Brenda Russell Quotes

I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.

I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as 'red carpet.'

I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.

I think maybe even one of the reasons I became an actor was actually to hide. I mean, it sounds paradoxical because, of course, people are standing up in a public place and encouraging other people to look at them. So that's not the conventional definition of hiding.

I've always been somewhat uncomfortable on the stage, and I've always felt like physically having to negotiate my own presence as a part of presenting work has always been a source of angst for me.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.

Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

Some people love being onstage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking onstage.

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.

I never thought I'd go on a show like 'The X Factor,' simply because I didn't have enough confidence to do something like standing on a stage to have opinions thrown at me.

I don't like being on television when I'm playing live. I don't even like being on Jools Holland or any of them programs.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I'm certainly not your typical front-man material. Some people love being on stage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking on stage.

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.

I don't think about people watching me on TV. I think it would stress me out.

I don't like getting up in front of people and being the loud one when everybody's out quiet and you're the only one talking. I'm not a fan of that. I'm fine when I get in front of a camera, I don't care. You'll never see me on stage. Not at all.

The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'

I definitely get stage fright.

I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.

I've always said that I don't want to be in front of the camera.

Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day.

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.