Kurt Maflin Quotes

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.

I've got used to being on 'The Chase' and keeping nice and calm and that feels like comfort now compared to being in the spotlight and being on stage.

I think I thrive under the spotlight; I live for a big moment.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention.

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.

When I was younger, the red carpet used to terrify me because it's not about playing a part: you're not in a film pretending to be someone - you are yourself. It's intimidating.

Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.

I get terrified the first day I'm on a film set. I get nervous walking down a red carpet. I find making speeches the most terrifying thing in the world.

I know it sounds silly, but it takes some time getting used to all the cameras in your face. I think it's like playing jazz. After I learn the rules, I can have fun and play a little bit.

I think maybe even one of the reasons I became an actor was actually to hide. I mean, it sounds paradoxical because, of course, people are standing up in a public place and encouraging other people to look at them. So that's not the conventional definition of hiding.

I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life.

I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different.

Playing piano well is one thing, but attempting to play at concert level accompanying Meryl Streep while Stephen Frears is filming you in front of hundreds of people is - well - psychotic.

I'm nervous performing because it's such a weird thing to do, standing on stage demanding people's attention.

There's a moment of truth that comes when you are performing, and you are all alone.

It's hard work to think away all those 200 people or 40 people, whatever the crew is, that are around behind the camera. To also think about, 'Whatever I'm doing now is going to be seen by a million people,' it doesn't really help my performance.

It's one thing to practise in front of a mirror at home, but another to do it in front of 800 people or on live TV.

If you can't motivate yourself to get up and play in front of 30,000-40,000 people, then you're not in the right job.

I am not worried about playing in front of a big crowd.

Playing live is one thing. Playing under a microscope is another.

Very few people know what it's like being onstage looking out at a sea of bodies.