Julian Barratt Quotes

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

I'm terrified of performing live.

I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.

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

I'm not a natural born performer.

Onstage was where I felt the most confident and in control and free, and as I've gotten older, it's gotten more and more daunting. And I think that's also part of my desire to keep confronting that and pushing through to find that childlike or youthful ignorance against fear and keep at it.

People might not believe me if I say I get nervous, but I tend to practice constantly to show a balanced performance.

Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and you don't nail it, even if they're like, 'We don't need to see you again,' get a friend, get a video camera, and film you doing the stuff again.

Performing was terrifying.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

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

I used to teach kids when I was younger. When I was about 14 or 15 I started teaching children drama and something that I used to say to them was, 'Don't be afraid.' People would be afraid of forgetting their lines or something.

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

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'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

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

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

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.

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