Sue Perkins Quotes

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

The toughest thing for me is doing on-camera stuff as a comedian.

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.

I didn't stutter when I was reading lines in a script. When I got away from myself, I didn't have that problem.

I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.

I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.

I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them.

You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling.

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

It's hard to be on TV, it's really hard.

I have this habit of not rehearsing a lot; I don't go on practicing my dialogues, pauses, and actions.

I can't say I'm confident in my abilities as an actor.

I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.

When they came to you for your line, you had to be ready and you had to get it in one.

You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

Personally, I'm a little more confident when I have a script.

I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!

Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for.

Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking about it. I was too in my head when I was on stage.

The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.

I have a hard time retaining the lines. Even on set I make mistakes but I'm okay with that.