David Benioff Quotes

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.

There's a moment of truth that comes when you are performing, and you are all alone.

For whatever reason, it's easier to perform in front of a massive crowd than in front of a small one, but again, that's how we came up.

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I feel a bit scared at times as I feel if I am not convinced about the scene, the audiences won't be either, so I have to give my best.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

I've done arenas, and sometimes it feels like you're the only one in the room.

You numb yourself so you're not terrified when you're on TV at 7 o'clock in the morning with Justin Bieber, who you just met a couple of days before, having to perform in front of millions of people.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.

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 think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

Onstage is the one time in my day that I can let it all out.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

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

I felt like onstage I have to have a certain amount of anonymity, like, personal anonymity, to feel loose and free. When you're up there with people who've known you for a decade, and you make a bad joke and you hear the cackling behind the drums, it's hard to get lost in the moment.

Every time I get in front of an audience, I do the best I can. I really don't look at it like, you know, 'This is gonna be this crowd, or that crowd.' If anything, I think about the demographics only because of what songs will entertain more than others.

I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the name of my agent.' That makes me just die inside.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.