Kapil Sharma Quotes

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I've never been good at playing live in front of people.

I still start to get panicky each morning before I go on television. I'll say, 'I'm in awful shape, something is wrong,' and if I start to look like I'm going off the deep end, Jimmy Straka, the stage manager, will say, 'You're all right. Calm down.' Then Bryant Gumbel will grab me by the leg or something.

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

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

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

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

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

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.

I was pleased when the picture was over I fit in all right and I spoke well enough as I said before, cause I was scared to death there for a minute. I mean, you're doing a scene with somebody like that or they're watching you or something, you'd better come up with something.

Most people's fear of being in front of an audience can generally be conquered by being completely on top of what it is they've got to do.

I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.

Public speaking, for me, or speaking even in front of a handful of people is my greatest fear.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

Performing was terrifying.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.

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

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

I'm actually sometimes nervous right before a performance, but as soon as I'm on the stage I'm like, 'okay, we're gonna rock this baby.'

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.