Bill Nighy Quotes

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

I'm terrified of performing live.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

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

I'm not a natural performer: I have a natural stage fright.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

Performing was terrifying.

I would just sweat so much. I'd be dry when I run on the stage. By the time I got in front of the microphone, it just, just like a river pouring out. I don't know what made that happen. It took five years for that to stop happening to me.

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

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it's that same fear.

I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine.

I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.

Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

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.

Before every performance, I think I am about to keel over.

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.