Christina Ricci Quotes

I have been in public for a long time, so the camera was never an issue for me. I am very comfortable in front of a camera.

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

From the core, I'm a shy person, but when I'm on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of course, I'm not perfect, but I've definitely grown as far as being comfortable on stage.

I'm comfortable in front of the camera, but I can't act.

I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.

I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.

I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.

I'm always so nervous when I have to do interviews or be on 'The Tonight Show' or the 'Oprah' show, where I have to be myself. I don't know why that's such a big deal - being yourself. But for some reason, I feel good in a dark room talking to actors about acting, doing acting. I like sitting backstage watching people work.

I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself.

It's definitely more nerve-wracking being in front of the cameras, although I'm trying to get better at it.

I know people always say to get out of your comfort zone and take risks, but when you are on a live national television show, and you are competing to stay on it, then I don't think you should be uncomfortable up there. I think you should sell it and be your own best self.

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

It took me forever to get comfortable. When I first started NXT, we had promo classes, and I used to get so upset because I couldn't get in front of a crowd and talk. I was terrified.

I do enjoy being in front of the camera and that is something new I have discovered.

I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.

It's only when I faced the camera that I realised how confident I was on screen!

Being a VJ, I never had an issue being in front of the camera. I'm totally at ease and that's my saviour.

If I could borrow anything from Miley, it would be her stage confidence. For me, that's just going to come with time.

I used to hate touring, I used to absolutely hate it! I think one of the reasons why was because in between songs I found it difficult to talk to the audience, and now I don't care, I say what I want!