Michael Portillo Quotes

Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

I go onstage and I talk, and I remember what I'm saying, and I track it.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

You have to open up on stage.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

I really thrive being onstage.

I like to pace onstage.

I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

There's something about us as stand-ups that when we're on our feet, we feel more in control of the situation and in control of our bodies and our delivery.

I pride myself on the energy I put on stage.

I'm a presenter.

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.

I know how to tell a story to a thousand people. Sometimes I don't know how to tell a story to a piece of tape on a wall and a camera.

I am still working on patter and presentation.