Jerry Seinfeld Quotes

Surveys show that the #1 fear of Americans is public speaking. #2 is death. That means that at a funeral, the average American would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.

Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!

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'm terrified by speaking in front of people!

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it.

I'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.

Public speaking is something I fear more than death itself.

More people have a fear of speaking than a fear of death. So at a funeral, most people would want to be the person in the coffin rather than the person delivering the eulogy!

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

I'm a horrible public speaker.

Like most people, I hate public speaking.

I'm suffering from stage fright. I don't like making speeches. [...] I'm the kind of introvert actor who likes putting on other people's clothes and pretending to be somebody else, which is completely crazy choice of profession. So, I don't enjoy public speaking and I have every sympathy for anyone who has to do it and doesn't enjoy it.

Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

I can't stand up in front of people. It just fills me with horror.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean 'nervous' for me.

The idea of appearing in front of an audience or on live TV terrifies me.

Believe it or not, the number one fear in America remains public speaking. And, in some ways, I think that is a real shame because we are so blessed to live in a country where we are able to express ourselves, so we should want to do that.

Whenever people have trouble public speaking, it's because they are just thinking about themselves.