Audrey Hepburn Quotes

I can't imagine actually singing on this show like I did on 'Felicity', but it would be kind of funny.

There's a moment of truth that comes when you are performing, and you are all alone.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

When I first started as an editorial cartoonist, I was terrified on a daily basis. Filling that hole the next day, knowing that tens of thousands of people were going to expect something funny. There is still that pressure, but you kind of learn how to cope with it a little better.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

I spent a lot of time taking acting lessons... Actors have no inhibitions, and I'm inhibited by everything. To be able to make fun of yourself is a skill and a liberating experience.

You can go onto that stage every night, and it's always the equivalent of going onto the topmost diving board, and you don't know if there's any water in the pool.

I don't like speaking publicly when I don't have to be funny.

When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.

I think people are always nervous for your first game.

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

When I started on 'Strictly,' I was terrified. Live television seemed like the most daunting thing in the world.

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself.

In the past, when we toured countries like Australia or South Africa, we struggled, but we also got to learn a lot, and we learnt to cope with pressure.

For me, it's not a struggle to go out and play hockey. Under pressure, I feel it to a certain extent... but, I'm not scared of it.

Between what I know I can do and want to achieve and what the audience expects, it's a lot of pressure, and it's always adding up.

Performing was terrifying.

I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do?

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.