Kim Zolciak-Biermann Quotes

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble.

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

I get extremely nervous before performances. I pray and try to look at it as, 'I'll go out there and have fun,' but it's very nerve-wracking for me. I don't think that will ever change.

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film.

I look at is as one single entity. I dehumanize the audience. This way, I don't get nervous, you know?

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view.

Playing in front of a crowd is something you learn. You accept it and then you start to relish it.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

Half the time, when I first run onstage, I can't look directly at the audience just because of self-consciousness. It's human nature. Sometimes you feel like the man, and sometimes you don't. But sometimes that self-conscious energy is good for the show, it draws people in more.

When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

You can be afraid in a press conference, nervous, sweaty, but you can't be afraid when you do your work because it doesn't work that way.

Performing was terrifying.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

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.'

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.

If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?