Neve McIntosh Quotes

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.

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

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves.

It doesn't sound that cool to say it, but I still get nervous for any show. But it's different degrees - playing a small basement of a club versus playing a festival like Firefly or Bonnaroo. The feeling is, 'Crap, I'm about to be blasted in the face,' and once you get started, then it's like, 'OK, I've done this before. I know what I'm doing.'

I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.

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.

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'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.

Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience - in a good and bad way - but it's the only place I can go to feel comfortable.

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

I'm mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it's the only place where I'm happy.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.

Right before I go on stage, I'm absolutely terrified. My mind darts at many directions, but the center of me is going forward into the performance.

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

It's definitely more nerve-wracking being in front of the cameras, although I'm trying to get better at it.

Performing is the one time I don't have anxiety - surprisingly, right?

I always wanted to solo at the church and they didn't ever give it to me. But eventually they did and I froze. But then I killed it.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

In general, I'm pretty shy and nervous about a lot of things. For me to get on stage for the first time took so many times at an open mic before I finally got on stage and did it.