Robert M. La Follette Quotes

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

I don't like giving speeches. It makes me nervous.

I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on.

I find doing speeches nerve wrecking.

The fear of public speaking is a primal fear. You can train your body to not be crazy when you're doing it, but it truly is a primal fear.

I think most other comics are like, 'I'm going to do my fkin' act and that'll be that.' With me, it's like, 'What if I forget my jokes? What if I can't pull it together? This is going to be a fking disaster!'

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.

I don't like giving speeches - I enjoy sitting on my rump.

When I watch films or tv that I've done, I get very restless and tend to not sit still.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

I always get nervous when I watch what I'm in. Very self-critical.

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

I'm very unrelaxed doing a newspaper interview.

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

I'm terrified by speaking in front of people!

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

I get terrified the first day I'm on a film set. I get nervous walking down a red carpet. I find making speeches the most terrifying thing in the world.

I just have this fear that I'll get on stage and there'll be that brief moment of adrenalin and I'll forget my line.

I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

The bigger the crowds get, the more nervous I get. I actually am very comfortable with a half-filled room of people who are slightly disinterested and are irritated at a Barnes & Noble.

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and felt quite ill, in fact, by the time I had to give my little talk to students in another class across the hall.