Alison Lohman Quotes

I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good show.

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

I always get nervous before a gig, so I look over my writing, trying not to fantasise about all the things that could go horribly wrong.

Performing was terrifying.

And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

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

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

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.

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.

If I'm not nervous, if I don't have at least a little bit of the same self-doubt and anxious feelings I had when I started playing, then it will be time for me to go on. I must have that tension.

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

I tap my fingers and cheekbones before going on stage to calm down. But nerves are necessary; if you ever lose them, it's a bad sign.

I get kinda nervous before every show.

I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

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

The first time I performed musically, I threw up.

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.'

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

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.

When I had just started 'Cheers,' my nerves were ajangle, to put it mildly. I was absolutely terrified. What you're learning is to not show the fear, and to ultimately overcome it so that the level of relaxation is commensurate with the level of tension.

I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid.