Lynda Barry Quotes

Every time you get in front of the lights and the cameras and you think, 'Okay, well, we've done this before, but we have to do it again? Oh, we're doing it again? We're doing it again?' It's so gratifying, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it. I hope I won't.

I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright.

I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.

Certainly, being on stage is a rush.

You'd think after 100 shows you'd be used to this, but it's not true for me. It always feels like the first show.

I would want to start. I want to run out there in front of 20,000 people and get my name announced. I get it. I get that.

Hosting the Emmys is a challenge for me. I guess it's the equivalent of someone who needs to climb a mountain or jump out of a plane. It's that kind of thing, where this could go terribly wrong. And I love the feeling of when it goes right.

Fear is exciting for me.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

When you go on the stage before thousands of people, you can be excited and nervous, but it's not fear.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive.

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

The excitement of stepping onto a stage - there's nothing quite like it.

When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.

The second I got on stage, it was like, 'Oh my God! I love this! I love this!'

It takes a lot of nerves to be a sports entertainer and to be in front of those big crowds.

I remember when I gave my first recital. I thought, 'Oh, my goodness, people are coming to hear me.' I didn't expect anyone to come, and then the whole hall filled up. Of course, it wasn't a big hall, and some of the people were my friends and family.

I'm still finding my feet in many ways as a performer. I'm not an extrovert, and certainly the attention isn't what drew me to it, and I find that quite jarring at times. I used to stress a lot about shows and get palpitations before shows, but eventually you learn to love it, and it is a thrill.

I love that moment just before the curtain goes up, whether I'm sitting in the audience or standing backstage. It's full of expectation. It's a thrill that's unequaled anywhere.

Very few people know what it's like being onstage looking out at a sea of bodies.

Being out there in a high-pressure situation with a live audience and a live TV camera on you, it brings something out.

I remember going on stage for the very first time as a solo act, I was probably, like, nine or 10 years old. And being backstage, I started having anxiety... I was literally getting sick.

The more nervous I am, and the more insane a situation is, the more I love it and get addicted to it. That's why I love playing on stage. And I kind of freak out if I don't get to do it, because it's a big part of my sanity, I think.