Ann-Margret Quotes

When I go on stage and perform, I'm an extreme version of myself.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

There's just something about being on stage and being with the people that, once that camera turns on, you find the strength to keep it cool, look good, act like you're not cold, act like you ain't nervous, act like you aren't scared. I think that comes with confidence and practice.

There's nothing about the stage to be afraid of; there's nothing about the cameras to be afraid of. You just have to be yourself.

I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.

Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.

I'm always so nervous when I have to do interviews or be on 'The Tonight Show' or the 'Oprah' show, where I have to be myself. I don't know why that's such a big deal - being yourself. But for some reason, I feel good in a dark room talking to actors about acting, doing acting. I like sitting backstage watching people work.

I don't have the ability to be a diva. I can't flaunt. I don't have that kind of stage presence. I think of myself as just a band member.

My band persona is 25% tougher than I am.

On stage, I feel like I'm invincible, like nothing bad can happen. I can be myself. I feel like I shrink when I'm off stage.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as myself.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

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

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to be a rapper. So, to step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make.

I've always thought of myself as so unsuited to be a frontman.