Stage Fright Quotes - Page 2

• Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever.

  Jeanne Moreau

  People, Fever, Ridiculous

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• I was the class clown, but I was a reluctant class clown because I was always and still am somewhat embarrassed by performing. I have terrible stage fright, and I don't like being in front of people.

  Chris Elliott

  Class, People, Clown

  "Chris Elliott's unusual career". The Washington Times Interview, www.washingtontimes.com. February 15, 2000.

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• I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all my stuff kind of, like, really got even more full blown and, you know, I got stage fright and, you know, I couldn't do stand-up anymore and let alone sing and all the other things.

  Roseanne Barr

  Stars, Singing, Stuff

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• I like to take a puff or two before going on the air. I still get stage fright when I have to perform. A little grass gets rid of the problem.

  Bob Denver

  Weed, Marijuana, Air

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• For me I have learned to enjoy everything, especially performing live, so much more. I used to get horrible stage fright when I was younger and today and just love to sing for anyone who still turns up at my shows!

  Olivia Newton-John

  Today, Used, Stage

  Source: www.mlive.com

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• You always get nervous on stage because when you get up there, you want to do great. The crowd has you pumped up so there are always a little bit of butterflies. That's all part of it. But as far as getting stage fright, clamming up there, not generally, I just enjoy it on stage and have a great time.

  Easton Corbin

  Butterfly, Crowds, Want

  Source: thefirst3songs.com

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• Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with "Idol," it has got me past so much of that.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Kids, Past, Idols

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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• I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back.

  Tim Roth

  Asking, Scared, Theater

  Source: collider.com

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• You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out.

  Brian Henson

  Looks, Used, Stage

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Stand-up is not something that you're good at right away. You have to do it a ton. But, I think I got to shave a year off because I didn't have to get over stage fright.

  Amy Schumer

  Thinking, Years, Stage

  Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. April 26, 2012.

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• Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Character, America, Suffering

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• I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.

  Karl Kraus

  People, Speak, Stage

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

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• The first lecture of each new year renews for most people a light stage fright.

  John Edensor Littlewood

  New Year, Light, Years

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• I suffer a lot with nerves and stage fright.

  Sheridan Smith

  Suffering, Nerves, Stage

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• I always feel like if someone has stage fright, I really try and say, "Listen, these people want you to succeed, they want to have a good evening. They want to see something really great. They don't want to see something crappy. They don't. They want to be at something really special."

  Laurie Anderson

  People, Trying, Special

  The Believer Interview, www.believermag.com. January, 2012.

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• I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I begin a novel because I know I have space to fail.

  Sefi Atta

  Space, Stories, Comedy

  Source: www.percontra.net

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• Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

  Bill Hader

  People, Television, Enough

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• Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasnt able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

  Constance Marie

  Drama, School, Nerves

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• My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon.

  Hildegard Knef

  Fire, Actors, Revolution

  HILDEGARD KNEF (1971). “THE GIFT HORSE”

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• Throughout my career, nervousness and stage-fright have never left me before playing. And each of the thousands of concerts I have played at, I feel as bad as I did the very first time.

  Pablo Casals

  Music, Careers, Firsts

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• And my wrist froze STAGE FRIGHT

  Nicki Minaj

  Bragging, Stage, Wrists

  Song: I Aint Thru, Album: Gold

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• I still get stage fright every time. I also feel very, very sleepy about a minute before we go on. Like I feel like I'm going to fall asleep. I can't explain it. It's sort of like, "Where's the energy going to come from to play this show?" Then all of a sudden you step up and there it is, it's like it's waiting for you.

  Jonathan Meiburg

  Fall, Waiting, Energy

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

  Brooke Burke

  Energy, Spontaneity, Stage

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• I originally started it to help me with anxiety & insomnia. It’s already made my life waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better & even with my stage fright. Which I used to think there was no cure for…Last night was the first night I’ve slept 8 hours naturally in my entire life. I felt the best I have in ages. It’s better than any medication or all of the other nonsense I’ve tried.

  Sky Ferreira

  Night, Insomnia, Thinking

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• I definitely get stage fright.

  Bridgit Mendler

  Stage, Fright

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