Alfie Allen Quotes

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

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

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

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.

My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.

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.

Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don't know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn't really talk onstage. I was like, 'Thank you, I love you guys,' or whatever. But now I've just kind of learned to work a crowd.

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.

I'm normally a player that plays well under the TV lights, the cameras and everything, I normally do produce quite well.

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

The best thing is to go into an opposing arena, and 15,000 people are focusing on you. That's the best feeling.

It's one thing to practise in front of a mirror at home, but another to do it in front of 800 people or on live TV.

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.

Playing in front of a crowd is something you learn. You accept it and then you start to relish it.

You can let the size of the crowd, when you do Super Bowl, overwhelm you if you want, and that opening on camera is one of the most intense, awkward feelings you can ever have.

I'm a pretty laid-back person but when I first played on TV against Jimmy White at the Masters it was daunting. The more times you play you get used to it and you eventually come to love it.

Oh, I still get a little anxiety when I'm doing NFL live for ESPN.

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.

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me.

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.