Charlotte Gainsbourg Quotes

I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.

I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.

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

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

Actors are frightened little children.

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

But I'm guessing every actor is insecure.

I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What am I doing as an actor? I can't act!'

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.

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

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

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 think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'

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

Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure.

I'm afraid to do theater now.

All actors are incredibly insecure.

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.