Rosamund Pike Quotes

I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.

The bigger the crowds get, the more nervous I get. I actually am very comfortable with a half-filled room of people who are slightly disinterested and are irritated at a Barnes & Noble.

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

When I'm on set, I'm 100 percent comfortable, but at events and photo shoots, I'm beyond nervous.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

I'm scared of audiences.

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

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony.

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on.

Live TV would terrify anybody.

When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.

Me just being myself in public or on TV is the biggest nightmare in the world.

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

In the beginning, I was frightened to death of going solo. Especially when doing live shows, I was so used to my brothers being next to me. It felt like the crowd was just looking at me, waiting for me to either mess up or prove myself.

I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.

I'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

I do not love performing. I get really scared.