Sarah Silverman Quotes

Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.

Although I do stand-up - doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

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

When it's going well, stand-up is the best thing in the world, but when it's not, it feels like all your toes are being pulled off one by one.

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

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

I have to do stand-up. I have to do something comedy-involved every day, or else I will lose my mind.

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

I feel like my consignment and fear from people pushed me to become a performer.

I find it pressurising coming to the Voodoo Rooms to do my hour of comedy.

Comedy kind of terrifies me. I feel pretty intimidated.

It's a sick thing, right: people are afraid of public speaking. I do public speaking, except my public speaking involves the audience only having one type of emotion and one type of reaction. If they have anything other than laughter, it's a failure. That's an absurd thing for a human to try to seek. The main thing to realize is that whatever I say, it's my truth and I believe in it, and if I don't get a laugh off that, then it's not working.

Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier.

I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for me. I don't have as strong a backbone as those other show writers.

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 am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went on stage and I lost it.

I still start to get panicky each morning before I go on television. I'll say, 'I'm in awful shape, something is wrong,' and if I start to look like I'm going off the deep end, Jimmy Straka, the stage manager, will say, 'You're all right. Calm down.' Then Bryant Gumbel will grab me by the leg or something.

Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

I was definitely not the kid that just wanted to be famous for no reason whatsoever and then happened to find comedy. Fame and all that stuff have always been slightly terrifying to me, and it makes me very anxious.

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 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.

I do have panic attacks every time I go on stage so I'm really not sure why I put myself through this.