Nicole Scherzinger Quotes

On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident.

If I go on stage and I think I look cool and I think I'm playing well, that's what it's all about, I think.

I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean?

I know myself so well. So I know if I'm not confident in the play, it's not going to be a good play.

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.

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

I feel like I own the stage.

I guess there's this mind shift that happens once you're on stage. I don't know, chemicals, something happens and you just... I just become completely in control of where I am. And it's all about trusting the people that you're on the stage with, listening... and it just falls into place really easily.

You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.

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

If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny.

Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

Understand that the time in the audition is your time. Really own it and take control of it. And do what you prepared. Focus on really executing what it is that you intended to do.

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

As a performer, I'm very, very confident in what I do.

As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity.

If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.

I'm confident as hell when I step in front of the mic.

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.

Can I be a leading man? I don't believe myself to be; I don't think that I am, but I'm in this place as a performer where I think about how to make things smaller, more subtle.

It's really fun to have the spotlight and feel ready for it. Not in a conceited way. But just like, 'Man, I think I'm going to give you what you need.'

I've never been uncomfortable being a frontman.

This may sound conceited, but the more predominant the role, the more comfortable I am on set.