John Abercrombie Quotes

I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

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

Fear is exciting for me.

If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.

You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.

When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert.

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.

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

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.

Theater has always been terrifying to me.

I find theater terrifying. There are no do-overs, you know? It's all happening live. You need to be in it 100 percent at any given moment, and the audience is right there. I'm really intimidated by theater, but it is my first true love. I love theater. I love that anxiety.

I still get nervous before every performance.

I get stage fright really bad sometimes, so touring has been hard on me in a lot of ways. But despite that, I love performing.

If people are shooting at you, it's human nature to be afraid. I was afraid. I'll be quite blunt about that.

I am not the performing type. I was the one who would cry, throw up or pass out.

Fear is excitement without the breath.

For, like, 98 percent of my life, I'm not nervous. But as soon as I'm nervous, I start shaking or something, and I lose my cool.

You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.

Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight-or-flight thing.