Andie MacDowell Quotes

Some people love being onstage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking 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.

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage.

The idea of doing theatre always terrified me because I get terrible stage fright. In the early 1970s I was offered a panto but the thought of going on stage was just too mortifying.

I don't like to get in front of people.

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

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.

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

I don't like getting up in front of people and being the loud one when everybody's out quiet and you're the only one talking. I'm not a fan of that. I'm fine when I get in front of a camera, I don't care. You'll never see me on stage. Not at all.

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

I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I'm not that comfortable, which I think is sort of clear.

I suffer from stage fright, so I blabber on stage and stop midway through my performances. I cannot even write a cheque, as it makes me nervous. Being around people makes me nervous. But I'm very comfortable in front of the camera, and this I realised many films later.

I have stage fright really badly.

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'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.

Stage fright is a real thing. It's debilitating to some people.

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

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

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

If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.

I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.