Jerry Lewis Quotes

Oprah Winfrey gives you the stage? Shut your mouth. I said, 'I'm sorry for taking over your show.' She said, 'No, that's why we have you here.'

I've never been uncomfortable being a frontman.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything.

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.

People buy a ticket to see your show, so from the moment I get onstage, I can have no insecurities, because they're already there. You have to get people to listen. If they listen, everything's cool.

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

I feel like I own the stage.

You put him in front of 50,000 people, he's at home.

The minute you step onstage, you get eight feet taller.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

You have to open up on stage.

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

Being on stage makes me come to life. When all eyes are on you, they're watching every move you make.

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.

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.

There's just something about being on stage and being with the people that, once that camera turns on, you find the strength to keep it cool, look good, act like you're not cold, act like you ain't nervous, act like you aren't scared. I think that comes with confidence and practice.