Tove Lo Quotes

I grew up craving the spotlight, and once it happened, I immediately recoiled.

I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.

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

Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'

I felt intimidated the entire time I was in school by my teachers and classmates. But I just knew acting was something I wanted to do.

I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.

It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had.

If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.

It is very difficult for me to accept the fact that I am acting in front of the camera.

I'm still finding my feet in many ways as a performer. I'm not an extrovert, and certainly the attention isn't what drew me to it, and I find that quite jarring at times. I used to stress a lot about shows and get palpitations before shows, but eventually you learn to love it, and it is a thrill.

Personally, I have a hard time playing live. A big part of it is because the lyrics are really private.

Some people think that confidence is something that some people just have. Even though I may look confident strutting in a two-piece on a stage, there are days when I'm so nervous, or I feel like, 'Oh my gosh, I don't know if I can do this.'

I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for me. My mom likes to joke that until I was eight or nine I only knew what my sneakers looked like because I constantly walked around with my head down. But all of a sudden the stage made sense and that's what brought me out of my shell and a monster was created.

One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.

I have a really weird relationship with myself where I'll say, "Do it, do it!" and then, "I don't want to do it anymore, I hate photo shoots, I'm so tired of this!" Or, "I wrote a song, and you're gonna sing it!" then, "I can't hit the note." I want to be a behind-the-scenes producer. I really hate being in front of people. But I'm also obsessed with becoming a pop star.

I'd hate to have a kid like me.

Comedy is frightening at first because you're opening yourself up. When it's just you and people hate it, you're like, "Oh God. Do they hate me?"

When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A lot of entertainers have a few drinks before going onstage and don't overdo it. Me, it turned into a bigger habit. But I stopped that. I was getting older, and I was thinking about my kids. There's enough roadblocks out there without throwing in more yourself.

In the limelight I play it off fine, but I can't handle it when I turn off my night-light.

The big challenge for me was just trying to ignore the embarrassment of being an actor. It's a pretty embarrassing thing to do. You've got people pointing cameras at you and hundreds of people watching you, as you're trying to be great. And often, almost every time, you're not.

I don't think I'm the best singer in the world, for sure, but I loved doing it in 'Into the Woods.' I'll always find it tough, singing in front of people.

Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.

It's hard for a person to try to keep his stuff together being nominated for something and then performing onstage.

The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That's an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes. I try to be strong about it and assure myself that only my close friends and family can really pass judgement on me personally, but it's impossible to not let it get to you.