony is that my band is a therapeutic exercise. I hurl myself into thousands of people.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

If I have to do a speech, if there's no way I can get out of it, or if it's something I really should do, I won't sleep the night before. I'll feel ill the entire day leading up to it. I won't be able to eat if it's after a dinner, which makes things even worse.

Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

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

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

I always get nervous when performing. Always!

I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.

I could play a gig on the moon and not be nervous about it.

I'm scared of audiences.

It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had.

Comedy kind of terrifies me. I feel pretty intimidated.

I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

I was terrified about putting out 'Weekend.'

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.