William Petersen Quotes

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.

I do have panic attacks every time I go on stage so I'm really not sure why I put myself through this.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I have this absurd syndrome where I get these out-of-the-blue, pathetic panic attacks. It'll be in a very easy, simple scene when everything is going swimmingly, and then suddenly, bang, I'm shvitzing and can't remember my lines.

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

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 go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.

I've started to get more stage fright the older I get.

Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad.

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

I have horrible anxiety.

During my teen years, I just really started to get anxiety. I would get stage fright when I would do certain speaking engagements and I always would get through them, but it was a really nerve-racking and hard thing to do.

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.

I'm always nervous before playing a gig, to tell you the truth. It's what nearly did me in when I was with the Libertines. I just couldn't handle it.

I never stop getting nervous. I'm nervous before every single show.

I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

I'd never experienced stress before I did stand-up, and it was a massive shock to my system, this thing of waking up, and the nerves of, 'You're on stage tonight.'

I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform.