Carlos Vela Quotes

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

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

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.

I'm not a natural born performer.

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.

Most people's fear of being in front of an audience can generally be conquered by being completely on top of what it is they've got to do.

It took me forever to get comfortable. When I first started NXT, we had promo classes, and I used to get so upset because I couldn't get in front of a crowd and talk. I was terrified.

So initially getting up on stage I was really nervous, I was like, 'wow, I'm going to be standing there and all these people are going to be looking at me?' But funnily enough it wasn't too traumatic. It felt quite natural because I felt I looked good and I knew how to do the poses.

I've never been good at playing live in front of people.

I'm never comfortable being in front of the camera, but I've learned how to deal with it.

My first-night jitters are so bad, I can't even hold a tea cup, but once I am over that, I get really into it.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.

I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite that you not feel bad about looking stupid in front of a lot of people.

I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

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

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've never given a speech without being terrified first.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.