Starting a new job is always scary, or at least for me it's always scary. It's like the first day of school.
Back in 1993, I was studying in Delhi, and I had a girlfriend. I had never touched a girl before that in my entire life. One day, I decided to go out with her to a garden. We were sitting beside each other, and I just glanced around to see if anyone was looking at us, and I put my hand over hers. I thought love started in this way.
I'm not sure why I'm so often disgusting on stage. I don't always know where it comes from.
Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down in a way because I think of it as a fun way to show off what I've been working on.
I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.
I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.
When I did the video for 'Holding Out For A Hero,' we filmed that on top of the Grand Canyon, and that was quite frightening. I was close to the edge, and there was a helicopter hovering about, creating a lot of wind, and I was nervous I was going to fall off.
When I did a scene with Dharam sir for the first time, I actually cried!
I have the most nervous stomach in the world.
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.
There's a picture of me as a little girl, and I'm waiting to go onstage, and I am biting the last bit of nail I have left on my finger.
I felt highly anxious in a way that I didn't think other children were.
I'm not brave. Far from it.
When I met Christophe Waltz, I was so shy! I was like, 'Oh, hi! Um, I'm Stephanie!' He's one of my favorite actors.
Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous." "Who made up that rule?" "It's a known fact.
The biggest problem for people who get really, really nervous when they perform live is that you think everybody's looking at you.
If you don't feel right, you're going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don't even need tweaking.
My personality is a personality where I get really, really nervous and doubtful about almost everything, which is always a work in progress to build up my confidence a little bit more.
I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm.
The first time I did stand-up was on a dare.
Brighton gives me the heebie-jeebies. When I'm near the seafront I can't sleep, I can't eat.
I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.
Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
