Joseph Jackson Quotes

I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

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.

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.

The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.

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

Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

It's so fun to hear the reaction from Martin Scorsese as he sees you nude for the first time.

Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

I was afraid of being a failure, of not having the best time or of being chicken. But every year I get older I think, What was I fearing last year?' You forget. And then you move on.

If I had it all to do over again, I would do most all things differently. However, how would I know that if, I had not had the opportunity to do them the first time.

We're scared to death to try new things because we think we have to get it right the first time.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.

The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio - it sent me a bit mad.

I think part of what acting did for me is it kind of represents all my greatest fears. I'm sort of compelled to do it, but at the same time, it's so frightening. But I think that the things that frighten me the most in life are the things I should be doing.

If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.

Coming off all my wins I had a lot of criticism.

Any time you do something - a protest - you know there's going to be backlash.

Cheap anti-Americanism will eventually have consequences.

My parents are going to kill me!" "That seems rather harsh.

Beware of spitting against the wind!

Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized.

There's always a backlash in everything that you do, but it's not going to stop or change anything. And it's not only an issue in Hollywood.

Where would I have ended up if I had been intelligent?