Robert Pattinson Quotes

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'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to raise my hand.

The most terrifying thing in the world was having to give a speech at my girlfriend's wedding. I was physically shaking and sweating the entire time.

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

I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.

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

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

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences.

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 can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.

I am still shy when I go to interviews.

I was once so terrified of acting that I used to pretend I was ill to get out of drama.

Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever.

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

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

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

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

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

I still start to get panicky each morning before I go on television. I'll say, 'I'm in awful shape, something is wrong,' and if I start to look like I'm going off the deep end, Jimmy Straka, the stage manager, will say, 'You're all right. Calm down.' Then Bryant Gumbel will grab me by the leg or something.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

I'm scared of audiences.

I would be terrified if Bill Maher was like, 'Hey, do you want to come on the show?' I would be like, 'Oh, God.' It would completely terrify me, even though I'm such a junkie for the show.

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