Michael Strahan Quotes

I think all actors get scared because we're frightened to disappoint.

Being the headliner is only more pressure if you're not very good.

One of the biggest fears of players in a shootout is letting your teammates down.

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.

Your nerves can get the better of you, especially when it's your first film.

I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.

Every time I do something or release something or announce a new project, there's always that fear that it won't go well.

I just don't want to fail, to be honest.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

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.

When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be, 'out of there.'

Auditioning is the worst.

I thought that when you have more success that you'd feel more buoyed or feel more confident. But in fact my brain has the gift of switching it around and saying, 'Now people are expecting something. Now you're really going to let people down.'

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.