George Groves Quotes

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.

My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But the walk from the back of the room to the stage was the most excited I'd ever been about anything in my life other than kissing a girl. That's how I knew I had to get back onstage and do it again.

Performing was terrifying.

I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.

Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on.

I never wanted to be road comic.

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I never went on auditions because I would be terrible at it, so I just did stand-up.

I was the kid in class who was afraid to get called on.

Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different.

Comedy kind of terrifies me. I feel pretty intimidated.

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

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

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

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

I lack confidence as an actor.

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

The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.