Elia Kazan Quotes

I've always been somewhat uncomfortable on the stage, and I've always felt like physically having to negotiate my own presence as a part of presenting work has always been a source of angst for me.

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

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

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

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.

Auditioning is the most terrifying thing I've ever done. There must have been four or five of them where I completely froze up and walked out of the room. My palms get sweaty just thinking about it.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

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

I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances.

Stage fright is my worst problem.

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

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.

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

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

When you're on stage singing, you're naked. Your voice is something very intimate, and that's why I'm scared every time before I perform. It doesn't matter if I'm singing for a king or a queen or the Pope, it's enough to be in front of anybody. I suffer, but I can't do anything about it.

I definitely get stage fright.

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

I'm nervous performing because it's such a weird thing to do, standing on stage demanding people's attention.

I'm not an actor. I'm really bad in front of a camera. It wouldn't work.

I do not love performing. I get really scared.

I have stage fright really badly.

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean 'nervous' for me.

I could never imagine myself acting in front of a camera or doing anything in front of the camera. I was a very shy girl.

I feel like it's harder to perform in front of a smaller crowd sometimes still than it is a larger crowd.