Karl Kraus Quotes

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

Getting up in front and talking to the people who build my cars is the worst. I get so damn nervous.

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.

I'm terrified by speaking in front of people!

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

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

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

I would just sweat so much. I'd be dry when I run on the stage. By the time I got in front of the microphone, it just, just like a river pouring out. I don't know what made that happen. It took five years for that to stop happening to me.

I'm scared of audiences.

Public speaking is scary, I think. I've gotten way better at it. If I have to do a speech and be like, 'I'm a YouTuber,' then that's easy, but if I have to get up there and pretend I know something in front of adults, it's never fine. In front of adults, it's like, 'Ahhhh they're going to judge me.'

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

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 was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

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

I can't stand up in front of people. It just fills me with horror.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

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

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

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 go around the country, and I speak to colleges, conferences and thousands of people at a time, and I'm like, 'Great. Fine. Whatever.' Coming to speak to about 60 kids, I am scared to death.