Brandon Stanton Quotes

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

I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.

I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.

I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.

Play seems to be one of the first activities inhibited by the presence of an observer until a group becomes well habituated. For this reason, I consider it more common than previously thought.

The biggest problem for people who get really, really nervous when they perform live is that you think everybody's looking at you.

Football doesn't bother me. I just enjoy it. It's when you have to go to clubs and sing and do initiations and all that stuff. That's when I get nervous.

The consequences of being un-cool feel so big that a lot of times you end of not finding ways to have open and honest conversations.

The desire to perform impedes conversation.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'

I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy.

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

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

I am honestly very intimidated when I meet new people and they expect me to be the onscreen Vir. On stage, I say a lot of things I might never say in real life; I am never the life of the party. People are quite surprised to see that I am more of a quiet artiste off stage.

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.

I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

I do get bottled up in interviews. You're thinking about what you're saying, and suddenly you get all tangled. So people think I'm sullen, or that I don't have much to say. But my friends will tell you: a lot of times I talk too much.

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.

When the attention is on me, off-camera, I get uncomfortable - sort of shy and at a loss for words, as you can probably tell?

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

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.