Ardal O'Hanlon Quotes

You have that moment just before you go on - I've had it in every play - where you just kind of want to run away. There's a whole audience, and they are waiting outside, and you're like, 'Why am I doing this again? Why? Why?'

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

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

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.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

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 get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

I have big, big stage fright.

I'm too scared to perform onstage. I'm not very good with big crowds.

I definitely get stage fright.

Theater has always been terrifying to me.

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

I have stage fright really badly.

I'm nervous before all shows.

I throw up before every show. I'm thinking about just making it part of the act.

It's a horrible feeling to go in front of an audience when you don't feel right.

I never stop getting nervous. I'm nervous before every single show.