Kenan Thompson Quotes

Nick can get up on stage and just wing it, whereas I would have to be taken to a mental institution.

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

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.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

I could never do stand-up because it's that thing of having to get up on stage. And out of every 10 jokes you tell, nine of them have to get a really good response.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

I would get ill before going onstage - something about getting in front of people, and if they don't laugh, I'm a bomb. I got over it when somebody laughed.

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say.

There are times when I've had ideas walking down the street that I thought were great, and the minute I got onstage, I would think of them and go, 'Wow, that would never work,' even before I did it in front of the audience.

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

I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, award shows. I just don't want to say something stupid. But as soon as I step out on that stage, or as soon as I show up to a date, it all goes away, and I just have a great time with whoever I'm with.

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.

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

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 was pleased when the picture was over I fit in all right and I spoke well enough as I said before, cause I was scared to death there for a minute. I mean, you're doing a scene with somebody like that or they're watching you or something, you'd better come up with something.

I'm never going to be an improv comedian.

If there's an audience, I think they're going to expect me to be funny. But what if I'm not funny? What if I fail?

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