Marc Maron Quotes

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

I'm not comfortable as a lead singer. Maybe I could do it in the studio, but I wouldn't have the confidence to play shows.

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

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

Yeah, I kinda still get nervous sometimes now.

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

I'm always nervous before starting a record because I can never sleep. I'm like, 'I have no good ideas, everyone is gonna see through me.'

At every premiere, I stand in the back, I never sit, worrying. And then maybe I hear them laugh or whatever, and the muscles unclench a little. But always, I feel like it's a fluke, that I'll never be able to do it again.

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.

I hate every moment of live performance.

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

It's a horrible feeling to go in front of an audience when you don't feel right.

We're not very confident performers, and if we don't get a laugh we get insecure.

My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon.

I completely bombed the audition... I was insecure, stopping and starting. I went to the bathroom and cried.

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

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 get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.