Barbra Streisand Quotes

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.

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.

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

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

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

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

I don't want to be able to see the audience.

I'm a little more shy and not comfortable dancing in front of a large crowd.

I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.

I've never been onstage in my life.

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.

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 definitely get stage fright.

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.