I have big, big stage fright.

I definitely get stage fright.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I have stage fright really badly.

I suffer a lot with nerves and stage fright.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright

A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I was very nervous as a child and had stage fright.

I've started to get more stage fright the older I get.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

I'm not a natural performer: I have a natural stage fright.

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

Stage fright is a real thing. It's debilitating to some people.

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright.

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

Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.

I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.

So many horses get stage fright when they enter the arena, and that's it - the performance is over.

At first, I had such stage fright, and it was always comforting to look over and see my big brother.

I've always loved acting but never thought I could do theatre because I got the worst stage fright ever.

Ever since I was a kid, I loved being up in front of people. I loved making people laugh; I never had any stage fright.

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

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

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

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

Live performance is everything. First of all, I have terrible stage fright. But beyond that, once the music starts, it's OK.

I get stage fright really bad sometimes, so touring has been hard on me in a lot of ways. But despite that, I love performing.

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.

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.

It's interesting - years ago, I had such bad stage fright during musical theater auditions that I just gave up. And now I'm on Broadway.

I was on 'Strictly' because I was getting stage fright. I was taught that I had to imagine what a good outcome would be and be happy with it.

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.

I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the Carter Family. I've never suffered stage fright.

The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

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.

With stand-up you can just be yourself on stage. And ideally, you can't see the crowd most of the time - it's just lights in your face. But I still have had terrible stage fright.

I don't know about other comedians, but I know that I never have felt anything like stage fright. I've felt nervous before big shows, but I think that's different than stage fright.

The idea of doing theatre always terrified me because I get terrible stage fright. In the early 1970s I was offered a panto but the thought of going on stage was just too mortifying.

If you don't have a certain amount of stage fright, then it's not going to be that interesting. It's not going to have the inner vibration. I think screen work needs inner vibration.

I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright.

I had stage fright for years and years, and I could hear it in my singing. But since I've done it so often for so many years, you'd think that I'd relax a little bit, and I think that I have.

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.

It's good to get stage fright. It is necessary to be scared, otherwise you have too much confidence in yourself and you start to get pretentious and do shitty things. It's good to not be so confident in yourself.

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble.

I really love visiting schools - in fact, that's my favorite part of being an author now - even though I still get stage fright! When I visit schools, I know I'm going to be talking to some kids who don't like to read.

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