Octavia Spencer Quotes

I definitely get stage fright.

I have stage fright really badly.

I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

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

I have big, big stage fright.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

I'm scared of audiences.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

I do not love performing. I get really scared.

I'm nervous before all shows.

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

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get really scared before you go on. You come out in a nervous rash, and it's not like you actually love getting up there and showing off.

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.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

I'm never not nervous before going onstage. Like... what if I fall on my face?

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

Theater has always been terrifying to me.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I'm typically pretty terrified to sing in front of people.