Jenny Ryan Quotes

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

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

I'm most comfortable on stage.

I'm normally a player that plays well under the TV lights, the cameras and everything, I normally do produce quite well.

Performance is hard. I know this. I really enjoy it, but I have bombed, I have fluffed, and I have said the wrong thing.

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

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

Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit aware that there might be people I know out there, who wondered where I was.

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

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 get asked to do stupid things like panel shows and talk shows and things.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

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

Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

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 don't think about people watching me on TV. I think it would stress me out.

I never got nervous performing my own material.

When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.

I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I'm okay. It's like I'm out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

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.

Every time you get in front of the lights and the cameras and you think, 'Okay, well, we've done this before, but we have to do it again? Oh, we're doing it again? We're doing it again?' It's so gratifying, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it. I hope I won't.

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