Being in a career and going from highlight to highlight and playing a lot of matches you go through it and think it's normal when you play in front of 60,000 and you almost want to vomit in front of every game.
Live performance is everything. First of all, I have terrible stage fright. But beyond that, once the music starts, it's OK.
Yup, the toilet is my best friend before a show.
I don't really unwind after a performance. I'm still pumped up and just want to get back on stage.
Nothing is real until you walk out on stage.
I don't prepare for a live show.
I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!
When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like.
I don't agree with superstitious routines, but there are a couple of things I'll always do before performing. I'll get together with the band and chill out, and then, just before I go on stage, I'll always check my flies.
Even before my audition, there were several pages missing from my script because those bits were so unbelievably secret not even I was allowed to see them.
For whatever reason, it's easier to perform in front of a massive crowd than in front of a small one, but again, that's how we came up.
Above all, ignore the audience.
The night before a show, I don't sleep. Really. I've been doing this for 30 years, and the night before a show, I still don't sleep.
The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous joy of creating something and sharing it with an audience - it's the same now as it was then, when it was just my cousins' birthday party.
Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'
When I play on stage, I have to drink a glass of water.
I love the stage. It's terrifying in a way that film and television is not. When you're about to go out, and you're adrenaline just gets out of control, and that can be really daunting.
As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.
I stand on stage hoping to give good energy to the audience, but if I cannot give good energy anymore, I will have to leave right away.
I love to play. When I'm off, I feel a little lost - like, shouldn't I be on stage somewhere?
I like to spend time alone before I go on stage.
Stage fright is not a thing about 'Am I any good?' It's about 'Am I gonna be good tonight?' It's a right-now thing. It helps me. If I went out there thinkin', 'Eh, we'll go slaughter 'em,' I'm positive something would go seriously wrong.
Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.
It's cool to be nervous, and how the nerves come out sideways. That's why some actors scream their heads off, or it comes out in their hair.
I'm used to being nervous for shows in general.
