Willard Scott Quotes

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

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

I never stop getting nervous. I'm nervous before every single show.

I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!

I am a person who dreads any kind of public exposure and any kind of public event. I spend all day, if I have to do a reading, preparing.

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

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

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 suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

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 go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.

I'm never not nervous before going onstage. Like... what if I fall on my face?

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

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

I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

I was just terrified in front of the camera. I couldn't even say my own name. I walked out of a handful of auditions. I mean, ran out in cold sweats. I was just so nervous and insecure.

I was so terrified before an audience that I would break out in these ugly red hives, and my lips would quiver at the sight of a word or a song.

I get stage fright really bad sometimes, so touring has been hard on me in a lot of ways. But despite that, I love performing.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

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

I'm nervous ahead of every gig. I feel like running away three seconds before I'm due on stage. But I'm all right as soon as I get the mic in my hand.

For, like, 98 percent of my life, I'm not nervous. But as soon as I'm nervous, I start shaking or something, and I lose my cool.

You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.