Varg Vikernes Quotes

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

Actors are frightened little children.

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

Just as actors are afraid of child audiences because they're so honest, I would be scared stiff of going before the big folks.

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

I'm afraid to do theater now.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

I have never known stage-fright at any time.

Something about theatre perhaps scared me.

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

Plays never feel like the right thing to do at the time.

Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!

I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.

I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up.

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line.

I'm not one of those guys who wants to die on a stage.

Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.

It's odd because some actors are very scared of comedians.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

I don't know about other comedians, but I know that I never have felt anything like stage fright. I've felt nervous before big shows, but I think that's different than stage fright.

It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.

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

I get nervous when they start shooting piano players.